Meeting Summary

The St. Charles Parish Planning and Zoning Commission met on February 6, 2025, to review a home occupation permit, several rezoning requests, and a lot resubdivision tied to a major parish drainage project. The most consequential discussion involved a proposed resubdivision on Holland Street in Hahnville, which is meant to let the Parish Department of Public Works acquire land for a large drainage ditch behind King, Julia, Oak, and Hahn streets. Commissioners also considered a rezoning and related special permit for a proposed residential care home in Norco, which drew opposition from neighbors and was ultimately recommended for denial.

Watch Items

The special permit use request for a residential care home at 318 Clayton Drive in Norco (2024-8-SPU) was postponed and will only come back for a public hearing if the Parish Council approves the related rezoning request, which the Commission recommended denying. Residents should watch for that Council decision, since it determines whether the care home proposal moves forward at all.

The Holland Street resubdivision and waiver in Hahnville, tied to the parish's major drainage project, is headed to the Parish Council for final action on the street-frontage waiver. Public Works Director Miles Bingham said he plans to meet with the councilwoman, the parish president, and affected residents to walk through drainage plans, since neighbors on King Street raised concerns about flooding, ditch safety for children, and effects on property values. No engineering drawings or construction details have been finalized yet, so residents in that area should look for a future community meeting and any parish council discussion of the project's design.

Several rezoning recommendations from this meeting still require final approval by the Parish Council, including the change from open land to R1M for the Champagne Tract property on River Road in Hahnville (2024-25-R), the change from R1AM to C2 for a Highway 90 property in Des Allemands (2024-26-R), the denial recommendation for the Clayton Drive property in Norco (2024-27-R), and the change from R1A to R1AM for a West McAdoo Street property in New Sarpy (2025-1-R). Residents affected by any of these should expect notice of an upcoming Parish Council meeting where the matters will be decided.