Metropolitan Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Okay, you ready? Okay, I have the time as 2 PM. So, I'd like to call the Monday, May 12th, 2025 Boer City Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission meeting to order. The invocation will be done by um Jeff Digpin and the pledge of allegiance by Colonel Hatton. Please rise. Dear Lord, thank you for this uh this board and this group and thank you for this city. uh ask that you would guide us and make decisions that honor you in all in all aspects. Lord, uh we thank you for those that have come to participate today. And again, we just thank you for all that you do for us and for this city in Jesus precious name. Amen. Amen. Citizens, please join me in the pledge. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Katie, can we have our um roll call, please? James Fine, here. Dave Haden here, ma'am. Donnie McDaniel is absent. Art Shul here. Jeff Thigpen here. Chris Turner here. Michelle Wallace here. We have a quorum. In our decorum speech, Katie, in accordance with Louisiana open meetings law, the Bojer City Parish MPC asked for order and decorum at our meetings. Please silence your cell phones. For anyone who wishes to address the commission on any item on the agenda, we ask you come forward, identify yourself for the audio record, and sign in. Speakers must address the MPC board at all times. For those that would like to make comments on an item, please limit your comments to three minutes on a particular item that's up for discussion. All other audience members are asked to observe the meeting

quietly. If there's a need for an audience member to hold a conversation or take a phone call, you're asked to please step out of the meeting. Um Carla, do we need to approve the agenda or our visitor first? We do need to approve the approve the agenda first. Okay. Um All right. I request a motion to So moved. Second, it looks like we do have a um Do we need to move? Oh, I'm sorry. We doing a Can we do a voice vote on that? Voice. All in. All in favor? Say I. That's unanimously approved. All right. And it looks like we have a visitor report. Simon Zika from the community planner for Barkell Air Force Base. Hello. Good afternoon. Hello. I'm Simon Zika. As it says on there, community planner for Barksdale. Uh I've just come over here today to talk about uh the open house. It's about a year-long study going on right now um with the MPC and with the base. And it all started with the the noise study. And so that drove the air installation compatible use zone, something that has been the last one was in 2008. So it's been a while and well overdue for a new one. So uh the the study is now final and uh we're getting ready to release it to the public on May 29th at 5 to at the library from 5 to 7. And so we're inviting everybody to come out. And you all got this handout? Yes, we have. Anybody have any questions or anything? Thank you, Simon. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you.

Okay. I guess with that, we will jump into our public hearings. Katie, if you don't mind reading uh the first item C Z27-2025, the application of ECU adval requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 1.09 09 acres more or less from B2 limited business to B3 general business located at 1330 Swan Lake Road, Sweet 101, Boer City, Louisiana, southeast corner of Swan Lake Road for a proposed liquor store, City Council District 4, Police Jerry District 7. You want to tell us a little Good afternoon. My name is Akram Abdali and then I'm applying for the uh leal license 1330 Swall Lake and it go and this is uh for one of the tenant spaces in that building. Yes, sir. About what percent of the building? Uh yes, it's one one of Okay. I don't have any questions other than that. I'd like to hear any public comments. Yeah. So, this is to to this is just a zoning amendment to change from B1 to B3 and then I I understand that the client has to come back when they want to apply for a liquor license. Correct. Right. Okay. So, just just so that you're aware, that is a right in front of this building is a school walk

zone, right? Right. So, you have an elementary school going from elementary uh children live in the Swan Lake area crossing in front, right, to go to an elementary. On the Mediew side, you got middle school crossing in front. And so, uh, previously we've had folks that have come to try to put a liquor store in this area and and we have denied it. So, uh, again, I realize this is just a a zoning change, but when you come back, that'll be one of the things that will be on one of my concerns is putting a liquor store right in the middle of walk zones for children. Okay. Yeah. And for the record, mine as well. That would be my concern, too, because I think we all voted against the previous liquor store that was there. So, okay. Okay. All right. No other question. I feel the same way. I think it's a terrible idea. Yeah. So, just want to be upfront with you when you come back. If it's for a liquor store in a school walk zone, that's okay. Some of us may not be in favor of that. Okay. Okay. Yeah. But to be clear, today you were here for a zoning change. Zoning change. Nothing to do with approving liquor license. That is correct. Although it's one for the other, but Right. And and and it's fair, I think, that uh that there would be some concern on this board about a liquor store being there. Okay. I'm going to open it up to any public comment. Okay. All right. Seeing as we have none, um have a motion. Second,

