Agenda for Tonight’s City Council Meeting

I. Preliminary Business 
 
1) Call to Order 
 
2) Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance 
 
3) Roll Call 
 
4) Approval of the minutes from the May 27, 2014 council meeting 
 
II. Unfinished Business 
 
1) An ordinance to further implement Phase Two of the 2010 Master Plan by rezoning all 
parcels to zoning classifications in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and to provide for 
related matters. (By Councilman DeJohn) 
 
Commission Action (April 24, 2014): A motion to approve the Comprehensive Zoning Map 
 was made by Mr. Paul Burns, seconded by Mr. T. J. Johnson with the following conditions: 
 
1) The non-conforming standards should be revised in the Comprehensive 
Zoning Code; 
2) Clarification is needed regarding building square footage in the B-5 
Zoning District in the Comprehensive Zoning Code; 
3) Property owners who may be downzoned from a commercial zoning 
district to a less intense zoning district should be offered a 6 month 
window from adoption of the zoning map to apply for a rezoning for free. 
 
 Vote: 7 yeas (Messrs: Burns, Johnson, Matlock, Rauls, Reado, Sharafkhani, Walker), 0 
 nays and the motion carried. Council Action (May 27, 2014):

Proponents: Paul Burns, Rodney Bonvillain 
Opponents: Donna Gilliam, Bobby Watts, Nell Stuard, Samantha Bonanno, 
Susie Warren, Gerald Reid, Martha Newell, Larry Gregoire, Doug Devall, 
Stephanie Will, Rick Vallet, Debra Bush, Dave Freneaux, R. J. Saucier, Larry 
Weeks, and Jason Defreitas 
 
Councilman DeJohn moved to defer this item to June 24, 2014 in order for a 
public workshop to be held prior to that date. Councilman Messina seconded the 
motion. Vote: 5 yeas (DeJohn, LoBue, Messina, Moak, and Washington), 
0 nays and the motion carried. 
 
III. New Business 
 
1) Mayor’s report and presentations. 
 
2) Introduction of the following item(s) (with public hearing to be held at the June 24, 2014 
 council meeting): 
 
 a) An ordinance to amend the monthly compensation of the Chief of Police for the 
 term of office beginning on July 1, 2014 and providing for related matters. (By 
 Councilman Messina) 
 
 b) An ordinance to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Code to reduce the minimum 
 lot size in the R/A (Rural/Agriculture) District for lots not in the area designated 
 for Conservation on the 2010 Land Use Plan and not designated as Green Space 
or Incentive Green Space from 3 acres to 1 acre and to provide for related 
matters. (By Councilman DeJohn) 
 
 c) An ordinance to amend and reenact the Comprehensive Zoning Code to enlarge 
 the area for Notice of Zoning Changes, to increase the setback from certain 
 streets for Adult Uses, to enact provisions related to Communication Towers 
 and to provide for related matters. (By Councilman LoBue) 
 
Commission Action (May 22, 2014): A substitute motion to recommend 
approval of Sections 1 & 2 of the proposed ordinance was made by Mr. Paul 
Burns, seconded by Mr. Graydon Walker. Vote: 1 yea (Messr: Burns), 4 nays 
(Messrs: Matlock, Rauls, Sharafkhani, Walker), and 2 absent (Messrs: Johnson, 
Reado) and the motion failed. 
 
A motion to recommend approval of the proposed ordinance in its entirety was 
made by Mr. Bijan Sharafkhani, seconded by Mr. Harry Rauls. Vote: 5 yeas 
(Messrs: Burns, Matlock, Rauls, Sharafkhani, Walker), 0 nays, 2 absent 
(Messrs: Johnson, Reado) and the motion carried. 
 
 d) An ordinance to amend and reenact the Comprehensive Zoning Code to enact 
 Bulk Regulations for the B-5 Zoning District, to amend provisions regarding 
 Legal Nonconforming Uses and to provide for related matters. (By Councilman 
 DeJohn) 
 
 Commission Action (May 22, 2014): A motion to recommend approval of the 
proposed ordinance was made by Mr. Bijan Sharafkhani, seconded by Mr. 
Graydon Walker. Vote: 5 yeas (Messrs: Burns, Matlock, Rauls, Sharafkhani, 
Walker), 0 nays, 2 absent (Messrs: Johnson, Reado) and the motion carried. 

