[CALL TO ORDER ]
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WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2026. WE CAN CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM. COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
THIS IS THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD. AND SO I'VE ASKED MY, MY COUNCIL LADY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME UP HERE JUST TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS WHO ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB IN OUR PARISH AND JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
WE VALUE THEM. WE VALUE THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY DO.
THEY ARE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR CHILDREN AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
SO IN HONOR OF OF NATIONAL WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD, WE WANT TO PROCLAIM THAT IT IS NATIONAL WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH. ANY. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE, LADIES.
[1.26-00390 TA-1-26 Chapter 8, Zoning Districts]
NUMBER 1TA-1-26. CHAPTER EIGHT. ZONING DISTRICTS UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT TO REVISE TABLE 8-A PUD.SPUD AND I SPUD. MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
MOTION TO APPROVE. CARRIED 8 TO 0. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A SMALL TEXT AMENDMENT THAT REVISES TABLE EIGHT A IN CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE RELATED TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS, SMALL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS, AND INFILL SMALL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SPECIFICALLY, IT MODIFIES THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT BY CHARACTER AREA FOR URBAN, WALKABLE, AND DOWNTOWN AREAS. IT MODIFIES THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS WERE ALSO REVISED TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE INCREMENTAL SCALE OF STANDARD ZONING DISTRICTS.
THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE, AS ALWAYS, WAS HANDED OUT TO THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND TO THE GROWTH COALITION, WHO BOTH HAD NO OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
THE STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED UDC AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. HOLCOMB. ANYBODY ELSE? GO TO COUNCIL. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MOAK. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TWO, CASE 12 DASH 26 5225.
[2.26-00391 CASE 12-26 5225 Etta Street ]
ETA STREET TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C-2 TO GENERAL RESIDENTIAL A FOR ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ADAMS STREET NORTH OF WESLEY DRIVE.COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 RAKA COMMISSION ACTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 7 TO 0.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM THREE, CASE 13 DASH 26 14810.
[3.26-00392 CASE 13-26 14810 Florida Boulevard (Part 1 of 2)]
FLORIDA BOULEVARD TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD WEST OF FONTAINEBLEAU DRIVE, DISTRICT FOUR, MO. COMMISSIONER ACTION. MOTION TO APPROVE.CARRIED SEVEN ZERO. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. CAN WE MOVE THIS.
THE NEXT ITEM IS REQUESTED TO BE DEFERRED. OKAY.
GIVE ME FOUR MINUTES. HE WANTS TO BE ALL DAY.
AND THE MAN BEING OUT THERE AND YOU GOING TO HOLD UP ON ME.
[4.26-00393 CASE 14-26 2639 North Street, Suite A]
SUITE A TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH STREET WEST OF NORTH 27TH STREET.[00:05:08]
COUNCIL DISTRICT TEN COLEMAN COMMISSION ACTION.MOTION TO DEFER TO APRIL 20TH. PLANNING COMMISSION CARRIED A20.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
BACK TO ITEM THREE. SINCE WE HAVE TIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT AGAIN.
[3.26-00392 CASE 13-26 14810 Florida Boulevard (Part 2 of 2)]
K 13 DASH 26 14810. FLORIDA BOULEVARD TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE AC ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD, WEST OF FONTAINEBLEAU DRIVE. COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, MO.COMMISSIONER ACTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. CARRIED 7 TO 0.
SO ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER UNTIL UNTIL MAY.
MAY THE 20TH BY COUNCILMAN MOAK, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ADAMS. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES COUNCILWOMAN.
AMOROSA. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.