I guess not. Hearing no motion, the application fails. Next item. All right, Katie, can we have the next item on our agenda? Right. That's going to be CLC36-2025, the application of Brett Sim Terra Enterprises for Robert Ayello, requesting a conditional use approval for the sale of high and low content alcohol for on premise consumption at a lounge, the hub located at 3325 industrial drive, suites 1A and 2A Boer City, Louisiana City Council District 4, Police Street District 10. to be me. How are y'all doing? Yes, sir. I'm just moving about 1,000 ft. They took my lease away from me and so I found me another place right down the street. Is this larger or smaller than what you had before? It's about the same size. It's just And I've been in business here doing this for almost 20 years. Okay. Could you state your name for the record? Brett Simp. Any questions? No. No questions. Okay. Uh, I'll open it up to the audience for public comment. I'll make a motion. We approve C-LC 36-2025. Second.

Did y'all get it yet? We're having internet issues apparently. No. The motion carries. Good. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Good luck. All right, Katie. The third item on our agenda. Okay. Next we have CPL A38-2025. The application of Charlie Coyle Coil Engineering for JHD Properties LLC requested an amended plat JHD subdivision being 0.672 acres more or less located at 2315 East Texas Street, Boer City, Louisiana, City Council District 5, Police Jerry District 9. Uh Charlie Coyle, Coil Engineering, 3925 Benton Road in Boer City. Uh you had previously approved a plat for this development and since that time the the the developer has bought some additional property behind what was previously platted. So we're just revising the plat to include that additional property there. Questions? Have any questions? That was good. Um, I'll open it up to public comment. All right, I have a motion second. I'd make a motion to accept Cplat 38-2025. I'll second it. Okay, that motion carries. Thank you. All right. Okay. Next, we're going to have

CLAT48-2025, application of Charlie Coyle, Coal Engineering for MTV LV LLC, requesting an amended plat. MTV LLC development unit two being four acres more or less located in section 16 township 18 north range 13 west located at 257 Viking Drive Boer City Louisiana west of Chuck-E-Cheese city council district 5 police Jerry District 6 again Charlie Coyle um and so this plat is for the hotel that is proposed on Viking Drive you all had previously approved alcohol permit for this location. The site plan has been uh approved as well and they are just uh reserving a a tract of land off the front that won't be developed at this time for a future development and the the the hotel will be on the larger lot in the back. Okay. Anyone? No questions. Okay. Once again, I'll open it up to public comment. I'll make a motion. We approve C plat 48-2025. Second. A motion carries. Charlie, you're getting your money's worth today. Making deficiency. Right. Next we have CLAT57-2025 the application of Charlie Coyle Coal Engineering for Mark Wilburn requesting an amended plat Harrison Business Park unit 6 being 2.286 acres more or less located at 4717 and 4719 Viking Drive and generally located northwest intersection of Viking Drive and Fortune Drive Boer City Louisiana City Council District 5 police district 7. uh Charlie Coyle Coil Engineering. So

