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The St. Charles Parish Zoning Board of Adjustment convened on Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers to consider three variance requests. The board approved all three variances unanimously and postponed approval of the previous meeting's minutes pending corrections.
2026-33-ZBA - Clayton Faucheux: Requested a variance to allow a residential fence exceeding 4 feet (up to 6 feet) in height within the front yard setback at 501 Oak Street, Norco. The property is a corner lot with two front yards; the fence would face 5th Street, a busy road near an elementary school. The applicant cited security, privacy, and safety for a small dog. He noted that the fence would be 19 feet from 5th Street and over 50 feet from Oak Street. Multiple neighboring fences exceed 4 feet. Board members asked clarifying questions about the property line and a post currently in the yard.
2026-34-ZBA - Carl Hastings: Requested a variance to reduce the required setback from a drainage servitude for a swimming pool at 500 Belle Ormond Circle, Destrehan. The property has a 20-foot drainage servitude plus an additional 20-foot setback. The pool would only encroach into the first 20 feet, leaving approximately 28 feet between the pool and the waterway. The applicant stated that only a few lots in the subdivision have this double setback. The contractor testified that the setback is intended to allow maintenance access during storms, and that public works was supportive of the variance application.
2026-35-ZBA - Andre Breaux: Requested a variance to increase the maximum square footage from 600 sq ft to allow a 2,100 sq ft wet floodproofed residential accessory building at 112 Matthew Drive, Des Allemands. The applicant stated that 600 sq ft is insufficient for his boats, jet skis, and machinery for his father-in-law's construction.
Minutes Approval: Board member (unidentified) reported discrepancies in the minutes of September 17, 2026, including incorrect attribution of a second on a motion and omission of testimony from Mr. Pillier regarding base flood elevation and survey datums. The board voted to postpone approval until corrections are made.
All right. Calling this St. Charles Power Zoning Board of Adjustments meeting on October 15th, 2026 to order. Please rise for the pledge. And to the Republican. All right. We have three cases on our docket tonight. Whenever I call your case, please come up. You're going to state your name, your address. What you're about to say is true, and then we'll swear you in. And then you can come up and tell us a little bit about your case. All right. All right. The first case is 2026-33-uh ZBA requested by Clayton Foshe to allow a residential fence exceeding four feet in height within the front yard setback at 501 Oak Street Norco Zoning District R1A Council District 6. All right. Please state your name and your address. Clayton Foshe. All right. And then please raise your right hand. You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So I hope you got it. Yes, sir. I do. All righty. Now tell us a little bit about uh about what's going on. So we're looking for a variance uh from the four foot height requirement for the fence. Uh we're on a corner, and because we're on a corner, basically uh we have two front yards. So we have our front yard, which doesn't require a fence, but we want a fence in our backyard, but that faces 5th street. So the real issue is the busy road on 5th, which goes to Norco Elementary. So we're looking to go over the four foot to approximately six foot. So we do know that we're going to be on the property line. So we did have the uh GIS personnel actually came out and they identified where the property line was. So that we knew we would be on that. Um so outside of that, we're just looking for the the height variant. We have a small dog, about 12 pounds, miniature schnauzer, and uh somebody could really just reach over and grab her. Uh but again it's the kids down the street, it's privacy, it's security, it's safety, uh, it's all of those things. Uh we're approximately 19 feet off of fifth. We're over 50 foot off of oak, which is our front yard. Um there are multiple fences down the street. Uh I think there's only one that's four foot.