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Issues in New Orleans

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Full stories first. Then matters rising by rule: they keep coming back, divide the board, draw residents, change how land near you is used, or move big money for the size of the place. Then the ones already decided. Everything about New Orleans ›

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Something elseApproving the applicant's request for ZD NO. 96/26, with two (2) provisos, as recommended by the City Planning CommissionBoard dividedLast action October 15, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseApproving the applicant's request for ZD NO. 90/26, with two (2) provisos, as recommended by the City Planning CommissionBoard dividedLast action October 15, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseApproving the applicant's request for ZD NO. 94/26, with four (4) provisos, as recommended by the City Planning CommissionBoard dividedLast action October 15, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseEstablishing a conditional use to permit a Commercial Short Term Rental at 1822 Joseph Guillaume Place in an HMC-2 Historic Marigny/Tremé/Bywater Commercial District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning DistrictBoard dividedLast action October 15, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseApproving and modifying the applicant's request for ZD NO. 59/26Board dividedLast action October 1, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseChanging the city's sanitation fees and their scope, and expressly allowing efforts to offer free access to city transfer stations from time to timeBoard dividedLast action September 3, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseApproving the applicant's request for ZD NO. 66/26, with the two provisos recommended by the City Planning CommissionBoard dividedLast action September 3, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseAllowing a commercial short term rental at 422 Natchez Street, in a CBD-2 Historic Commercial and Mixed-Use District, as a conditional useBoard dividedLast action August 20, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseAllowing a commercial short term rental at 1131-1133 Reverend John Raphael Jr. Way, in a C-2 Auto-Oriented Commercial District, as a conditional useBoard dividedLast action August 20, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseEstablishing a conditional use to permit a commercial short term rental at Boathouse #84, 8112 Breakwater Drive, in the S-LM Lake Area Marina District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning DistrictBoard dividedLast action July 23, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseEstablishing a conditional use to permit a commercial short term rental at Boathouse #85, 8114 Breakwater Drive, in the S-LM Lake Area Marina District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning DistrictBoard dividedLast action July 23, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseDirecting the City Planning Commission to hold a public hearing on changing the zoning of lots in an Algiers area from S-RS Single Family Residential to a district that encourages commercial useZoning and land useLast action February 12, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseGranting a request for new construction of a hotel at 621 Elysian Fields Avenue, reversing the HDLC decision and approving the applicant's most recent submitted drawingsBoard dividedLast action January 8, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseAdjourning the meeting at 2:30 P.MBoard dividedLast action January 8, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseGranting a request for new construction of a hotel at 621 Elysian Fields Avenue, reversing the HDLC decision and approving the applicant's most recent submitted drawingsBoard dividedLast action January 8, 2026See every step and vote ›Something elseApproving 2025 reserve payments, subject to available funds: $1,213,423.85 to OPSB Travis Hill School, $1,213,423.84 to the Office of Student Support and Attendance, and $1,300,000.00 to The Aurora Program and ReNEW Therapeutic ProgramBig moneyLast action January 8, 2026See every step and vote ›

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