currently there are two buildings on this lot four and they the the prop the property was previously divided by meets and bounds. And so this plat is is a uh is just a plat to properly divide that the way it was divided before. The um the lines didn't exactly line up the way they should have. And so this will clear that up so that uh each uh each building will have its own platted lot. Yeah. So we're talking four lots. Two two lots. Lot four divided into into two lots. Okay. No questions. No questions. Question. Any questions from the audience? All right. recommend we approve Cplat 057205. I'll second. That motion carries. Thank you, Charlie. Okay. Next we have P A MAS61-2025 the application of Michael Kelchian Associates for Charles Charles a for an amended master development plan Shane Rouge subdivision being 414.27 27 miles or sorry acres more or less located in section 3 and 4 township 18 north range 12 west boer parish Louisiana located west of Belleview Road and north of Adner Road please District 2. Good afternoon Michael Kelch with Railen Associates here representing Mr. Yokum. Uh so if you if you'll recall y'all approved this master plan six months or maybe a year ago. Uh the only thing that's changed is on the entrance

to the the entrance boulevard into the uh roundabout. We've created a green space 10t on each side in order to put some landscaping in just to make sure that there was never the intention for them lots to be uh fronting that boulevard. They were always going to be fronting the the other side, but this will ensure that and allow us to put some trees and landscaping along the boulevard. Uh, everything else pretty much stayed the same. Questions on this one? No questions? Okay. All right. I'll open it up to the audience for public comment. All right. Make a motion we approve P-am- MAS61-2025. Second. Okay, that motion carries. Okay, next we have PLAT51-2025. the application of Michael Kel and Associates for Charles Charles Yokum Oakwood Development LLC requesting a preliminary plat Shainer subdivision unit 2 being 22.57 acres more or less located in section 3 and 4 township 18 north range 13 wester parish Louisiana police district 2 again Michael Kel Rail Associates uh this is unit two of Shin Rouge uh pretty pretty much following the master plan. Hey Michael, on the the lots at front, Winfield and Belleview, what's the timeline to start those? So, they're clear hopefully soon. They're clearing now. I think uh Eric might be able to to

uh update you on the sewer. I think the the water and sewer is about to go in along Winfield and Belleview. and we cleared the lots and we have some dirt work to do and then uh hopefully he'll be able to sell the lots at that time. And then will this go in right afterwards? Yes, this one. That's Well, we you know we still have to design and it may not be right after. It might be a few months after, but we hope to start construction maybe three, four, five months from now. No, we still have to do the construction plans. So, the next school year in August, is there potential for homes to be in this area? Not on not on this unit. It it'll take uh it'll take nine months to to build the streets, drainage, water, sewer, and so probably looking at more like next the following year. That's good. No, no further questions. Questions? Okay, I'll open it to the audience for public comment. All right. Ready for a motion? Do we have I'll make a motion we approve P Plat 51-2025. Second. That motion carries. Thank you'all. Thank you. All right, Katie. It's going to be CMISC 12-2024, I'm sorry, 2025. application of the Boer City Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission to review and consider approval of amendments to articles 3,89 and 18 of the unified development

code as a result result of a regular review and addition of signed regulations for residential subdivisions. If you could Katie, go ahead and read the next item as well. P MISC13-2025 application of the Boer City Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission to review and consider approval of amendments to article 38 9 and 18 of the unified development code as a result of their regular review and the addition of signed regulations for residential subdivisions board. We have been reviewing these uh subdivision regulations for the last couple of months. Um the application was tabled uh in order for us to get public comment from some of our sign community. Um we held a meeting on April 17th and received some comments and we made some adjustments to the sign code. At this time we are ready to present it to you uh for a vote. And just as a refresher um the these regulations uh reflect technological uh advances. Uh we also made some code amendments to some of the definitions. Um, we included some maintenance requirements. Um, we also included um or established regulations for digital signs in residential subdivisions. So, that's what we have before you today. And for clarification, the difference between 10 and 11 is one for the city and one for the parish. Is that what that is? Yes, sir. I have to send them separately as separate ordinances. So, yes. Questions. We have any questions for Any questions from the audience on this one? I'll be happy to make the first motion that we approve C MISC 12-2025. Second. And with that too, I'd like to thank Neil and Pat for all their assistance and putting this ordinance together.

