New Orleans Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance

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4.2.B Initiation

Zoning text and map amendments are initiated as follows:

1.  The City Council may initiate a zoning text or map amendment by adoption of a motion.

2.  A property owner in the city or a person expressly authorized in writing by an owner may file an application for a text amendment.

3.  A property owner in the city or a person expressly authorized in writing by the owner may file an application for a zoning map amendment for the area of land for which the map amendment is requested. 

4. The City Planning Commission may initiate zoning map and text amendments in connection with Master Plan revisions, including changes to the Future Land Use Map, or as otherwise required by this Ordinance.

Ord. No. 29,126, ยง4, Aug. 12, 2022, Zoning Docket 16/22; Ordinance No. 30567 MCS, 3-20-26, Zoning Docket 049-25