OtherRecommended approval

Zoning Docket 082/26 — Transient Lodging Study Text Amendment

New Orleans

Description

A citywide rewrite of the rules for short-term rentals, hotels, motels, hostels, and bed and breakfasts — recommended 7-1 with the French Quarter VCE-1 expansion stripped out, small hotels in HUB-1 made conditional-use only, and small hotels added to the one-per-block cap. Now goes to City Council.

Impact summary

CSTRs become temporary, revocable uses capped at one per block citywide; existing hotels get grandfathered; the French Quarter keeps its 50-plus-year STR ban intact.

Applicant

Name: City Council Motion No. M-26-229

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 1
Total mentions: 1

Last vote · Planning Commission

Recommended approval7–1

A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 27, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Oct 27, 2026Recommended approval 7–1

City Planning Commission - Oct 27, 2026

Related issues (1)

Transient lodging study received

The commission recommended a sweeping rewrite: commercial short-term rentals become temporary uses with a one-per-block cap, CSTRs are split into small/medium/whole types, hotels split into small and large, and bed and breakfasts consolidated — with the contested VCE-1 French Quarter expansion removed entirely. It now goes to the City Council, which can change anything.

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