All right, that motion carries. And I'll make the same motion to approve P-MSc13-2025. Second. The motion carries as well. Thank you. Now, um Carla, just for my benefit, um this will now go to the city council at the next council meeting. So, we will submit it to them and we have to wait 10 days. So, let's see here. When is the next city council meeting? Will it be probably be June 3rd before they get it? June 3rd. Yes. Okay. So, we have to wait 10 days. One, two, three. The parishes be simultaneous. Yes. Similar similar time frames. Yes. Good. All right. Um, guess we can jump into our preliminary hearings. Katie, if you don't mind reading the first one. First is going to be C Z50-2025 the application of Jeff Lawson Buff Soap Buff Buff City Soap LLC requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 0025 acres more or less from IL Light Industrial to B3 general business located at 4438 Viking Drive, Boer City, Louisiana for a proposed salon. City Council District 5, Police Jury District 7. My name is Jeff Lawson. Do you mind telling us a little bit about what you're wanting to do here?

So, this is a um it should enter today's real estate. I'm not sure what got put under Buff City soap, but um basically it's an office in Viking Drive that I've had for about nine years and nobody used it. So I stopped using as a office and we want to convert it to four individual spots for someone to do hair or esthetician, makeup, whatever. So you own that building? Yes. With four different tenant spaces in it. Yeah, it's uh sweet 400 right there on Viking Drive. And we're talking about just one of those spaces converting to B3. That space that 12,200 square foot in there. That's sweet 400 has four spaces in there. Not Not the other three spaces. I don't know. I don't know what you mean. There's a doctor next to me and then there's a dentist. Okay. Yeah. Nothing to do with that. Just my individual one here. Just But you just have this You just have unit 400. 400. Exactly. Well, this does present a a new precedent for MPC because we have never spot zone like this before to put uh particularly in an industrial area B3 in an industrial area. We've had similar cases with a business in a residential area for spot zoning that we've turned down. So um is there so the lady that rented from it was in my space for about nine years. The lady that took it from me hand nails and massage and hair and I made the mistake of going in there thinking that that was okay because there's a doctor next to me, a dentist. Uh there's no light industrial in the entire place. It's not what it's used for. It's used for uh rehabilitation centers. one of them attorneys. I think the city attorney's in there. Um, another salon or another

spa is on the other side. So, it's really not the intended use that it was originally. And um, so I thought it was okay. So, I actually went and redid it and then realized after I did it, went for my uh, occupational license that it wasn't approved. Um, so that's why I changed it for that. So, is there like a um an HOA type thing here in this complex? Yes. And he the person that owns it um they went out to the and got the vote for everybody if they could change it and it was approved from them. I think you have the paperwork for that. I assume you did. He went to the HOA and all the tenants in the building and got that approved by them. He needed 80% he said and he got the 80%. There weren't any objections to doing it from them. And it's not a parking issue. There's plenty of parking over there. They added a whole Yeah, I wanted to ask how many parking spots. Yeah, they added a whole another parking spot on the left side. And there on the side, too. What kind of businesses are surround this space? So, the doctor is next to me. Uh, it just sees patients. The dentist is next to him. Rehabilitation centers in the front. Um, a couple attorneys, another spa is in the back. Carl, I'm confused. Are those industrial uses? So in the industrial classification, there is an allowance for office. And within office, you're allowed some professional services like lawyers, accountants, engineers, um medical and dental clinics, medical and dental labs, blood collection facilities are all allowed in the office use classification, which is also allowed in the light industrial classification. Okay. No way to classify this as a professional office. Yeah, it gets into retail sales and service which salon is specifically listed.

