Note: The transcript states the meeting was held on August 6, 2026, but the provided metadata indicates August 7, 2026. This summary uses the metadata date; the discrepancy is noted.
The St. Charles Parish Planning Board of Commissioners met to consider ten agenda items, including resubdivisions, rezoning requests, a special permit use, a sign waiver, and two zoning ordinance amendments. All votes were unanimous except where noted.
Welcome everyone. This is the St. Charles Parish Planning Board of Commissioners meeting for August 6, 2026. If you would please uh silence all devices for the duration of the proceedings. And if you would remove hats, uh, we will stand for the Pledge of Allegiance followed by or moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America through the Republic which we stand one nation under God. First item on the agenda is 2026-10-MIN requested by PDJ Enterprises LLC for resubdivision of one lot into three 17292 LA631 in the Zalman zoning district R1AM Council District 4. The applicant requests resubdivision of lot 9B into lots 9B1, 9B2, and 9B3. Proposed lots 9B1 and 9B2 meet the zoning regulations along with the geometric standards. Proposed lot 9B3 meets the minimum minimum area and the existing structure meets applicable setbacks. However, at only 25.63 feet wide, it does not meet the minimum width requirement of the R1AM zoning district, which is 50 feet. The applicant has requested a waiver from the width requirement, which the department does not object to. It should be noted that if approved, development of these lots via special exception use could allow for up to a total of nine dwellings on these lots. Um the department does recommend approval. Thank you. Is the applicant present. Good evening, Lewis Othama. If hearing on behalf of the applicant, my address is 13919 River Road, Suite 300 in Luling. This is a pretty straightforward resubdivision to create the three lots that were mentioned. But the property, as everyone knows, after Ida went from sacred to shuttered, and it's been sitting there, declining, and this is an opportunity for it to be put back into some productive use. So I'm here to answer any questions you may have, but would appreciate your support. Thank you. Any questions from Stalma? Okay, thank you. Okay, thank you. Thank you. This time we're gonna open the public hearing for 2026-10-MIN. Anyone in the audience here to speak either for or against if you'd please state your name and address for the record. Ryan Ferrag 125 St. Gergroe Lane, right next to where they're building the properties. Um I already got water in my house a couple of stones ago. And if they build up more houses right there, they don't have drainage on either side. All of the water drains to me. Now planning a zone and saw this firsthand. They witnessed the water. It all drains to me, and it's my ditch. Not nobody else's dead. I have to maintain it. I gotta take care of this. And then San Gertrude Lane used to be part of my property. It was donated to the church for access to the graveyard, not access to five houses. We maintain the rule. Not them. That's my only objective. Other than that, I don't care what they do with the prop. Okay, thank you. And at this time we don't have any plans for houses. It's just a rezoning request. Yeah. Resubdivision.