Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District v. Calcasieu Parish Police Jury

COOKS, Judge.

This is a declaratory action seeking to resolve a zoning controversy between two political subdivisions, the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District (the District) and Calcasieu Parish Police Jury (the Police Jury). Although each political subdivision exercises separate powers delegated by the State, their jurisdictional boundaries geographically overlap. As a consequence, we must determine whether the Police Jury has authority to enact zoning regulations affecting property owned by the District.

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In 1980, the Police Jury passed a zoning ordinance classifying all the District’s…