20.3.JJ Live Entertainment – Secondary Use and Live Performance Venue

1.  Live entertainment – secondary use may only be established when allowed within a zoning district and in conjunction with a bar, standard restaurant, indoor or outdoor amusement facility, winery, micro-distillery, distillery, micro-brewery, or brewery.  All indoor live entertainment at these establishments requires a live entertainment-secondary use approval, unless conducted pursuant to a special event permit. The establishment serving as the primary use must remain open while any live entertainment takes place.

2.  Live entertainment – secondary use and live performance venues shall submit a noise abatement plan, to be reviewed by the Director of Safety and Permits, and all other appropriate City agencies, which shall address the intended use of amplification, noise levels, and need for soundproofing.

3.  Live entertainment - secondary use and live performance venues shall submit a security and operation plan, with the following added:

a. For live entertainment – secondary use, the days and hours of operation for the establishment’s general operations as a standard restaurant or bar, and the days and hours of operation for the live entertainment component.

b. The configuration of the live entertainment area within the establishment.

c. Loading areas.

d. All live entertainment – secondary use and live performance shall provide exterior security cameras.

4.  Live entertainment – secondary use and live performance venues shall submit a summary of the number and location of places of worship, educational facilities, and parks and playgrounds within three-hundred (300) feet of the proposed location.

5.  Windows and doors shall be closed during indoor live entertainment performances and compliance with the City of New Orleans Noise Ordinance is required.

6.  If the live entertainment - secondary use and live performance venues use plans an increase in intensity, such as an expansion of floor area, increase in live performance area or increase in permitted occupancy, a security and operation plan shall be updated and resubmitted for approval. Revised security and operation plans shall be approved prior to the issuance of any permits.

7.  Security and operation plans may be revised by the property owner or person authorized in writing by the owner. New plans shall be resubmitted for approval.

8.  Because live entertainment – secondary use is only allowed with a bar, standard restaurant, indoor or outdoor amusement facility, winery, micro-distillery, distillery, micro-brewery, or brewery, when the submittal requirements of live entertainment – secondary use and the underlying primary use of the establishment are duplicated, only one (1) set of submittal requirements is required to be submitted and updated.

Ord. 28219 MCS, Oct. 17, 2019, ZD 45/19; Ord 29157 MCS, 9-12-22, ZD 030/22