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City Council directs City Planning Commission to consider interim transient lodging zoning; advocates urge release of study
Summary
The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to direct the City Planning Commission to hold a public hearing on creating a transient lodging interim zoning district that would require conditional-use approvals for hotels, motels, hostels, short-term rentals, commercial timeshares and bed-and-breakfasts.
The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to direct the City Planning Commission to hold a public hearing on an amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) that would create a transient lodging interim zoning district (IZD) and subject hotels, motels, hostels, short-term rentals, commercial timeshares and bed-and-breakfasts to conditional-use review.
Council members Phillip Morrell and Jay Harris introduced the motion and an amendment that adds review standards for appeals and technical corrections. The amendment was adopted on a recorded vote noted in the meeting record as “6 yeas, 7 yays, no nays,” and the final motion was approved by voice vote with “7 yeas, no nays.”
The IZD proposal would amend Article 19 of the CZO to require approval of a conditional use for the listed transient lodging uses and would keep other CZO requirements—such as use standards, bulk and yard standards,…
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