Got no more questions. Well, I do have a question. Okay. Okay. Since since I see everybody's mind turning, um it may be a little known fact that spot zoning per se is not illegal. It's illegal if there's not a rational basis for it. So I think what you're doing is asking questions to determine whether or not there is a rational basis for treating this differently than the ones around it. So carry on. Okay. in the in the adjoining not adjoining but the buildings there on that same lot were those offices you were describing is that where those are located as well doctors and well a doctor's right next to me in that suite the dentist is next to him she's been there but I was referring to like on here it's listed as 4440 and 4442 it's the other buildings mine's 4438 right but what else is located in that parking lot is what I was trying Maybe at the other buildings like attorneys, um rehabilitation center. Um I'm trying to think what else is over there. They do change a lot. There's another spa in the back. Um do you know what type of spa? It was the lady that rented for me originally that went in there, which is the reason I did it because I thought it was okay. It's my understanding for years. Correct me if I'm correct me if I'm wrong. Say that say that tenant left tomorrow. say they closed up shop and left tomorrow, then that would not be allowed back in there. Yeah, that's correct. Is that correct? Yeah, that that spa was approved in error in 2022. I guess that that's what I'm saying is I if I would have known that, I obviously would have done the buildout and did it all. But there is a long-term goal to

this. This is a short-term thing. If this works, I want to open up a 50 suite on Viking Drive and put 50 tenants in there. I know that really maybe doesn't have anything to do with this. I'm trying to say my long-term story. I wanted to see if it would work on a small term basis before I did the large one. A lot of people like there's one in me now that has a large one. At least for my seat, I'm not opposed to the tight business at all. I think that's great. But the terms been thrown around here a couple times. Spot zoning. uh if you if you slice a piece out of an area that's zoned in one manner and zone it differently, it opens up a precedent for down the street across town that somebody said, "Well, this is something you do all the time anyway." And that's the that's my concern is that we it can become a slippery slope. Jeff, would you know if the HOA if if once this if this weigh in and if this business closes, do they have jurisdiction over what comes in next or does this just leave it a blanket approval for any other type of business to go? They have to get an 80% approval for anybody else to do it was just for MySpace. That's the only one they're approbing. If anybody else wanted to do something like that, the whole area would have to approve it and 80% would have to say yes. Okay. But there's nothing in the condominium regime that tells any prohibited businesses. They changed it. They're adding this addendum for mine. Okay. They've changed it. They've already done that. Okay. If we get approved, obviously, I'm good. Do we have that in here? Updated covenants? Yes. No. If they've been updated, I can from Luke Baxton. If Luke could send that over, that would be good. Well, I'll kick the can down the

road and make the motion we approve C zone 50-2025 for a public hearing. Second. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. I hope you understand what we were what our concerns are. I mean, I just want to make sure that you are kind of on page with what we're trying to do trying to look at here. No, we're good now. Okay. Thank you. All right, Katie. The second item in the preliminary hearings, we have a P Z53-2025 application of Tanner Hines Railian Associates for Daniel Noble Investment LLC requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of certain tract of land being 1.233 233 acres more or less from RA residential agriculture to B3 limited business located at 2320 Swan Lake Road, Bojer Parish, Louisiana for proposed business office space. Ryan Estus, Railian Associates, 4913 Shed Road here on behalf of Mr. Nobles to answer any questions y'all may have. Carla, I meant to look at our UDC to see if we had any what our master plan showed for Swan Lake Road. I know it's changing every day, but So, we have this area for use plan designated as low density residential. What they're what they're asking for or what Mr. Nobles is asking for he is um uh asking he's going to be doing a financial services building a u I don't know if it's shown in your packet but a uh Edward Jones offices um B1 it's going

