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Dear Representative Lalonde:

This office is in receipt of your letter dated December 3, 1993 requesting an opinion relative to whether the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge pursuant to its Ordinance 9601 may provide for a C-G zone for the operation of establishments involving gaming and other legalized gambling or games of chance.

As noted in your opinion request this office previously rendered Opinion No. 93-659 (a copy of which is attached hereto) which concluded that St. Charles Parish could not create gaming districts under its zoning authority. The reasoning found in that…