A group of developers from Texas and Louisiana are seeking a rezoning of roughly 56 acres on either side of Ambassador Caffery Parkway between Dulles Drive and Guilbeau Road to build a traditional neighborhood development. TNDs — like River Ranch and Sugar Mill Pond — mix residential and business properties in close quarters. The proposed development is called Cafferytown.
Although the Planning, Zoning and Codes Department has yet to evaluate the plan, the Lafayette City-Parish Council will vote Tuesday on an introductory ordinance to rezone the acreage from residential and business to traditional neighborhood development. According to a PZC memo, planners will review the TND proposal on Nov. 16 and make a recommendation to the council ahead of a Nov. 24 vote on final adoption, assuming the council approves the introductory ordinance on Tuesday.
... written by nolaf , November 02, 2009 - 06:23 pm
Cafferytown???? What a turn-off. They couldn't come up with ANYTHING better than that for a name?
... written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN , November 02, 2009 - 08:17 pm
UH DUH, THE NAME "CAFFERY" IS AH NATIONALLY DISTINGUISHED NAME!!!! THE DESCENDANTS OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY STILL RESIDE HERE IN LAFAYETTE. CHECK THE LOCAL HISTORY, AND KEEP YA FAT TONGUE IN YO MOUTH, "COUILLIE"! COUILLIE; DAT BE AH BABY COUILLION !!!
... written by SMP-for-me , November 02, 2009 - 08:28 pm
Sounds like well spoken citizens like Northsidian Shotgun will be living in Caffery Town. There goes the neighborhood, before the first survey stake even goes in the ground.
... written by Jason D. Faulk , November 02, 2009 - 10:27 pm
Not knowing more info yet, this looks like a promising opportunity for the use of New Urbanism on a highly visible location in Lafayette. One concern for this location is the tendency of the area to flood.
New Urbanism is usually the better option for development, as it makes higher use of land than vast parking lots, though it still involves creating a high percentage of impervious surface area, which exacerbate city-wide runoff, the costs of which we all share as a city and state. We have been handling these issues collectively, though at times, major shopping centers have been installing those strange overgrown detention basins behind their buildings voluntarily to help with this problem.
Instead, I would like to suggest that to compensate for these water flow issues, we should INSIST that city government facilitate the activities of the developers to employ the creative use of areas on their properties for water detention basins. When such facilities are designed correctly, they also can serve as park space the other 95% of the time when flooding isn't present, and will tend to make the rest of their surrounding property more desirable to live around or visit for work and shopping. Two birds with one stone you might say. Our bayous won't overflow as fast, we get parkspace, their land increases in value, they make more money, we spend less tax money to make a concrete channel to the Vermilion.
This could be a pioneering example of taking New Urbanism to the next level here in Lafayette.
You all should see what Andres Duany is proposing for the next model of New Urbanism, that is, what he calls AGRICULTURAL URBANISM. Look for it soon. http://www.houstontomorrow.org/commentary/story/agricultural-urbanism/
... written by nolaf , November 03, 2009 - 04:38 am
Thank you "SMP-for-me" for reading my comment correctly.........AND "NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN"'s comment correctly as well. There's nothing wrong w/the "Caffery" part of the proposed name.....it's the addition of "town". I would expect the developers of a TND to come up with a more enticing, captivating name.
To "NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN": Check your mirror for the couillon (also, get your Cajun French spelling right).
... written by Betsy , November 03, 2009 - 01:59 pm
TND. I grew up in a TND and it wasn't anything like RR. In the Saint Streets area, not far from the USL farm (Cajun Dome) Rode my bike to Cathedral for CCD classes, even in summer & the coldest winters. Walked to Myrtle Place & then Laf. Elem. Bought groceries at "Bee's" and picked up prescriptions for my mom at the drug store a block past the grocer. That's what I consider TND. NO ONE USED GOLF CARTS TO GET AROUND !!! Except maybe on the golf courses, but my dad & his friends carried their bags across Muni. I wouldn't live in what is considered a TND now if you GAVE me the house! The term "zero lot line" is so disgusting to me, but I guess "they" had to come up with some spin to make living on top of your neighbor attractive...... I WISH Lafayette had the nerve of Breaux Bridge to tell the developers to TAKE A HIKE, we dont need you.
... written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN , November 04, 2009 - 11:09 pm
NO LAF, CafferyTown, ya miss da quaintness of da Nom. Jason ,complete your architecture studies, fore ya go proposing an Urban Utopia!!! SMP: dose letters, "SMP" looks like sum code AD in ah "SAME GENDER" magazine, response to NOLAF !! Betsy, GEE!, i was beginning to feel like da last "DINOSAUR" The owners of Bee's Grocery were friends of mine $ and i also resided in the SAINTS area as a Youngster. You are on " THE SQUARE" CHER !
Betsy; Ah bit of RIVAH RANCH "TRIVIA" What drugstore in RIVAH RANCH, has the highest volume of drug sales in all of LAFAYETTE??? One for da GUINESS BOOK !! DA CVS!!!!!
SMP, The editors of this fine Lafayette weekly THE INDY, censored my prior response to your alarmed comment concerning, Moi taking up RESIDENCY in, Da New Venice TND, CAFFERYTOWN, Ya be happy to know i failed ta renew the registration of my GONDOLA!!! So i'll stay heah on my HILLTOP ...............as ya'll may have Noticee, i've stopped using all CAPS...... The Editor, Walter Pierce, splained it like dis, ALL CAPS, uses up to much INK............ HMMMMMMM ? Das! why the Daily Advertiser Rag, running outta INK !
... written by NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN , November 04, 2009 - 11:28 pm
"TND".....JESUS, thats why our Chirin can't spell ta post ah legible comment on da INDY. I guess the next "PSEUDO-INTELLECT" move, will be to abbreviate all words and do lak da Greeks, and put da letters of da words, upside down ta mean da opposite, of wha da topside up mean. EH? EDITOR! I'm SOooooo lost,whars my GPS??? Walter, YDM!
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