to be residential in nature. I don't know if you have those prints on your uh we do. Yeah. So, it's going to look very residential, eight to five hours. Um, so as low as low, you know what I'm trying to say, as low intensity as you can possibly get. And and this site plan that we're we're showing for zoning um is 40 by 80. He's I I doubt he builds that that size. So, I can definitely see being compatible to to residential as a as support. Miss Michelle, no questions. And that that picture that rendering is that Yeah. He wants to do a mountain type u size home or mountain type architecture uh like you would be in the Colorado somewhere. Yeah. Okay. It's going to be, as far as I know, a super nice commercial building, residential type. Yeah. Have no questions. No further questions from the board. No one else. All right. Does anyone want to make a motion? I'll make a motion that we approve P zone 53-2025. Second. Did before we vote, did Mr. Hudson have a question? I'm sorry. So, our only concern would be this driveway and um when if you do I mean zoning is one thing site plan comes. I don't know how far it's going to be away from Tibberon. Um I don't think they can connect to Tibberon Boulevard. I don't think they have that piece. But the site

plan that I saw, the driveway looked a little crammed in there. May or may not have the right radiuses. I mean, maybe a right in right out a problem. But I mean, Ryan did say it was going to be a financial planning facility. I don't consider that much traffic, but I don't I didn't really see that um that piece really defined in this application. So, since it was zoned residential prior to and we know that that's just a typical residential driveway with a few cars coming in and out or two or three for a house, we know we'd want to make sure that whatever they put in doesn't cause impact and it's not too close to Tibberon, but I didn't see that defined in the packet. Um, so that would be one thing we'd want to make sure is addressed. Okay. Thank you. I would Ryan I would think their clients would be mostly by appointment only. I mean I typically financial planners operate that way but yeah by appointment only. I mean I put the driveway where the existing driveway is. I'll put it anywhere anywhere he wants it on the site. Doesn't matter to us. I mean we don't have access to Dberon Boulevard. Um, so this is our only means of access and and again we'll shift it around, work with them on on on that. You know, I don't I'm kind of like him. It's financial services. I don't really have any concerns on the traffic. Hey, um, Ryan, just one thing. We'll need to account for the compatibility buffer on the north side because you're only requesting B1. It only has to be 10 feet wide. Um, so we'll need to add that into the site. Sure. When we get to the construction plan, like I said, this this site is is just that it was it was done for uh levy board permitting to to go forward with

them to see what size building they could fit and make sure we don't have any encroachments. Um I we can move the driveway around. That's going to shift the site, but you know, this is about as as large as the building's going to get. I don't expect it to be this large. I mean, his original numbers was like, 1500 square foot. He doesn't have construction plans. He just know he wants to do a financial services building. So, first thing in that is zoning. We'll be coming with y'all on zoning and plaque, following that up. So, you guys are meeting with the levy board. I've already met with the levy board. We've already gotten permits from the levy board. Okay. Thank you. We like to handle that up front. Appreciate it. already voted. Would you like me to send that for votes now? Are we ready to vote? Yeah, ready to vote. That motion carries. We move to public hearing. All right, Katie. The next item on our agenda. Right. P Z56-2025 the application of Ryan Estus and Associates for Wyatt Adams Boer Property Group LLC requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification with certain tractive land being 9.379 acres more or less from B1 limited business to B3 general business located at 2240 Vansfield Roader Parish, Louisiana for future development police jury district 6. Ryan Estus Railian Associates 4913 Shed Road. Uh here on behalf of the owners to answer any questions y'all may have. Um it's it's a pretty we're reszoning I don't know the first four 400 ft. Uh I don't remember in the application if y'all if y'all are looking at what we're actually

resunning. You'll have that document. Yeah. So all we're doing is the first 3 or 400 ft um of plans um you know on the major thorough affair to be heavy commercial 400 3 or 400 ft deep or 304 frontage on Benton Road 304 3 to 400 foot depth of frontage off of Benton Road. Um we've worked with DOTD. We understand we're only getting one driveway on Highway 3 and there'll be a cross access everywhere else. Uh we'll work with the parish on um the driveways off of Vanceville. So there's some work to be done and and we're cleaning some things up on his existing building um to make sure that we're in compliance there. And you know, I'll be here to answer any questions. Ryan, I don't recall we've ever done speculative zoning. Typically, we'll have an application for a specific use, particularly on B3. So, I'm I'm I'll be honest with you, I'd be a little uncomfortable, you know, with that with that. And I understand for marketing purposes, you might attract more sales, but um we're certainly open to B3, but I'd like to see what what's going there. Yeah. So, and and we're going to work towards that. Uh I might if we get approved, uh well, if we get um to a public hearing today, we're going to have to do a little bit more work on the B3. I I I get and I told him I told him this that y'all may not be open to B3 until we actually have a proposed use. Um but we've been getting a lot of um this is we've been getting a lot of well we're not zoned correctly those sorts of things uh on the development side. So we're trying to get ahead of it trying to work. We all know I mean it'll get P3 eventually if we had a proposed use. Um so that's that's it.

