PA-7-25 / Case 53-25 — 17501 Florida Boulevard
Baton Rouge
Description
A proposal to amend the land use plan to Industrial and rezone a portion of a 12.5-acre tract to Light Industrial (M1) was denied unanimously after heavy neighborhood opposition.
Impact summary
The denial keeps the flood-prone parcel agricultural, protecting nearby homes and the conservation area from potential sewage contamination during floods.
Applicant
- Name
- Lauren Junot
- Address
- 17501 Florida BoulevardSee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 16
- Total mentions
- 3
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.
Last discussed Feb 23, 2026.
Meeting timeline (3)
Planning Commission - Feb 23, 2026
A wastewater dewatering facility proposal seeking an industrial land use designation and M1 rezoning on flood-prone land near BREC's Frenchtown Conservation Area was denied unanimously.
Planning Commission - Feb 2, 2026
A plan amendment and rezoning to Light Industrial on Florida Boulevard was deferred by the Planning Director to February 23.
Metropolitan Council - Jan 21, 2026
Companion rezone from Commercial Warehousing and Rural to Light Industrial (M1); deferred to March 18, 2026.
Related issues (3)
Florida Boulevard rezoning and Old Hammond Highway flooding and traffic
Neighbors from Riverview Drive opposed rezoning 17060 Florida Boulevard to commercial, citing 2016 flood losses, a drainage ditch through the property, potential fuel tanks, and brutal traffic on two-lane Old Hammond Highway. The commission deferred the case so the applicant can consider dropping the Old Hammond frontage.
Florida Boulevard commercial rezonings (17060 and 17510/17590)
Two stretches of Florida Boulevard could shift from rural to commercial zoning, with neighbors worried about flooding, fuel tanks in a flood zone, and cut-through traffic onto Old Hammond Highway. Both pairs cleared the commission unanimously and head to the Metro Council.
Wastewater dewatering facility near Frenchtown Conservation Area
A proposed sewage-truck dewatering facility on flood-prone land across from BREC's largest conservation area drew unanimous denial after neighbors and BREC warned of flood-borne contamination and harm to a nature preserve that just opened a nature station. A parish floodplain administrator said most of the site sits four feet below base flood elevation.
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