throw back Thursday

an editorial from march 2010
http://concernedcitizensaroundmurphy.blogspot.com/2010/03/editorial.html

Instead of a recovery plan that protects our right to secure tenure, the
shift continues toward industry, undermining our health and that of our children.
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Spot Zoning's adverse effects and ramifications fail to preserve the integrity of our residential neighborhoods, result in a piece meal of yet another land use plan developed without thoughtful deliberations, and make any assemblance of a public input process a charade from the beginning.
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Developed as the master land use plan through the works and recommendation of the Citizens Recovery Committee, and adopted by the Council in 2006, the Waggoner and Ball Plan was submitted to and accepted by the Louisiana Recovery Authority Board as the foundation for the St Bernard Parish Recovery Plan.
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Subsequent zoning changes, allowed by Council Ordinance, which are
incompatible with the existing land use maps, seem to arbitrarily enforce local code. Although recently "modernized" with the advice of Donald Poland, a professional planner made available through a grant from the Greater New  Orleans Foundation (http://www.gnof.org/), the local Code of Ordinances: Chapter 22 Zoning left residential properties unprotected. The minimal allowance or required buffer between heavy industry and residential remains unchanged at a mere 100 feet. Recently introduced dockets, if granted, will allow industrial zoning adjacent to residential homes with even less protective footage; not to mention the nearby churches and schools. {Docket
7 - 10 Municipal No. 328 West St Bernard Hwy at Delille Street, Petition for Zoning Change from C2 General Commercial to I1 Industrial -- Public Hearing March 23rd 4pm}


St Bernard Parish needs to move away from politically motivated zoning changes and leave that authority with the Planning Commissioners, instead of Council Ordinance, with appeals of planning decisions heard in State Court.


Citizens Recovery Committee
(http://www.louisianaspeaks-parishplans.org/IndParishHomepage_CommunityInvol
vement.cfm?EntID=13 ),
the Waggoner and Ball Plan
(http://www.docstoc.com/docs/16762854/Citizens-Recovery-Committee-MasterPlan
-April-2006 )
adopted by the Council in 2006,
(http://www.scribd.com/doc/28294096/StBernardParish-LRA-Resolution-062507-to
-Accept-Waggoner-and-Ball )
submitted to and accepted by the Louisiana Recovery Authority Board
(http://www.louisianaspeaks-parishplans.org/IndParishHomepage.cfm?EntID=13
)
as the foundation for the St Bernard Parish Recovery Plan
(http://www.louisianaspeaks-parishplans.org/IndParishHomepage_RecoveryVision
.cfm?EntID=13 ).
the local Code of Ordinances Chapter 22 Zoning
(http://www.scribd.com/doc/17214549/St-Bernard-Parish-Zoning-Regulations-Dra
ft-May-26-20091 )