PUBLIC NOTICE
ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC HEARING
THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY GIVES NOTICE THAT IT WILL HOLD A
PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19Ttt, 2025, AT OLD CITY MARKET
LOCATED AT 131 W. BELLEVUE STREET, OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA.
THE HEARING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS
FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOLLOWING:
5:30 p.m.
ORDINANCE NO. 2025- 004
(Sponsored By: Councilwoman Mildred Thierry)
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ST. LANDRY PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION
44-3 TO HA VE A SPEED LIMIT OF 20 MPH FOR COMPRESS ROAD IN FRONT OF THE
SCHOOL, AND THE SPEED LIMIT OF 20 MPH SHALL ALSO BE IMPOSED FOR FIVE
HUNDRD FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE SCHOOL IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT
THAT Section 44-3 of the St. Landry Parish Code of Ordinances shall be amended so that
the speed limit for Compress Road in front of the school shall be 20 mph, and the speed limit
of 20 mph shall also be imposed for five hundred feet from the property line of the school in
both directions;
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH
GOVERNMENT THAT two signs notifying drivers of the 20 mph speed zone shall be placed
on Compress Road, with one sign being placed before the beginning of the 20 mph speed
zone, and the other sign being placed on the other side of the school before the beginning of
the 20 mph speed zone;
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH
GOVERNMENT THAT the speed limit for the rest of Compress Road shall remain 30 mph;
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH
GOVERNMENT THAT all other provisions of, and amendments to, St. Landry Parish Code
of Ordinances 44-3 shall remain unchanged and have the full effect of law.
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ORDINANCE NO.2O25.OO5
(Sponsored By: Councilman Wayne Ardoin)
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 26-47 IN ARTICLE III .- JUNKED MOTOR
VEHICLES OR ABAT\DONED MOTOR VEHICLES, IN CHAPTER 26 OF THE
ST. LANDRY PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCLUDE OLD AND NEW TIRES
IN THE DEFINITION OF JUNKED ITEMS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT
THAT Section 26-47 in Chapter 26 in the St. Landry Parish Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended and shall now read as follows:
9ec. 26-47. – Definitions.
For the purpose of this arbicle, the following de(initions shall apply:
Junked item shall be:
(7) nny unused major electricql appliances and/or parts thereoe including, but not
limited to, washing machine(s), clothes drier(s), refrigerator(s), freezer(s),
stove(s), water heater(s), and all furnibure and waste other than agricultural
solid waste.
(2) /llachinery and/or equipment or parts thereof, junked motor vehicles, old and
new tires, and unused major’electrical appliances which, by reason of
deterioration through rusting, rotting or otherwise, have become inoperable
and/or unreasonable for the purposes for which they were intended.
(3) Construction debris.
(4) Uaste paper, boxes and crates and/or parts thereof.
BY ORDER OF ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL
/s/ Jody White, Chairman
Sherell Jordan, Council Clerk
St. Landry Parish Council
P.O. Drawer 100, Opelousas, LA 70570
Telephone Number: 337 -942-6863
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