Metropolitan Council Roll Call.
Amending the Comprehensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge of June 1976, as contained in and made a part of the “Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge for 1958,” as amended so as to: A. PA 2-14 17077, 17087, 17097 Old Hammond Highway To amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Residential Neighborhood to Commercial, north of Old Hammond Highway, west of the intersection between Old Hammond Highway and Florida Boulevard, on Lots 1-A, 1-B, 1-C and Lot 2 of the A.J. Melancon Tract. Section 73, T-7-S, R-2-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 4-Wilson) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation Approval, based on examination of the area at a greater level of detail than was done during the original development of the Comprehensive Plan, which left these properties as a small enclave of Residential Neighborhood surrounded by Commercial on the north side of Old Hammond Highway. Commission Action: Motion to approve. 8 Yeas, 1 Nay, 0 Absent and the motion carried.
SPUD-1-15 Siegen Lane Assisted Living Community A proposed two (2) story, 110,056 square foot assisted living facility consisting of 120 units and office space located on the west side of Siegen Lane, to the north of King James Avenue, on Lot F-3-A and F-4-A of the Henry Johnson Property. Section 37, T-8-S, R-1-E, EBRP, LA. (Council District 3-Loupe) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements and compatibility surrounding land uses. Commission Action: Motion to approve, carried, 7-0 .
PA-2-15 Tract A-3-3-C of Burbank Drive To amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Agricultural and Rural to Residential Neighborhood, on the southwest side of Burbank Drive, southeast of South Kenilworth Parkway, on a portion of Tract A-3-3-C of the Chatsworth Plantation. Section 77, T-8-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 3-Loupe) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based upon changing development activity in the area and compatibility with surrounding higher intensity land use designations. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
TA-8-15 Amending Title 7 (Unified Development Code), Chapter8 (Zoning Districts) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge so as to amend and reenact Section 8.218 (UDD1 Urban Design District One - Bluebonnet Boulevard) to revise Sub Area B2 to include Lot CP DPW (N) of Inniswold Estates Subdivision. Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
ISPUD-3-15 Mid-City Veterinary Clinic A proposed 5,850 square foot veterinary clinic located on the south side of Goodwood Boulevard and east of Lobdell Avenue, on Lot 3-A-2 and a portion of Lot 3-A-1, of Goodwood Acres Subdivision. Section 89, T-7-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 11-Heck) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements and compatibility with surrounding land uses. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
SPUD-2-15 Performance Contractors A proposed development with three (3) buildings totaling 215,075 square feet of commercial/office space, northeast of the intersection of Pecue Boulevard and Perkins Road, on Lot X-1-A of Jamestown at Old Perkins Subdivision, Phase I. Section 49, T-8-S, R-2-E, GLD, EBRP, LA.(Council District 9-Boé) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements and compatibility with surrounding land uses. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 8-0.
PUD-1-14 The River District Planned Unit Development Concept Plan Revision Clarification that the Planned Unit Development was removed from the Old Town Redevelopment Overlay District, west and east of Nicholson Drive, on Lots 1 through 24, Square 308 of the Nicholson Drive Estates Subdivision; Lots 36, 37-A-1, 38-A of the Magnolia Terrace Subdivision; Lots 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, D, Square 108; Lots 1-A, East ½ of 6, 7 through 23, 24-A and 26, Square 300; Lots 10 through 21 and Tract E.B. Moore et al, Square 301; Lots A through E, F-1-1-2, Square 304; and Lots A, B, 2-A, 2-B, Square 307 of the South Baton Rouge Subdivision. Sections 52, 53, 54 and 75, T-7-S, R-1-W, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 10-Wicker) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, considering the project is consistent with the comprehensive plan and the previously approved PUD Concept Plan did not apply the Redevelopment Overlay standards. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
PUD-1-15 The Water Campus Planned Unit Development Concept Plan A proposed development with 1,600,000 square feet of commercial/office, 715,000 square feet of public/semi-public, 290 high density multi-family units and 15 medium density multi-family units, south of Interstate 10 and west of River Road, which encompasses properties in between Nicholson Drive and River Road, on the Old City Docks of Baton Rouge Tract, Old City Docks and an Undesignated Tract, Square 156; Lot 1-B-1, Square 284 of Suburb Magnolia Subdivision; Tract A and Tract C-1-A, Square 286, Lots 4, 6 and 7, Square 287, Lots 14, Tract C-3, Square 288 of the Gailey Subdivision; a portion of Lot A-1, Lot B, and Lot C-2-D-1, Square 286 of the Brickyard Property. Section 49 and 50, T-7-S, R-1-W, EBRP, GLD, LA. (Council District 10-Wicker) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and compatibility with the surrounding land uses. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
Case 37-14 11034 Old Hammond Highway To rezone from A1 (Single Family Residential) to NO (Neighborhood Office), on the south side of Old Hammond Highway, east of Darius Drive, on Lot 17 of the Darius Place Subdivision. Section 62, T-7-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 11-Heck) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 8-0.
