LRK, LLC v. City of St. George (Kleinpeter Tract Downzoning Challenge — TRO Granted)
A 19th Judicial District Court judge signed a temporary restraining order in July 2026 blocking the City of St. George, Louisiana from adopting or enforcing a proposed ordinance that would downzone nearly 60 acres of commercially zoned land at the Pecue Lane/I-10 interchange owned by an entity tied to the Kleinpeter family. Plaintiff LRK, LLC's June 8, 2026 suit also asks the court to declare the city's own legal incorporation date, a question tied to the scope of St. George's zoning and ordinance-making authority.
Why it matters
Illustrates the risk a wholesale zoning-code consolidation poses to parcels holding stable, decades-old commercial entitlements, and shows a TRO can freeze a pending rezoning ordinance before it takes effect. The case's added challenge to the city's own incorporation date is a reminder that a young or recently reorganized municipality's zoning authority can itself become a point of legal attack.
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