Zoning Docket 050/26
New Orleans
Description
A deferred request to rezone a corner at Esplanade and North Roman to neighborhood business and allow a principal bed and breakfast was unanimously denied.
Impact summary
Could convert a historic Esplanade Avenue property to tourist lodging; decision postponed.
Applicant
- Name
- Esplanade Ventures, LLC
- Address
- 1731 Esplanade Avenue
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.
Last discussed Jun 9, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
City Planning Commission - Jun 9, 2026
A deferred request to rezone a corner at Esplanade and North Roman to neighborhood business and allow a principal bed and breakfast was unanimously denied.
City Planning Commission - May 12, 2026
Rezoning and conditional use for a principal bed and breakfast on Esplanade Avenue. Deferred 6-1.
Related issues (2)
Residential density change on Treasure Street
James Beard asked to rezone two lots on Treasure Street from single-family to two-family residential; the commission rejected the change 2-7, keeping the block single-family.
Transient lodging and short-term rental pressure on residential neighborhoods
Three of the night's cases — an Esplanade Avenue bed and breakfast, a Toledano Street commercial short-term rental, and a Carondelet Street B&B — tested how much tourist lodging New Orleans neighborhoods will absorb. The commission drew the line at the Esplanade rezoning and split on the Toledano STR before deferring it.
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