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General Plan AmendmentRecommended approval
Text amendment — new structures in adaptive-reuse planned developments
New Orleans
Description
Explicitly allows new buildings within adaptive-reuse planned developments, kept secondary in size and design to the original structure.
Impact summary
Removes a zoning roadblock for reusing big historic sites like the Poor Clares monastery block.
Applicant
- Name
- City Council Motion No. M-26-177
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 1
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · Planning Commission
Recommended approval8–0, unanimous
A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.
Last discussed Jul 14, 2026.
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