Planning and Zoning - Regular Meeting
The Natchitoches Planning and Zoning Commission approved an application to rezone a property for a new fire station and another application to resubdivide a lot for industrial storage units, contingent on external approvals. The commission also deferred the approval of past meeting minutes.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Planning and Zoning
- Meeting Type
- Planning And Zoning
- Location
- Natchitoches, LA
- Meeting Date
- April 7, 2026
Transcript
25 sections (from 137 segments)
City of Nagish planning and zoning commission meeting. Uh based on the fact that we have very little folks here, uh I'll keep my comments brief. We have a uh we have a reason. Why am I zone? We have a reszone tonight for the city uh for a fire station and then we have a um a what? Well, it doesn't really say that the uh Roman number 5B. Is that a um that's just a subdivision. Is that correct?
Yes. So, it's not a reszone. So neither well the reszone will go before the city council uh for introduction one week from yesterday. So that would be the u 13th and it would be for final voting on the 27th. Is that correct? That's correct.
Persons that are uh interested in that are encouraged to attend both meetings. with regard to the reason with regard to the waiver or the subdivision. Uh that becomes final 11 days from today. I will sign the plat if we have it at the conclusion of the meeting if it's approved and then it'll be available for pickup in 11 days for recording with the clerk's office. Um, considering the fact that we don't, it doesn't look like we're going to have any sides, I'll skip over the uh uh methodology of our hearings today uh and move to roll numeral two. Uh, Miss Donna, would you make a a roll call?
Miss Anita Dubois, here. Mr. Barbie Claybornne here. Mr. Isaac Lewis here. Mr. Michael Lewis here. Mr. Ricky Mallister here. Mr. Walter Johnson here. Miss Sad Sawyer here. Miss Alexa Bernard Kai. Uh by my account that's uh a core. Correct. Madam director. All right.
Uh moving on to uh room number three. Approval of the minutes from the deferred meeting. We'll we'll uh we'll uh approve just defer those minutes until next time to do that. We don't have anybody that needs needs that done in the interim, do we? No, but I have the minutes here. Well, we we the fact that we've got them deferred on the on the docket, I don't think we can uh do it.
I got But uh let's rule on the role numeral 5 four rather old business subsection A the city council approve the application by Ace Commercial Properties LLC to reszone the following 34.6 Six acres being lots two and six of the partition of the heirs of Willie the Cass in 879 north is shown on map size 242 and a lot containing one acre of the partition of the heirs of Willy Laz uh 8797 being the old home place shown on map slide 242. The reason was to allow flexible responsible development for consistent use of community growth objectives and long-term economic s sustainability of the sale services real products and services at 175 O river lot 2 uh exhibit 2 council person district number five role number four business subsection B the city council deny the application by Mr. Heat Nichols to reszone the following a lot on the east side of Cypress Avenue north by D and south by Miss Leela Hawkins estate and described as beginning at an iron pipe which is 274.8 ft north 25° 14 minutes east from the center of college avenue on the east side of Cyber Street and running 67° 28 minutes east 90.4t 4 feet. Then run north 23° 16 minutes east 34.3 feet. Then south 68° 58 minutes east 160 ft. Then run south 21° 55 minutes west 188.6 ft. Vents run north 69° 33 minutes west 290.6 six feet to the point of beginning from
Residential R1 and residential R2 to develop several multifamily duplexes. Uh that's on Cypress Avenue. Uh exhibit 4 council person District number one. That application was denied. Chairman, can I get you to speak it through the mic? You're I'm not picking you up. That's okay. I'll talk louder. Thank you.
Uh Roman numeral five, new business. the application by the city of Nacadesh to reszone the following a lot containing 1.560 acres having a front on college avenue of 567.87 ft and a front of 44.77 ft along University Parkway as shown by on a plat of Mr. Reggie Lewis dated November 7, 2000 from R2 multifamily residence to R1 R11 family residence district. The reason is development of a new fire station. That's 3600 University Parkway, exhibit number one, council person, district number one. Uh, madame director, if you'd summarize the application, although I seem to think one of the reasons we got to do this is that a fire station has to have higher approval than a residential district. Is that correct?