Case 8-15 Lot CP DPW (N) of Bluebonnet Boulevard To rezone from A1 (Single Family Residential) to UDD1 (Urban Design District One), on the west side of Bluebonnet Boulevard, north of Cal Road, on Lot CP DPW (N) of the Inniswold Estates Subdivision. Section 58, T-7-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 11-Heck) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
Case 9-15 Lot X-1-A of Stanley Aubin Lane To rezone from C1 (Light Commercial) to HC1 (Heavy Commercial One), on the north side of Stanley Aubin Lane, east of Cedarcrest Avenue, on Lot X-1-A of the Southmoor Subdivision and Mary S. Kleinpeter Property. Section 24, T-7-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 11-Heck) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
Case 10-15 3950 Harding Boulevard To rezone from C1 (Light Commercial) to LC3 (Light Commercial Three), on the south side of Harding Boulevard, west of Merle Gustafson Drive, on Lot 22 of the Howell Community Farms Subdivision. Section 94, T-6-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 2-Banks-Daniel) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 8-0.
Case 11-15 10500-10600 Highland Road To rezone from A1 (Single Family Residential) to GOH (General Office High Rise) and LC2 (Light Commercial Two), on the north side of Highland Road, west of Bluebonnet Boulevard, on Lot A-1-1-B-1 of the E. L. Chaney Property. Section 69, T-8-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 12-Delgado) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
Case 12-15 1660 Lobdell Avenue To rezone from C1 (Light Commercial) to C-AB-1 (Commercial Alcoholic Beverage One), on the west side of Lobdell Avenue, south of Old Goodwood Village Avenue, on a portion of Lot M-4 of the Goodwood Estates Subdivision. Section 90, T-7-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 11-Heck) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to defer until May 18, 2015, motion carried, 8-0.
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Metropolitan Council Roll Call.
Amending the Comprehensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge of June 1976, as contained in and made a part of the “Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge for 1958,” as amended so as to: A. PA 2-14 17077, 17087, 17097 Old Hammond Highway To amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Residential Neighborhood to Commercial, north of Old Hammond Highway, west of the intersection between Old Hammond Highway and Florida Boulevard, on Lots 1-A, 1-B, 1-C and Lot 2 of the A.J. Melancon Tract. Section 73, T-7-S, R-2-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 4-Wilson) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation Approval, based on examination of the area at a greater level of detail than was done during the original development of the Comprehensive Plan, which left these properties as a small enclave of Residential Neighborhood surrounded by Commercial on the north side of Old Hammond Highway. Commission Action: Motion to approve. 8 Yeas, 1 Nay, 0 Absent and the motion carried.
SPUD-1-15 Siegen Lane Assisted Living Community A proposed two (2) story, 110,056 square foot assisted living facility consisting of 120 units and office space located on the west side of Siegen Lane, to the north of King James Avenue, on Lot F-3-A and F-4-A of the Henry Johnson Property. Section 37, T-8-S, R-1-E, EBRP, LA. (Council District 3-Loupe) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements and compatibility surrounding land uses. Commission Action: Motion to approve, carried, 7-0 .
PA-2-15 Tract A-3-3-C of Burbank Drive To amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Agricultural and Rural to Residential Neighborhood, on the southwest side of Burbank Drive, southeast of South Kenilworth Parkway, on a portion of Tract A-3-3-C of the Chatsworth Plantation. Section 77, T-8-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 3-Loupe) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based upon changing development activity in the area and compatibility with surrounding higher intensity land use designations. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
TA-8-15 Amending Title 7 (Unified Development Code), Chapter8 (Zoning Districts) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge so as to amend and reenact Section 8.218 (UDD1 Urban Design District One - Bluebonnet Boulevard) to revise Sub Area B2 to include Lot CP DPW (N) of Inniswold Estates Subdivision. Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
ISPUD-3-15 Mid-City Veterinary Clinic A proposed 5,850 square foot veterinary clinic located on the south side of Goodwood Boulevard and east of Lobdell Avenue, on Lot 3-A-2 and a portion of Lot 3-A-1, of Goodwood Acres Subdivision. Section 89, T-7-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 11-Heck) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements and compatibility with surrounding land uses. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
SPUD-2-15 Performance Contractors A proposed development with three (3) buildings totaling 215,075 square feet of commercial/office space, northeast of the intersection of Pecue Boulevard and Perkins Road, on Lot X-1-A of Jamestown at Old Perkins Subdivision, Phase I. Section 49, T-8-S, R-2-E, GLD, EBRP, LA.(Council District 9-Boé) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements and compatibility with surrounding land uses. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 8-0.
