Appellate Court Rules Parish Failed To Follow Land Use Ordinance In Granting Land Use Application
Thu, 05/22/2025 - 5:00am
A five judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal recently issued a split (3-2) decision that ruled St. James Parish (Planning Commission & Parish Council) did not properly followed its Land Use ordinance when it approved Koch Methanol’s Land Use permit application to install and connect an ethane pipeline to an existing pipeline owned by a third party and located in an area designated as wetlands.
