President Mike Cooper is encouraging citizens to provide feedback on the newly rewritten Unified Development Code, a modernization of development guidelines, as the public comment period has opened.
Cooper said many of the challenges that experienced now are due to the outdated current development code.
The UDC is a combination of traditional land use and subdivision regulations, including design guidelines and water management standards that guide development projects and permitting requirements. The modernized code will consolidate and simplify rules for zoning, land use, permitting, subdivision regulations, water management, tree preservation and other development guidelines.
Cooper said the current development standards and code were written in 2010 and do not meet the needs of development today, or for the future of St. Tammany.
