New Orleans Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance

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18.23 Canal Street Height Overlay District

18.23.A Applicability   

The Canal Street Height Overlay District is intended to create additional height and floor allowances for sites adjacent to the Life Sciences Mixed Use District.  The Canal Street Height Overlay District applies to the following area:

1. All lots within the MU-1 Mixed-Use District and HU-MU Historic Urban Neighborhood Mixed-Use District within squares with frontage on Canal Street between Dorgenois Street and Claiborne Avenue.

18.23.B Maximum Height and Floors   

Main structures on applicable lots within the Canal Street Height Overlay District may have a height of up to 85 feet and may have up to seven floors.