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October 18, 2018 | From City of New Orleans
The Canal Street Study has been released and will be presented at the City Planning Commission's October 23, 2108 meeting. The meeting will begin at 1:30pm in the City Council Chamber in City Hall.
September 27, 2018 | From City of New Orleans
The City Planning Commission will consider recommendations of the 2018 Short Term Rental Study at a Special Meeting on Wednesday, October 3rd at 1:00 pm in the City Council Chambers.
August 28, 2018 | From City of New Orleans
On August 27th, the City Council granted the City Planning Commission an extension for the Canal Street study. The City Planning Commission will consider recommendations of the study at its October 23, 2018 meeting.
August 22, 2018 | From City of New Orleans
On August 20, 2018, the City Council granted the City Planning Commission an extension for the Short Term Rental Study. The City Planning Commission will consider recommendations of the Study at its September 25, 2018 meeting.
July 25, 2018 | From City of New Orleans
The City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing September 11, 2018, in the City Council Chamber (City Hall - 1E07) on the Small Box Retail Diversity Study.
July 23, 2018 | From City of New Orleans
The July 24th, 2018, City Planning Commission public hearing will be held in the Homeland Security Conference room on the 8th floor of City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street. The meeting will begin at 1:30 pm as scheduled.
A live stream of the meeting will be available via the link below:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE99Rj_b4gJiO3KnZjctjg/live
June 28, 2018 | From City of New Orleans
The City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing July 10, 2018, in the City Council Chamber (City Hall - 1E07) on the Short Term Rental Study.
June 13, 2018 | From City of New Orleans
The City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing July 10, 2018, in the City Council Chamber (City Hall - 1E07) on the Canal Street Study.
May 25, 2018 | From City of New Orleans
The City Council has established a temporary prohibition of the issuance of permits and licenses relative to Temporary and Commercial Short Term Rentals for new and renewal permits. Any aggrieved party may appeal to the City Council for a waiver of the provisions by submitting an appeal to the City Planning Commission.
May 15, 2018 | From City of New Orleans
City Planning Commission staff reports for Tuesday, May 22 meeting are scheduled to be released today, May 15. However, we are experiencing IT network problems that are preventing final versions of the reports from being published. The reports will be published as soon as the IT network is restored. This may be on Tuesday May 15 or Wednesday, May 16.
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