LAFAYETTE PARISH (LAFAYETTE) — Tensions ran high Monday night at the Clifton Chenier Center as Lafayette’s Zoning Committee considered a business proposal that has stirred concerns among nearby homeowners.

Residents and the project’s creator, Yury Remedio, shared sharply differing views on a plan that would rezone the 800 block of Verot School Road from CM-1 (Commercial Mixed) to CH (Commercial Heavy).

Mary Laurent, who lives in the Harbor Lights subdivision, was one of five public commenters who opposed the rezoning request at Monday night's meeting.

This is the petition signed by 93 of 91 Harbor Lights residents, asking that the area not be rezoned.

“Theme parks are a nice thing, but not right next to a residential neighborhood,” she said. We’re not against commercial—we’re against t

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