New Orleans Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
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4.3.H.1 Expiration
a. Plans Deadline. For all conditional uses, plans stamped as approved by the City Planning Commission must be recorded in the Conveyance Records of Orleans Parish within two (2) years of the effective date of the ordinance granting the conditional use.
b. Construction/Use Deadline.
i. For new construction, the conditional use approval will expire within five (5) years from the date the Executive Director of the City Planning Commission approves the final drawings for a conditional use if a building permit has not been issued and substantial construction has not been commenced, and no request for an extension of time is pending.
ii. For conditional uses approved for existing structures or for a parcel of land where no structure is planned, if the use has not been established within a period of five (5) years from the date the Executive Director of the City Planning Commission approves the final drawings for a conditional use, then the conditional use will expire.
Ordinance No. 30567, 3-20-26, Zoning Docket 049-25