Yeah, that's correct. But also, um, a fire station, a use by right, is for R1. The property that is sitting on now is zone R2, which a fire station is not a use by right. It's not actually uh approved to be an R2. So, we brought it before you guys to have it downzone to R1 to be the use of our right for this specific parcel of land.
And just for y'all's uh edification, I've done the title work on the uh on the uh apartments to the uh I guess that would be the west and I can tell you that was donated to the city for the purposes of a fire station. So, this is fulfilling something they agreed to do 25 years ago. And this triangular piece of property, of course, you all can have your own opinion, but I'm not sure it's good for much else. That's it. Is there anyone else to Is there anyone to speak on behalf of the application? U Miss Rob?
No, but because it is an application by the city of Nagades, I don't know if I will be able to want to represent it. We just make your comments part of the record on behalf of the applicant. Say that one more time. I said we just make your comments um uh for the applicant as part of the record. That's your prior comments. Okay. For what needed to be done. Is is that council district one? It is. Yeah. Thought that was PT district. I don't know.
Right. I mean, each one of the representatives, a councilman could have been here, but because it was a city of Nagas application, I didn't ask one of them to be here. So, I being a representative for the city will be the representative for this application. All right. Any questions from Miss Rock on behalf of members? I guess Miss Rock, do we have any comment at all? No. To the 300 foot affidavit or letter? I only had one question uh that was pertaining to an apartment complex. They just wanted to know how this would affect their property which it wouldn't affect it at all with it being a new development spec specifically probably reduce the insurance right
may maybe may it should it should because if you what say amount district from the fire station you should go down depending on who you have insurance we talking about yeah that's true too we talking about losing Yeah. Yeah. Yep. What's that? I forgot about that. Any discussion by commission members? I move we approve it. Motion by Duboce to approve. Second by Lewis. All in favor say I. I. All oppose like sign. So that becomes final uh after the 20
20 15 days after the 20th assuming that the uh the city council approves it.
Roman number five subsection B the application by by Mr. Dariel Collins to resub divide the following 4.2 2 acres lot containing 2.7 acres on the north side of highway 3110 in section 76 township 9 north range 7 west in a parish Louisiana and being described as lot five of the air industrial park is shown on the plat attached to the original bearing instrument number 170969 and 1.5 acres being that part of the 120 acre track in section 74 four township 9 north range 7 west Louisiana and being on the west bank of Cane River north by Maserat south by Hill and more particularly being described on the northern right ofway of highway 3110 near the intersection of Antonia Drive on the northwest by lot five of the air industrial park and on the east by LCV the reason for this placement of industrial storage units being municipal address 5771 Highway 1 bypass exhibit number two at council person district number one. Comments by the director. This application has several moving parts. Um the first part was the placement of a temporary building for an office space. The second part was for the industrialized storage units to be placed on the back half of the property. But as you can see, it's actually two pieces that need to be combined into one. Um, we recommended that everything be done at one time so that one permit could be issued for the whole project instead of dividing it up and breaking it up and having the applicant to pay double permit fees. One of the issues we're having with the property right now though is the FFA application permit has not been received yet. We're working on that. They're waiting to get that
information unless Mr. Daryl has it tonight. Um, another issue, well, not really an issue, we're waiting on a survey plat. So, the resubdivision or the combining of the two lots together and the access off of Edwina or 3110. It's going to be off of Edwina. So, there's no issue with regard to DOT access. No, DOTD was the one that recommended the access point from Aduina. All right. any comments from any any of the folks listed on the 300 foot affidavit or any other
No, the only comments we've had was from the airport for the FFA permit. Um, just guaranteeing that the structure that's going to be placed there that it won't interfere with the oneway. All right. Would Mr. Collins or his representative come forward to address this application? Yes, sir. This is Daryl Collins. Mr. Collins, you heard the comments by the director regarding what your application is. Seems pretty straightforward, but is there anything you need to add or correct that you said? No, sir.
