§ 170-162. Management Unit VII: New Orleans East/Special.

This management unit is bounded on the south by the Orleans Parish/St. Bernard Parish line, on the north by the Gulf Intracoastal for points west of its intersection with the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Levee, on the west by Paris Road, on the west (north of the GIWW) by the hurricane protection levee, on the north and east by the shore of Lake Pontchartrain and on the east by Chef Menteur Pass. While limited areas of this unit bordering the GIWW, MRGO and Chef Menteur Pass have been modified by dredge spoil deposition the unmodified land area in this unit is mostly vacant wetlands. The majority of wetlands in this unit is included in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. Two potential particular areas have been identified in this unit. One is Point-aux-Herbes in the northernmost section and the other is the Venetian Isles Marsh between Bayou Sauvage and the GIWW.

(1)

Goal: To preserve viable wetlands in recognition of their ecological and recreational value.

(2)

Objectives:

a.

To establish land use and control measures that would allow uses that are compatible with and would minimally impact wetland areas, while prohibiting inappropriate and environmentally damaging uses.

b.

To allow coastal landowners some reasonable use of their land so as not to cause an unconstitutional taking.

c.

To establish performance standards for any use permitted in wetland areas.

d.

To control erosion.

(3)

Policies:

a.

To create a zoning district within the city comprehensive zoning ordinance of the city that would be applied to coastal wetlands. This district would have the following purpose: to protect and preserve appropriate wetland areas and to permit minimal negative impact from man.

b.

To apply this zoning district to appropriate areas as identified in the comprehensive land use plan and this document.

c.

To strictly enforce existing housing, building code and floodplain performance standards.

d.

To incorporate the state coastal resources program's Guidelines for Uses into the local coastal management program to ensure that these performance standards are applied to uses of local concern.

e.

To minimize new canal development where possible and to minimize environmental impacts of canal and slip construction.

f.

In order to minimize the impacts of board road construction to access oil well sites in wetland, recommendations shall be made to the state in accordance with parish coastal management guidelines.

g.

Mitigation or compensation should be required for areas to be adversely impacted.

h.

Shorelines should be established by methods other than bulkheading (i.e., rip-rap, matting material or natural vegetation).

(4)

Goal: To allow limited port and marine-oriented industrial development in appropriate areas.

(5)

Objectives:

a.

To create a zoning district within the city's comprehensive zoning ordinance whose purpose is to permit an appropriate use for limited port and marine-oriented industrial development requiring access to and utilization of coastal waters.

b.

To establish special development requirements to ensure that such marine-oriented industrial development will not significantly degrade the coastal environment.

(6)

Policies:

a.

To apply the special port and marine-oriented industrial zoning district to appropriate areas as identified in the land use plan and in the parish coastal management plan.

b.

To require that significant industrial developments permitted in this district include adequate mitigating features to compensate for wetlands modified by development.

c.

To strictly enforce building code and floodplain performance standards.

d.

To incorporate the state coastal resources program's Guidelines for Uses into the local program to ensure that these performance standards are applied to uses of local concerns.

(7)

Goal: To increase recreational access to and expand water-oriented recreational opportunities in the coastal zone for residents and visitors.

(8)

Objectives:

a.

To create a zoning district within the city's comprehensive zoning ordinance that would have the following purpose: to allow the orderly and systematic development of particular areas suited to marine-oriented recreational facilities.

b.

To establish special development requirements to ensure that such marine-oriented recreational development will not significantly degrade the coastal environment.

(9)

Policies:

a.

To apply the special marine-oriented recreational zoning district to appropriate areas as the parish coastal management plan.

b.

To require that significant recreational developments permitted in this district include adequate mitigating features to offset environmental damages caused by the development.

c.

To strictly enforce building code and floodplain performance standards.

d.

To incorporate the state coastal resources program's Guidelines for Uses into the local program to ensure that these performance standards are applied to uses of local concern.

(Code 1956, § 15A-2.2)