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Council adopts broad zoning-code changes to streamline review and public notice

New Orleans City Council · January 12, 2026
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Summary

The City Planning Commission and council advanced zoning-docket 49-25, a package of administrative and procedural changes to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance intended to consolidate neighborhood-participation processes, clarify design-review and deadlines, and use the city's automated notice system; the motion passed unanimously 7–0 after an amendment adding an effective date.

The New Orleans City Council voted to adopt comprehensive administrative amendments to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CCO), approving motion m 25 6 62 after a staff briefing and limited public comment.

City Planning Commission counsel and staff summarized the package as an effort to consolidate and clarify administrative sections of the CCO that had not been substantially updated in years. The changes include…

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