All right. uh you understand that having planning and zoning commission approval does not necessarily get you a right to a permit that you have to jump through other hoops like FAA. Evidently DOTD has been uh dispensed with. So because you're not accessing this property by uh from a state highway that you're doing it from a city street. Is that correct? That's correct. So basically this is contingent on you getting FAA approval to put whatever structure you plan on putting there. Just the FFA approval. No, sir. FAA.
Okay. Okay. The the Federal Aeronautics Administration to make sure that doesn't impact our runway length. Okay. And that's really all it is. It's not like they're going to make you do a whole bunch of stuff. They'll tell you, they'll give you a mathematical determination. Um, this is just behind the old club out there. Mhm. Is that right? Yes. I know there was an issue when those trees got up to about 50 or 60 ft. They made them cut them down, but I'm I'm pretty sure your storage buildings aren't going to be anywhere near that. No.
All right. Any questions for the applicant from members of the commission? I have one. How many U storage buildings you plan on putting in? Well, the minimum required over there is 10,000 square ft. So, that building will be required at 12 close to 12,000 per 12,000 ft with like uh 13 bays to park uh RVs. Okay. And uh boats. It's no small. It's going to be for RV RVs and boats, you know, trucks, stuff like that. So, it's for RV parking. Mhm. not storage.
A lot of storage clarify by where Dr. James's vet clinic was. There's a graywater dump spot there for that. So, I'm pretty sure Mr. Collins knows that and that's why he's pitching for that. I didn't know that. You didn't know that? No, it's just something that uh you know got a lot of places to park RVs, you know, with top of the city. I don't know who controls that. I don't know if we control that or what, but there's a gray water dump spot. Maybe maybe you could stop Maybe you could tell them stop dumping that chicken feed all over my property.
Brother, do you know how much money they pay in the city every year? I don't think you're going to tell them a whole bunch of stuff about employment over that. But I understand where you're coming from. All right. Anybody else want to talk on behalf of the application to Mr. Collins, the director? I'm sorry, ma'am. No, I just had one more thing. Um, the HA study is the last thing that we have to have from the engineer, the city engineer, the drainage study just showing that it won't have any runoff.
Yeah, that that's just part of the normal normal deal. the FAA deals sort of more of an abnormal thing, but yeah, you got to have the the I guess it's the storm water runoff is what correct technically is. Okay. Uh but once they approve that, you know, you're good to go. If you get FAA approval and the engineering approval after we do that, you're good to go. Thank you so much. I appreciate you. Thank you so much. So, anyone else want to speak on behalf of the application, Mr. Collins? Does anybody want to speak in opposition to the application of comments? Hearing none discussion by commission members.
Make a motion to approve. Motion by Clayburn, second by Lewis. All in favor say I. I. All oppose. Like sign. That becomes final in 11 days. Thank you'all so much for your time. And she will have You don't have a I don't have a plant yet. Not yet. She'll you'll have a have to have a plaque uh appropriate for recording. My suggestion is you get to her this week. I I spoke to Mr. Davis. Well, so what happens? So what you have to know is that there are like five department heads that sign this flat and she brings it to the is it your Tuesday meeting or Monday meeting? Staff made it on Tuesdays. Staff meeting is on Tuesday. I think they meet here. Right. Correct.
And so she can get all four or five signatures right here at one time. Okay. Otherwise, if she's if you don't get it to her in a timely fashion, you're going to have to take it around to every department head to sign off on. Okay? So, it's really in your interest to go ahead get it here so you can get it all signed at the end of the staff meeting. Thank you, Mr. C. Thank you. Appreciate y'all time. Uh, no more uh new business. Madam Director, no new business. No more. Uh, Roman numeral 7. Reverend Clayurn, make a motion to adjourn. I'll second. All in all in favor say I. I. Although the coast lights up, the gentleman
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