3) Public Hearing and action regarding the following instrument(s): 
 
 a) An ordinance amending the General Fund Budget and the Dedicated Fund 
Budgets for the Emergency Services, Drainage, and Local Road Improvement & 
Maintenance Fund Fees, the Half Cent Sales and Use Tax and the Traffic 
Contribution Funds for the 2013-2014 Fiscal Year and providing for related 
matters. (By Councilman DeJohn) 
 
 b) An ordinance enacting the General Fund Budget and the Dedicated Fund Budgets 
for the Emergency Services, Drainage, and Local Road Improvement & 
Maintenance Fund Fees, the Half Cent Sales and Use Tax and the Traffic 
Contribution Funds for the 2014-2015 Fiscal Year and providing for related 
matters. (By Councilman Messina). 
 
 c) An ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 2013-18 enacting the 2013-2014 Fiscal 
 Year General Fund Budget to appropriate funds for a Flood Impact Studies of the 
 Comite River, Blackwater Bayou, Draughans Creek and Hubbs Bayou and to 
provide for related matters. (By Councilman Moak) 
 
 Council Action (March 11, 2014): Proponents: Kathy Cowan, June Dupuy, 
Shane Evans, Phillip Ziegler. Opponents: Bijan Sharifkhani, R. J. Saucier 
 
 Councilman Moak moved to adopt this ordinance. There was no second. 
 Motion denied. 
 
 Councilman LoBue moved to approve a substitute motion to defer this item for 90 
days. The motion was seconded by Councilman Washington. Vote: 3 yeas 
(LoBue, Messina, and Washington), 1 nay (Moak), 1 absent (DeJohn). Motion 
 passed. 
 
IV. Zoning Cases 
 
1) Introduction of the following item(s) (with public hearing to be held at the June 24, 2014 
 council meeting): 
 
 a) CUP-2-14 Rezone from C2 (Heavy Commercial Two) District to B5 (Large 
 Scale Commercial/Business) District and to grant a Conditional Use Permit: 
 To rezone from C2 District to B5 District property at the northwest corner of the 
intersection of Joor and Hooper Roads, Tract F-2-B-1 of the former E. S. Morgan 
Estate Property in Section 1, T6S, R1E, GLD and grant a Conditional Use Permit 
for a fast food restaurant on Tract F-2-B-1 and to provide for related matters. 
Applicant: David Gregory (By Councilman DeJohn) 
 
 Commission Action (May 22, 2014): A motion to approve CUP-2-14 was made 
 by Mr. Graydon Walker, seconded by Mr. David Matlock with the following 
 conditions: 
 
 1) The applicant should widen the parking aisle from 24 feet to 26 
 feet. 
 2) The applicant should widen the entrance to the maximum extent 
 possible. 

Vote: 5 yeas (Messrs: Burns, Matlock, Rauls, Sharafkhani, Walker), 0 nays, 
 2 absent (Messrs: Johnson, Reado) and the motion carried. 
 
 b) CUP-3-14 Conditional Use Permit: To grant a conditional use permit for 
 14861 Denham Road located on the north side of Denham Road west of the 
 Intersection of Denham Road and Wilmington Drive in Sections 48, 47, 21, 
 T5S, R2E, GLD for a school and to provide for related matters. Applicant: Terri 
 Carney (By Councilman DeJohn) 
 Commission Action (May 22, 2014): A motion to approve CUP-3-14 was made 
 by Bijan Sharafkhani, seconded by Mr. Graydon Walker. Vote: 5 yeas (Messrs: 
Burns, Matlock, Rauls, Sharafkhani, Walker), 0 nays, 2 absent (Messrs: 
Johnson, Reado) and the motion carried. 
 
2) Discussion and action regarding the following case(s): 
 
None 
 
V. Other Business 
 
1) Public Comment 
* Restricted to items not on the agenda. A Public Comment Request to Speak Card must be turned in to the City Clerk prior to the 
start of the meeting in order to be considered. Public comment is limited to 10 speakers with three minutes each. 
 
2) Announcements 
 
3) Adjournment