St. James Parish Comprehensive Plan
What is a Comprehensive Plan?
A Comprehensive Plan is a guide or blueprint for the physical development of an area
or region over a specified period of time, usually 20 to 25 years. Because it is developed
from public input, it provides the community with a shared vision. The plan is actually the
community writing its own guide for future growth and development. The community can
use its Comprehensive Plan to help ensure the wise use of limited public funds, guiding
its leaders in the allocation of public resources to support desired future development
patterns.
What does a Comprehensive Plan contain?
The Comprehensive Plan may contain various elements, depending on the needs of
the community. Louisiana law specifies the minimum contents of such a plan in Louisiana
Revised Statute (LRS) 33:106. While the community may include other considerations,
its plan must provide a general description or depiction of existing roads and other
public thoroughfares and public rights-of-way and corridors along with public property
falling within the jurisdiction and control of the local government. The plan may also
include various materials and descriptions that support recommendations for land use,
transportation, public buildings and schools, open space and recreation facilities, public
housing, redevelopment of blighted areas, and utilities. Louisiana law, therefore, allows a
community sufficient flexibility to tailor a Comprehensive Plan to meet its unique needs.
In terms of format, the Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan (May 2007) recommends a broad
general structure, with the community vision leading into the body of the plan, which
contains key plan elements such as land use, economic development, natural hazards,
housing, transportation; urban design, critical and sensitive areas; and infrastructure. The
final section focuses on plan implementation and monitoring according to the Louisiana
Speaks Strategic Implementation Plan Policy Guide 2: A Statewide Framework for Local
Comprehensive Planning of September 2007.
Although the Comprehensive Plan may suggest methods to be used in its implementation,
such implementation requires separate action to adopt the special tools necessary.
Other than the specific considerations afforded the Comprehensive Plan in revised statutes,
full implementation of the Plan requires the adoption by ordinance of other measures or
regulatory tools that may include, among others, a zoning ordinance, subdivision regulations,
floodplain management regulations, building codes, nuisance abatement, historic
preservation, and capital programming.
St. James Comp Plan Monday, July 12, 2010 Steering Committee Meeting
A monthly meeting of the St. James Parish Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee is scheduled for Monday, July 12, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.in the West Bank Reception Hall – 2455 Highway 18 Vacherie, Louisiana 70090. On January 11, 2010 the St. James Parish Council awarded the South Central Planning and Development Commission (SCPDC) a contract [...]
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June 24th St. James Comprehensive Plan East Bank Kick-Off Meeting
The St. James Parish Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee will hold a Public Meeting on Thursday, June 24, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. at the First Antioch Community Church, 10860 Highway. 3125 Lutcher, La 70071. The purpose of the meeting will be to explain the Parish Comprehensive Plan process and to obtain public comments and participation in [...]
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June 7th St. James Comprehensive Plan West Bank Kick-Off Meeting
A monthly meeting of the St. James Parish Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee is scheduled for Monday, June 14, 2010 at 6:00 p.m., in the Romeville Recreation Park – Senior Center Room – District 4 – Highway 44 Convent, Louisiana 70723. On January 11, 2010 the St. James Parish Council awarded the South Central Planning and [...]
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June 14th St. James Comprhensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting
A monthly meeting of the St. James Parish Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee is scheduled for Monday, June 14, 2010 at 6:00 p.m., in the Romeville Recreation Park – Senior Center Room – District 4 – Highway 44 Convent, Louisiana 70723. On January 11, 2010 the St. James Parish Council awarded the South Central Planning and [...]
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St. James Comprehensive Plan May 10th Steering Committee Meeting
A monthly meeting of the St. James Parish Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee is scheduled for Monday, May 10, 2010 at 6:00 p.m., in the Senior Center Room at the Welcome Recreation Park District 5 Highway, 18 St. James, Louisiana 70086. On January 11, 2010 the St. James Parish Council awarded the South Central Planning and [...]
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St. James Comp Plan – Steering Committee Meeting 4/12/2010
South Central Planning and the St. James Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee met on April 12, 2010 to begin the first of a series of meetings to discuss the comprehensive planning process.
The meeting included discussion of steering committee duties, the election of officers, and discussion of the the “kick-off” meetings to be held across the parish.
The [...]
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2010 St. James Comp Plan Steering Committee Schedule
The following information is the steering committee schedule for the 2010 St. James Comprehensive Plan.
DATE
TIME
LOCATION
Monday, April 12, 2010
6:00 p.m
Senior Citizen Center
2631 Louisiana Avenue, Lutcher, Louisiana
Monday, May 10, 2010
6:00 p.m
To be determined
Monday, June 14, 2010
6:00 p.m.
To be determined
Monday, July 12, 2010
6:00 p.m.
To be determined
Monday, August, 9, 2010
6:00 p.m.
To be determined
Monday, September 13, 2010
6:00 p.m.
To [...]
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