Parish council denies two zoning items; declares Oct. 1-7 National 4-H week

St. Mary Parish Council members Wednesday denied one zoning request on their own and approved another that the zoning board recommended be denied.
Of the six requests submitted by the parish planning and zoning commission, the rest were approved.
In question was a request from a US 90 Frontage road property owner near Gibby and Moresi roads to rezone a single family residential (SR) property to existing neighborhood (EN2) in order to place a recreational vehicle.
Councilman Craig Mathews said the residents in the area opposed the rezoning.
Parish President David Hanagriff said he attended the planning and zoning meeting and that the request “struck me as odd for the simple reason that the person who wants to rezone the property doesn’t live on the property…and the rezone that was given was that he wanted it there so that his wife could stay in the trailer for when he cuts the grass in case he has a heart attack. I asked him if he had a heart condition and he said no.”
Hanagriff asked the council to “make the best judgment you can.” He added that one person at the meeting did voice opposition.
Mathews said there were others opposed. The council voted to deny the rezoning.
The other item was a request by a Patterson property owner at 101 Hendricks St., Patterson, which is zoned single family residential, but asked for a specific use request to place livestock there, including chickens, potbelly pigs, ducks and miniature goats. The board recommended denial, and the council concurred.
Also Wednesday, LSU AgCenter Extension Agent Jimmy Flanagan and several 4-H members requested that the council adopt a proclamation declaring Oct. 1-7 as National 4-H Week in the parish.
The 4-H members in attendance each gave testimonials on what the organization has meant to them.
In other business:
—The council approved resolutions of respect in memory of Dr. William H. Johnson and Tyra Terrell Yarber.
—Willie Edwards and Clegg Caffery were reappointed to the Atchafalaya Golf Course Commission.
—Didi Battle and Robert Judice Jr. were reappointed to the Hospital Service Dist. 1, Franklin Foundation, board of commissioners.
—A request from Councilman J Ina for $500 from the Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 10 3/10ths sales tax fun for the children’s haunted house event at Broussard-Harris Recreation Center in Franklin was approved.