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Serving Baton Rouge, Louisiana (East Baton Rouge Parish)Vol. 1, No. 4
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Planning Commission backs West Chimes bar rezoning, defers three cases to Nov. 16

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Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026In the Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 edition

BATON ROUGE - The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 on Monday to recommend rezoning 268 and 254 West Chimes Street for a bar and lounge, according to the commission's Oct. 19 agenda with results. The property is in Council District 10.

Commissioners deferred three items to Nov. 16, each by a 7-0 vote: a request to change 8401 Greenwell Springs Road from restaurant-alcohol to bar and lounge zoning; a conditional use permit for Discovery Baton Rouge Phase III, a proposed educational institution at 17255 South Harrell's Ferry Road; and the Lordia's Grove residential subdivision at 8150 Hooper Road.

The commission also approved, 7-0, a land use plan amendment and rezoning at 1850 Carolyn Sue Drive and consent items that included rezonings on Perkins Road, Oleson Street, Hyacinth Avenue and Hooper Road, a billboard revision to the Woman's Hospital development plan on Stumberg Lane, and a medical office for The Spine Center of Louisiana on Constantin Boulevard.

Source: Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda with results, Oct. 19, 2026, https://www.brla.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10192026-2437

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