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East Baton Rouge Parish institutes 6 month development moratorium
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:51 am
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:51 am
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Baton Rouge needs more time to draft flood-fighting rules for developers
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The temporary rules require developers to ensure their property can withstand a 100-year storm — that is, one with a 1% chance of happening in a given year. Previously, developments had to be designed to withstand a 25-year storm.
Builders working in floodplains have to limit how much water flows from a property to no more than 90% of what flowed before the development. Alternatively, they can include stormwater detention systems that can hold enough water for a 100-year-storm.
Gaudet’s legislation, co-sponsored by four other members, extends the sunset of the temporary regulations for another six months.
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s office expects amendments to the development code will be in front of the council before next March, when the extension would expire.
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Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:54 am to member12
Oh, this will be interesting 
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:56 am to member12
This same council that approved the apartments behind the Burbank Wal Mart a month after the entire area flooded? 
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:57 am to member12
We had a disastrous flood in 2016. Six years later we have not received the master plan the mayor commissioned and now they are working on a development plan six years later.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:57 am to upgrayedd
its going to be a nightmare
i'm working on a development right now on a lot bordering dawson creek; its likely a detention pond for roof water will be required (killing the project) instead of just allowing usp to discharge into the creek (which is what the property is doing now)
i'm working on a development right now on a lot bordering dawson creek; its likely a detention pond for roof water will be required (killing the project) instead of just allowing usp to discharge into the creek (which is what the property is doing now)
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:58 am to cgrand
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i'm working on a development right now on a lot bordering dawson creek; its likely a detention pond for roof water will be required (killing the project) instead of just allowing usp to discharge into the creek (which is what the property is doing now)
They put in something like this in my parish. Not for flooding, but because DR Horton was sniffing around and the locals got pissed and wanted to block it.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 9:58 am to doubleb
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We had a disastrous flood in 2016. Six years later we have not received the master plan the mayor commissioned and now they are working on a development plan six years later.
I don't think they've even started cleaning out the major waterways they got approved for God knows how long ago. It's not like we're in the heart of hurricane season or anything.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 10:05 am to member12
Translation: we’re not going to clean up our drainage systems so figure it out yourselves.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:37 am to upgrayedd
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don't think they've even started cleaning out the major waterways they got approved for God knows how long ago. It's not like we're in the heart of hurricane season or anything.
They did a project in parts of Bayou Manchac and were surprised at just how much debris was hauled out. Why? We all know nothing has been maintained for decades.
The Amite dredging should be job 1. There’s no telling what they’d find if they dredged it. Then they should work on the large tributaries. Cleaning catch basins wax needed, but it’s mostly fir show if the canals, creeks and bayous back up.
This post was edited on 8/15/22 at 11:50 am
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:43 am to member12
Needed to happen.
But maybe, just maybe, SWB can get her fat uninterested arse out of a catered lunch to have the water plan paperwork finished and turned over to the feds.
But maybe, just maybe, SWB can get her fat uninterested arse out of a catered lunch to have the water plan paperwork finished and turned over to the feds.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:43 am to cgrand
I don’t wanna wait
For the flooding to be over
For the flooding to be over
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:44 am to Nelson Biederman IV
Ok then… find out where Da Mayor lives and reroute the waterway into her living room.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:48 am to doubleb
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They did a project in parts of Bayou Manchac and were surprised at just how much debris was hauled out. Why? Wd all know nothing has been maintained for decades.
I figured the 15 studies they did on it prior to starting work would give them an idea, right?
Right?
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:55 am to upgrayedd
Anyone knows that these tropical, flooding rains bring tons of silt snd debris into the waterways. They want to blame climate change, but wd know it’s all political.
They would rather spend our tax dollars on their pet projects and social programs rather than on public safety and traditional public services.
Guns for gas, midnite basketball, bike paths, balloon releases, festivals and other extras get funded before other vital services.
Then they sit on millions of dollars of federal money because they are so inept.
They would rather spend our tax dollars on their pet projects and social programs rather than on public safety and traditional public services.
Guns for gas, midnite basketball, bike paths, balloon releases, festivals and other extras get funded before other vital services.
Then they sit on millions of dollars of federal money because they are so inept.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:56 am to doubleb
“Inept” is one way of putting it.
They’re trying to figure out ways to send it through their own pockets or buying votes instead of spending it on a project.
They’re trying to figure out ways to send it through their own pockets or buying votes instead of spending it on a project.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 12:15 pm to doubleb
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They did a project in parts of Bayou Manchac and were surprised at just how much debris was hauled out. Why? We all know nothing has been maintained for decades.
The Amite dredging should be job 1. There’s no telling what they’d find if they dredged it. Then they should work on the large tributaries. Cleaning catch basins wax needed, but it’s mostly fir show if the canals, creeks and bayous back up.
Serious question - who pays to dredge the Amite or Bayou Manchac when they form the boundaries between parishes? Is that a state project?
I know there’s the Louisiana Watershed Initiative that was launched after the 2016 floods. I’m guessing that’s where the funding comes from but I’m not sure.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 12:27 pm to member12
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Builders working in floodplains have to limit how much water flows from a property to no more than 90% of what flowed before the development. Alternatively, they can include stormwater detention systems that can hold enough water for a 100-year-storm.
Also.. is it possible to do do this without a detention system of some sort? It seems like that’s the only possible way to reduce a property’s drainage below pre-development levels.
I don’t think this is a bad thing since it basically tells developers building in a floodplain that they can’t reduce that floodplain’s capacity to hold water, with a safety factor on top of the calcs. Just thought the way it’s worded is odd but I might be missing something.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 12:43 pm to lostinbr
I believe when the Corp of Engrs dredged the river in the 50s, the parishes involved promised to maintain the river. Of course they didn’t and we have seen seven decades of growth and seven decades of neglect and still there is no movement to clean the river.
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