A.

Types of amendments: There are two (2) types of amendments to the Zoning Ordinance:

1.

Text amendment: A revision to the text of the zoning ordinance.

2.

Map amendment: Also known as a rezoning, changes the zoning district designation of a lot or lots.

B.

Initiation of amendments: The Parish Council may amend, supplement, or change the zoning ordinance or zoning map. Such amendment, supplement or change may be initiated by:

1.

Request for text or map amendment by a member of the Parish Council

2.

Recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Department through the Parish President

3.

Application for map amendment by property owners

(Ord. No. 15-12-12, § I, 12-14-15)

C.

Application for Map Amendments: Applications for a map amendment shall be filed with the Planning and Zoning Department. In filing such petitions the following rules shall apply:

1.

Applications for rezoning may be submitted for any lot(s) by the ownership of said lot(s). No such application for rezoning shall be filed unless such application is duly signed and acknowledged by the owners or authorized agents of not less than fifty (50) percent of the area of land for which a change of classification is requested, provided, however, that, where any lot located in the aforesaid area is owned in division, all co-owners must sign the petition for that lot to be included in the fifty (50) percent area provision. (Ord. No. 15-12-12, § II, 12-14-15)

2.

Each application for rezoning shall be accompanied by a copy of the property deed, a survey of the property, delineating the property or portion of the property requested to be rezoned, and shall conform to such standards and requirements as the Planning and Zoning Department shall adopt.

3.

Whenever an application is filed requesting a change or amendment to this Ordinance, and said application has been finally acted upon by the Parish Council, or when said application has received no action on the part of the Parish Council within ninety (90) days, or when said application has been officially advertised for public hearing but has subsequently been withdrawn either before or after public hearing has been held, then the Parish Council shall not consider any further application requesting or proposing such change or amendment for the same property within a period of one calendar year from the date of the Parish Council's final legal action on said application or from the aforesaid ninety-day period in case action has not been taken by the Parish Council, or from the date of withdrawal of said application, provided, however, that said application has been officially advertised. This provision shall not apply in cases where the Parish Council wishes to consider an application involving a comprehensive zoning revision of an area larger than one hundred (100) acres.

(Ord. No. 15-7-5, § VIII, 7-6-15)