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anyone here ever been successful getting a lot re-zoned?
Posted on 7/7/14 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 7/7/14 at 1:18 pm
say, a residential to mixed or commercial?
The area I'm looking was heavily damaged by Katrina and there are no residences neighboring the lot. It's 150 feet from where the commercial zoning begins.
Anyway, looking for suggestions on what the best course of action may be...
TIA
The area I'm looking was heavily damaged by Katrina and there are no residences neighboring the lot. It's 150 feet from where the commercial zoning begins.
Anyway, looking for suggestions on what the best course of action may be...
TIA
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Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:53 pm to Sofa King Crimson
It's all local. In Louisiana you usually have to go through a local municipal or parish planning and zoning board, then to the governing body. Some boards will let you go from residential to commercial if it makes sense. Some want you to have a building plan in place or a buyer with a building plan in place before they let you rezone. They may rely heavily on a master plan if they have adopted one. Lot of variables. The person who you would submit the application to with the municipality/parish may be the best person to ask. They can usually offer some insight.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:57 pm to Sofa King Crimson
If you have money/connections, you will be successful. If you have neither, you will fail.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:54 am to Sofa King Crimson
In my experience if you have a plan it is easier to get something rezoned in a city. Most have planners and are available and 99% of time will know the answer. Usually if you want to rezone it to sell it, the answer is no. When you have a plan, for instance If you want to rezone this residential piece to commercial to build 10 four plex apartments on it, the planner will say yeah or nay right there. If he says yeah he will probably bring it to others and ask you to do some steps. You will know if it is good or bad before you do much work or expense.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 8:46 pm to Libertariantiger
Just had a friend go through this. He does upholstery out of shop in back of his house. Recovers boats etc and a realtor trying to sale a house nearby reported him because he had several boats on his lot. So he got a letter Saying he wasn't zoned for a home business and needed to apply for zoning change or stop doing business. Contact your local Metropolitan Planning Commission. They probably have website you can go to and get the application online. Best to just go into their office so they can walk you through it. You have to do the application, pay a fee ($600 I think he had to pay), they post signs around for public that zoning change is being requested and then he had to go before a board and speak up for why he wanted it. If there were any public opposition to the change they would have chance to speak as well. Board only meets at certain times a year and based on when you get application in determines when you appear. He did not have an attorney. He is only a highschool graduate, and wore jeans and work boots to the meeting. He lost sleep thinking he was gonna lose his business over it. Turns out they approved him and only requested he put up a privacy fence to hide boats. He called the MPC several times and went by for them to walk him through the process. He did have to provide a map with dimensions of his property but he did himself. Again, wasn't near as bad a process as he worried it would be. I guess it also has to do with what kind of zoning you want though and if anyone wants to oppose you. Hope that helps you some.
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Posted on 7/8/14 at 9:43 pm to Sofa King Crimson
It doesn't sound like it should be a problem , but it probably depends on what your doing and what improvements your going to do
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:21 am to rmc
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It's all local. In Louisiana you usually have to go through a local municipal or parish planning and zoning board, then to the governing body. Some boards will let you go from residential to commercial if it makes sense. Some want you to have a building plan in place or a buyer with a building plan in place before they let you rezone. They may rely heavily on a master plan if they have adopted one. Lot of variables. The person who you would submit the application to with the municipality/parish may be the best person to ask. They can usually offer some insight.
QFT
Some situations, it simply will not happen. Without you furnishing more particulars no one here can shed any more specific light on this issue for you. Good luck.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 5:54 am to kingbob
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If you have money/connections, you will be successful. If you have neither, you will fail.
Aren't you like 22? What the hell do you know?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:00 am to BobRoss
Ease of rezoning entirely depends on jurisdiction. Are we talking about Orleans or Jefferson? Good luck...that's a highly political process in either place. On the other hand, in some parishes, your rezone will slide through easily. Depends on how business-friendly the local gov't is, and how influential/noisy the nearest neighbors are.
Has the property owner approached the nearest neighbors and asked for their support? Immediate neighbors will be served with a notice of the rezoning. You don't want them to hear about your plans through a certified letter....be a stand up guy and talk to them first. If they're supportive, they may be willing to write a letter to the planning & zoning department on your behalf. This makes the politicians' jobs easier: they can happily vote yes on the rezone and know they're not pissing off any voters.
Has the property owner approached the nearest neighbors and asked for their support? Immediate neighbors will be served with a notice of the rezoning. You don't want them to hear about your plans through a certified letter....be a stand up guy and talk to them first. If they're supportive, they may be willing to write a letter to the planning & zoning department on your behalf. This makes the politicians' jobs easier: they can happily vote yes on the rezone and know they're not pissing off any voters.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:10 am to hungryone
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Has the property owner approached the nearest neighbors and asked for their support? Immediate neighbors will be served with a notice of the rezoning. You don't want them to hear about your plans through a certified letter....be a stand up guy and talk to them first. If they're supportive, they may be willing to write a letter to the planning & zoning department on your behalf. This makes the politicians' jobs easier: they can happily vote yes on the rezone and know they're not pissing off any voters.
Good point. In my friends situation outlined earlier he personally went and knocked on each neighbors door and told them what he was doing. He asked if they had any objections so he could fix problems. Ultimately you are asking to make a change that people don't have to agree with. By knocking on doors and putting face to it he helped his own cause. It was in Caddo Parish btw.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:15 am to jondavid11
thank you all for the advice and suggestions.
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