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The Opelousas Board of Aldermen last week approved and delayed six requests for amending citywide zoning ordinances to allow proposed property development.
Code Enforcement Director Margaret Doucet told the board that each of the zoning amendments had been discussed and approved by members of an appointed city Planning Commission.
Retail office space on Wallior Street
The board delayed action on the request by Fakouri Enterprises for office space on property located on Wallior between East Grolee and the railroad tracks that travel east and west across the street.
Doucet did not elaborate on what type of business is being planned by Fakouri Enterprises.
LCG creates new bureau to handle Lafayette development code violations
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Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) announced the creation of a new bureau to expedite the processing of development code violations for the city and parish.
The new Administrative Adjudication Bureau will handle code enforcement citations which were previously addressed at Lafayette City Court.
LCG says that rather than bogging down the court system, the Development and Planning Department will now send citations to AAB Judge Travis Broussard who will manage violations in-house.
âIn the past our compliance process was long and arduous. With the new AAB, we will be quicker and more efficient in handling violations so that our city and parish residents can be proud of where they live,â LCG Development and Planning Department Director Mary Sliman said.
Opelousas Police Chief Martin McLendon says he doesn’t want his officers patrolling the streets in ugly vehicles or reporting to duty with un-shined shoes.
That salute to departmental appearances was also part of McLendon’s financial pitch to the Board of Aldermen Tuesday night as he unfolded a tentative plan for obtaining at least 13 new units to complement 19 already leased by the city for officers’ use several years ago.
The board took no action on the matter, but listened and commented on a proposal by representatives from Enterprise Fleet Management, who said the department could save about $395,746 in projected vehicle repairs over a 10-year period by leasing the new units from their company.
Three names topped the list of appointments at Tuesday’s Lafayette city and parish council meetings as a new administrative judge was sworn in and two people were appointed to Lafayette’s new Protect the City Committee.
Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory announced the appointment of a new administrative judge at Tuesday’s meeting, appointing former Democratic 15th Judicial District Judge Candidate Travis Broussard to lead Lafayette Consolidated Government’s new Administrative Adjudication Bureau.
Broussard, who is a partner at Durio, McGoffin, Stagg and Ackerman in Lafayette and helped defend the effort to split Lafayette’s former City-Parish Council into two councils in court in 2019, said he wants the bureau to be a more efficient way for LCG to handle municipal code violations than going through the Lafayette City Court or the 15th Judicial District Court.