PUD-1-14 The River District Planned Unit Development Concept Plan Revision Clarification that the Planned Unit Development was removed from the Old Town Redevelopment Overlay District, west and east of Nicholson Drive, on Lots 1 through 24, Square 308 of the Nicholson Drive Estates Subdivision; Lots 36, 37-A-1, 38-A of the Magnolia Terrace Subdivision; Lots 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, D, Square 108; Lots 1-A, East ½ of 6, 7 through 23, 24-A and 26, Square 300; Lots 10 through 21 and Tract E.B. Moore et al, Square 301; Lots A through E, F-1-1-2, Square 304; and Lots A, B, 2-A, 2-B, Square 307 of the South Baton Rouge Subdivision. Sections 52, 53, 54 and 75, T-7-S, R-1-W, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 10-Wicker) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, considering the project is consistent with the comprehensive plan and the previously approved PUD Concept Plan did not apply the Redevelopment Overlay standards. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
PUD-1-15 The Water Campus Planned Unit Development Concept Plan A proposed development with 1,600,000 square feet of commercial/office, 715,000 square feet of public/semi-public, 290 high density multi-family units and 15 medium density multi-family units, south of Interstate 10 and west of River Road, which encompasses properties in between Nicholson Drive and River Road, on the Old City Docks of Baton Rouge Tract, Old City Docks and an Undesignated Tract, Square 156; Lot 1-B-1, Square 284 of Suburb Magnolia Subdivision; Tract A and Tract C-1-A, Square 286, Lots 4, 6 and 7, Square 287, Lots 14, Tract C-3, Square 288 of the Gailey Subdivision; a portion of Lot A-1, Lot B, and Lot C-2-D-1, Square 286 of the Brickyard Property. Section 49 and 50, T-7-S, R-1-W, EBRP, GLD, LA. (Council District 10-Wicker) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and compatibility with the surrounding land uses. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
Case 37-14 11034 Old Hammond Highway To rezone from A1 (Single Family Residential) to NO (Neighborhood Office), on the south side of Old Hammond Highway, east of Darius Drive, on Lot 17 of the Darius Place Subdivision. Section 62, T-7-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 11-Heck) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 8-0.
Case 8-15 Lot CP DPW (N) of Bluebonnet Boulevard To rezone from A1 (Single Family Residential) to UDD1 (Urban Design District One), on the west side of Bluebonnet Boulevard, north of Cal Road, on Lot CP DPW (N) of the Inniswold Estates Subdivision. Section 58, T-7-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 11-Heck) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
Case 9-15 Lot X-1-A of Stanley Aubin Lane To rezone from C1 (Light Commercial) to HC1 (Heavy Commercial One), on the north side of Stanley Aubin Lane, east of Cedarcrest Avenue, on Lot X-1-A of the Southmoor Subdivision and Mary S. Kleinpeter Property. Section 24, T-7-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 11-Heck) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
Case 10-15 3950 Harding Boulevard To rezone from C1 (Light Commercial) to LC3 (Light Commercial Three), on the south side of Harding Boulevard, west of Merle Gustafson Drive, on Lot 22 of the Howell Community Farms Subdivision. Section 94, T-6-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 2-Banks-Daniel) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 8-0.
Case 11-15 10500-10600 Highland Road To rezone from A1 (Single Family Residential) to GOH (General Office High Rise) and LC2 (Light Commercial Two), on the north side of Highland Road, west of Bluebonnet Boulevard, on Lot A-1-1-B-1 of the E. L. Chaney Property. Section 69, T-8-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 12-Delgado) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to approve carried, 7-0.
Case 12-15 1660 Lobdell Avenue To rezone from C1 (Light Commercial) to C-AB-1 (Commercial Alcoholic Beverage One), on the west side of Lobdell Avenue, south of Old Goodwood Village Avenue, on a portion of Lot M-4 of the Goodwood Estates Subdivision. Section 90, T-7-S, R-1-E, GLD, EBRP, LA. (Council District 11-Heck) Planning Commission Staff Recommendation: Approval, based on consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, compliance with ordinance requirements, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhood. Commission Action: Motion to defer until May 18, 2015, motion carried, 8-0.
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