Commission recommends rezoning of adjacent LA 441 parcel after nonconforming-lot clarification

The zoning commission recommended that the council consider rezoning parcel 0445080 on LA Highway 441 from Small Neighborhood Business to R-1 after discussing nonconforming-lot rules. Commissioners noted one of the two parcels in the group measures 0.9 acres and would be technically nonconforming under some R-1 minimums, and asked whether the change would create enforceable problems.

Legal counsel told the commission that converting an existing lot to R-1 is permissible so long as the action does not create a newly undersized lot through subdivision. "Since we are not making creating a new lot, then it's okay that it is not conforming," the counsel said, explaining that creating a new undersized lot is where nonconformity becomes an issue. With that clarification, commissioners moved and seconded a recommendation to forward the rezoning to the council.