§ 25-141. Land use issues and key plan initiatives.

(a)

Envision Jefferson 2020 describes Jefferson Parish's responses to existing and anticipated land use issues. The issues listed in this section were identified by:

• The public in workshops conducted between January 2002 and March 2002;

• The element and steering committees in meetings conducted throughout 2002 and the first half of 2003;

• Parish representatives;

• The Jefferson EDGE; and

• The 2002 University of New Orleans Quality of Life Survey.

(b)

Enhancing the quality of life is the central theme of Envision Jefferson 2020. The key initiatives to achieve this are established in plan goals, objectives, policies, and tasks that will:

• Improve and protect existing residential neighborhoods through an increased focus on compatible design and improved access to goods and services;

• Capitalize on the Tournament Players Club (TPC) Golf Course by establishing high quality planned developments on the West Bank that will attract residents from throughout the region;

• Strengthen and diversify commercial areas to provide goods and services for residents throughout the region in commercial and mixed use centers;

• Protect and expand economic development opportunities by protecting and improving services to existing industrial areas;

• Create new economic development opportunities in a new technology park that will be jointly developed by the public and private sectors;

• Develop the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline to improve recreational opportunities and other water bodies with appropriate water-oriented development;

• Use regional transit and transportation system improvements to stimulate development and redevelopment that will improve the parish's fiscal health.

(Ord. No. 21939, § 1, 8-6-03)