And we'll we'll work we're going to be working with the parish on I'm sure they have some traffic concerns, but we've been uh working. Are you anticipating coming back next month or or just wait until you have What I anticipate is getting delayed um or in a in a perfect world, we'd get approved today to go to public hearing. Um and then I'm I'm imagining we're going to come up with some some known uses. I think they have some people that are interested in the properties. Um, and then come back to y'all potentially with some known uses uh next month. And I'm going to recuse myself from voting on this one. Other questions? Okay. Have a motion. Second. Recommend we uh move Pzone 542025 to public hearing. Second. Pone 56 5625. All right, that motion carries. Sorry. I think it's going to pop back up. Oh, you might be. Okay. Would you like me to read the next two? Okay. um PMISC70-2025 application of the Boer City Metropolitan Planning Commission to

amend and update subdivision regulations within the Unified Development Code and CMISC71-2025, the application of the Boer City Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission to amend and update subdivision regulations within the United Unified Development Code. board. We have been working in tandem with the Bojer Parish Police Jury on uh amending our subdivision regulations with regards to lot sizes, setbacks, rightaway widths. Um I think over time we have developed so fast. Bojer Parish is a great place to live and people want to move here and we've developed so fast that we aren't able to quite keep up with the maintenance requirements of that development. Um, the Boj Parish Police Jury saw fit to enact a pause or a moratorum to delay development for a short period of time while we review where we're lacking with regards to transportation, infrastructure, um, access, uh, lot sizes, density, things of that nature. Um, they have since come up with some development regulations that they would like for us to entertain. Um, currently our lot sizes are 6,000 square feet, which is a 60 by 100 foot lot. They are recommending that we go to a 9100 square foot lot, which is a 65x 140 with a 7 1/2 ft sideyard setback. Um, they would also allow for 80 foot rideaways uh for front yard utilities. That's become very popular over the last couple of years. Um, in addition to that, in our rural parts of areas of of the parish, they would allow um open ditches uh if the right if the lot widths are 200 feet wide. So, I present that to you today um for discussion purposes um as we intend for this to move forward to public for next month.

Miss Carlaua, is there a way that if a if an over 55 community wants to come in and of course over 55 wants smaller lot sizes, is there some opportunity for that developer to have smaller lots? Yes. Essentially, this will be the base regulation for subdivisions. they would still be allowed to come back before us with a plan unit development. Um, but it would have to be substantial offerings within that plan unit development. We want them to be a community partner to assist us in other ways whether it's open space or Okay. So substantial meaning that for the over 55 group there's walking paths and greenery and that if lot sizes or widths are reduced then there needs to be like you stated um green space open space that's usable. um walking paths, even for the cluster boxes that the postmaster is now requesting um maybe coverings for those or drive outs for those. They're going to have to come back with, you know, some substantial offerings for us to reduce those. I mean, could we add language to these changes that would say just that that the uh lot variations or to the variances to the lot sizes would be dependent upon what types of amenities are offered and maybe just list them whether it's walking paths, ponds, community centers, all kinds of Yes, we can absolutely list them um and add that to it. Add that to the subdivision regulations. We think it's important. Um, we want quality development here in Bojer Parish as we continue to grow and we also want it to be sustainable. Well, if we can do that, that's a step in the right direction. I like that.

