> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.wbrindependent.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Parish Council approves Rosedale Road mobile home park after zoning board said no - URL: https://www.wbrindependent.com/parish-council-approves-rosedale-road-mobile-home-park-after-zoning-board-said-no/ - Published: 2026-10-20T18:00:26.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-20T19:03:47.000Z - Description: The West Baton Rouge Parish Council voted 7-2 on Oct. 8 to approve a mobile home park on Rosedale Road, two days after the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial. The rezoning needed a supermajority and passed with one vote to spare. - Author: John Summers - Tags: #save-the-heads, Meeting Coverage The West Baton Rouge Parish Council approved a mobile home park on Rosedale Road on Oct. 8, two days after the parish Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 to recommend against it. The council vote was 7-2\. Because the request also changed the parish master plan, it needed a two-thirds supermajority, or six of the council's nine votes. It cleared that bar by one. Council members Daryl Babin, Atley Walker Jr., Carey Denstel, Alan Crowe, Kenneth Gordon, Katherine Andre and Gary Joseph voted yes. Council members Kirk Allain and Brady Hotard voted no. ## What was approved The ordinance rezones about 9 acres on Rosedale Road (LA 76) from agricultural to R-MH, the parish's mobile home park district. The property is owned by the Harvey family, who live on the land. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6a/51/6a511428-8a9f-41ee-af8a-da977e82f00e/content/images/2026/10/2026-10-20-14_01_00-renewed.jpeg) The rezoned property is on Rosedale Road (LA 76), just east of LA 413, between Erwinville and Interstate 10\. (Map data ©2026 Google) The parish master plan lists the area as agricultural and natural open space. The ordinance changes that designation as well. Tamara Harvey's application, signed Aug. 27, lists the proposed use as "Mobile Home Park + or Tiny Homes." The site plan she submitted shows about 42 mobile homes laid out along a single drive running back from the road. At the Oct. 6 Planning and Zoning meeting, Harvey described a 42-home manufactured housing community. She said the homes would be identical single-wides with three bedrooms and two baths, and that her family would buy all of them. At the council meeting, she said the homes would be brand new. The family plans to build in phases, one acre at a time, and will maintain the homes itself, she said. "Our goal was just to try to help the community have affordable homes to be able to stay in the community," Harvey told the council. She said she has lived in Port Allen for 45 years and raised her children there. One of her daughters can't afford rent in the area without the family's help, she said. ## Staff saw no problems. The commission voted no. Parish Zoning Administrator Brandon Bourgoyne's written analysis of the request found no concerns. He answered "no" on each of the parish's review criteria, including traffic congestion, strain on public facilities and compatibility with the neighborhood. "Similar since property will still be used for residential use, just a more densely populated type of residential," Bourgoyne wrote. He added that the park would increase the number of cars on Rosedale Road "but should not be a major traffic starter," and listed no utility concerns. At the Oct. 6 commission meeting, Bourgoyne told commissioners he didn't "really have any issues" with the request. Commissioner Ray Rivet moved to approve the rezoning. The motion died without a second. Commissioner Peyton Gascon then moved to deny it, and Commissioner Gary LeBlanc seconded. The commission voted 6-1 to recommend denial. Gascon, LeBlanc, Vice Chairman Justin Brown and commissioners Joycelyn Green, Alfreda Jackson and Russell Vallet voted to deny. Rivet cast the only vote against denial. Before the vote, commissioners asked Harvey about the size of the homes, the spacing between them and how many could fit on an acre. No commissioner stated a reason for the denial on the record. No members of the public spoke for or against the request at either meeting. Planning and Zoning's vote is a recommendation. The council makes the final decision. ## The council debate Council Vice Chairman Alan Crowe made the motion to approve. Andre seconded. "For affordable living, we need it," Crowe said. "We need it. I promise you we need it." Crowe said he once looked into a similar project before joining the council and decided against it because of the cost. He cautioned Harvey that building one acre at a time could mean paying for a new road turnaround at the end of each phase. Councilman Daryl Babin asked whether the park would require full infrastructure, including water, gas, fire hydrants and wastewater facilities. Bourgoyne said it would and that he had checked with parish Director of Utilities Adrian Genre before the meeting. Councilman Brady Hotard explained his no vote. He said the master plan calls for Rosedale Road to stay predominantly agricultural with medium- to low-density housing, and that no other mobile home park exists along the road. He said the council has voted down other higher-density subdivision requests in the area. He said he worried that approving one mobile home park on Rosedale Road would bring more rezoning requests like it. "I'm afraid to set that precedent that we like this type of development in this area of the parish," Hotard said. Hotard also praised Harvey's preparation. "Not a lot of people show up at a zoning hearing with this much information," he said. Allain was offered the floor and did not comment before the vote. ## Planning review still ahead Under parish code, a mobile home park can have up to eight homes per acre, with at least 20 feet between homes. Commissioners said the site plan Harvey submitted isn't binding. The final layout and number of homes will be set when the project goes through the parish's planning review. Parish assessor records place the property in FEMA Flood Zone A, an area with a 1% annual chance of flooding. Flooding was not discussed at either meeting, and Bourgoyne's written analysis does not address it. ## In other business - **Garbage rates:** The council approved the Waste Pro rate increase. The monthly bill for customers outside Port Allen goes from $28.61 to $30.80, starting with the Oct. 16 billing cycle. The parish's 2024 contract with Waste Pro allows a yearly increase tied to the Consumer Price Index. Waste Pro asked for 4.62% this year, and parish administration negotiated it down to 3%, Director of Finance Chance Stephens told the council. The parish did not pass along last year's 5.42% increase to customers. Because the fee is set by parish ordinance, the increase still needed a council vote. Before voting, the council amended the ordinance to tie the increase to the CPI adjustment in the contract, replacing language that cited "current levels of demand." [WBR Parish garbage fee would rise $2.19 a monthHouseholds in Brusly, Addis and unincorporated West Baton Rouge Parish would pay $2.19 more a month for garbage pickup under a proposal the parish council votes on Oct. 8\. The parish says the new rate would first show up on bills mailed in December.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6a/51/6a511428-8a9f-41ee-af8a-da977e82f00e/content/images/icon/CwhsHtJB_400x400-dbb43126-86d3-491b-928c-e5ee9b5adce4.jpg)WBR IndependentJohn Summers![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6a/51/6a511428-8a9f-41ee-af8a-da977e82f00e/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_3398-renewed-fc914e8e-614f-4711-876d-8cb31767f797.jpg)](https://www.wbrindependent.com/west-baton-rouge-parish-garbage-fee-increase/) - **Arena well:** The council accepted the final change order and substantial completion for Arena Well No. 2\. The change order cut $99,360 from the contract. The first well was successful, so a backup well never had to be drilled. The change order also added 124 days to the schedule. - **Library budget:** The council corrected a typo in the library's 2026 budget. Library Director Tammy Martin said the line for e-books and e-audiobooks was supposed to be $35,000 but was entered as $3,000\. The amendment sets it at $35,000. **Coming up:** The parish's Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day is Saturday, Oct. 24, from 8 a.m. to noon at Alexander Park, 250 Elaine St., Brusly. Residents can drop off old paint, batteries, pesticides, electronics, cleaning products and tires without rims. The council meets next on Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m. Parish budget hearings are Oct. 26 and 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Government Building, 880 N. Alexander Ave., Port Allen.