Mayor Pro Tem Sheri Sable Campbell said residents have requested some areas of the town that are zoned commercial but are being used for residential purposes be rezoned.
Campbell said she has been approached by several residents concerned about “the kinds of businesses that could be literally right next door to them.”
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The areas rezoned to the residential/commercial overlay zoning include parcels along Louisiana Highway 36 east of town and along Louisiana Highway 435 leading out of town toward Talisheek as well as parcels east of Live Oak Street from Andrews Street to the Abita River and a portion of land from North Street to the river.
The residential/commercial overlay zoning stipulates that businesses must only operate between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The board also rezoned property in the center of town north of Louisiana Highway 59 from commercial to C-2, a zoning that is more restrictive than straight commercial but less restrictive than the residential/commercial overlay.
Mayor Louis Fitzmorris also updated the board on the FEMA trailer situation at the meeting.
Last month the board approved a resolution requesting all FEMA trailers be removed from the town.
He estimates 15 FEMA trailers are still in Abita Springs and said letters have been hand delivered to residents with FEMA trailers still on their property.
The letters are requesting the property owners contact FEMA and request the trailers be removed.
They also provide information about rental assistance available.
If the trailers are not removed and the property owners do not make an effort to have FEMA remove them, Fitzmorris said the town has the right to fine the property owners up to $500 a day.
He said the town cannot request the trailers be removed, the request must come from the property owner.
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