All right, that's all I have for you. So, this will come up from here. What's next step? We will go public hearing next month. Uh I will make the adjustments that you suggested and add that to the subdivision regulations. Um and um after it leaves this board, it will go to the city and the police jury respectively. Okay. Do you have to read the second one as well or No, she she read it, but we do have to vote separately. Okay. I do have a question on this open ditch. I mean, 200 foot wide lots. I mean, like, what's the likelihood of us having 200 foot wide lots and having these neighborhoods with lots of open ditches? I may have to direct that to our parish engineer there. I think we see it a lot more in the rural parts of the parish, not necessarily in the inner city. Um, it's just an amendment. Do you mean what do you mean by likelihood? I mean, we're these open ditches. Be like one acre lot here. I mean, like Lakewood. Yes. Yeah. I mean, it'd have to be about that size. Something like that. Forest Hills. A lot smaller. That's what we don't want to see. Forest Hills. Those those lots were pretty narrow. They're a maintenance nightmare for us. But, um, but open ditches the parish would have to maintain. We do. Yes, sir. Is that more difficult to maintain than means we don't I mean if if if somebody wants to develop a a rural type neighborhood with open ditches at 200 feet we're okay with that. That's not a change to I mean that's it's not a change to what we have currently. So we we required 250 ft in the village development areas. It's just we didn't get a lot of requests for it. Yeah. So I mean we we're okay with that in the parish at 200 feet. If this board thinks it's too narrow and wants to go wider, we won't we wouldn't object to

that. So, um, but that's that's where we kept it. I mean, I don't believe that you're going to find much of a market for it. Ryan sitting here behind me. He may disagree with me, but 200 foot's pretty wide with the property values uh in this area. But, um, we're we're okay with that. So, we have any other questions? Do you have a motion? Second to move to public. I'll make a motion we move P MISC70- 2025 to a public hearing. Second. That motion carries. And then do I have a motion? Second for I'll do this one, too. Okay. I move we move C MISC71- 2025 to a public hearing. Second. Second. and that motion carries. All right. Okay. So, that uh concludes the preliminary hearings. Um now we need to approve our minutes. uh the approval for a special call meeting on March the 17th, 2025. Make a motion we approve uh special call meeting March 17, 2025. Second.

Hey, we do electronic reverbal. Yeah. Perfect. Motion carries. And then we also need an approval for the MPC meeting on April the 14th of 2025 as well. Make a motion we approve uh NPC meeting minutes for April 14, 2025. Second. That motion carries as well. All right. So, um, any old new business? Um, board, I just wanted to update you on our trip. Um, Catalina and I went to or participated in Boer Day at the Capitol, uh, April 28th and April 29th. Um, yeah, this was the itinerary. I mean, we had a uh a full load here. We visited with Secretary Bugeois who's um in the last year she has just generated billions of dollars in economic development growth which is astounding. Um we visited with Secretary Nelson uh Commissioner Temple. Um we even talked about um what is it? Yeah. Trying to getratom out loud. That that's new for me. I'm still trying to learn about what that is. but it's a synthetic drug that stimulates an opioid uh which people are getting addicted to. So that's some of the legislation that they're working to change. They also talked about Medicare a little bit. Uh insurance was a big topic of discussion. Also um they also talked about um relational capital, the unemployment warehousing. I mean we we it was a lot of information in a small amount of time and we think it was well worth it. So, I just wanted to say thank you for allowing us to visit. Um, and we look

forward to visiting next year as well. Cool. Thank you. All right. Anything else? And Colonel Haden uh had a tight ship with the scheduling and getting the food out. So, thank you guys uh you and Miss Haden for organizing that. It was a good trip. Well worth it. and and proud to see our governor and all of our secretaries come in to spend time with Boer. Good good meeting. Thank you. All right. If there's nothing else, I'll adjourn our meeting. Thank you.