1. Establishments that offer live entertainment must take reasonable measures to assure compliance with the requirements of the noise ordinance. Such measures include, but are not limited to,...
Last night, over 100 concerned citizens attended a meeting hosted by VCPORA, French Quarter Citizens, and Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association to learn more about the proposed Hospitality and Entertainment Taxing Zone legislation. What we heard loud and...
Dear Neighbors and friends, A lot has been written about 1031 Canal Street, at the corner with North Rampart. VCPORA would like to share with you why this issue should be of interest to all of us who love New Orleans. Isn’t redevelopment of that...
Applicants are proposing that they be allowed to build 213 foot-tall tower at Canal and Rampart – when the height limit is 70 feet! Developers are asking to be allowed to tear down the old Woolworth’s building at the corner of Rampart and Canal, and in its...
Published on: Nov 9, 2010 @ 13:52 Pretty much anyone who’s lived anywhere in New Orleans knows that the problems we face are not due to a lack of good laws, but a lack of enforcement of those laws. Nowhere is this more concentrated than here in the French Quarter. ...
Recently, covenants or good neighbor agreements have been proposed to address or mitigate concerns or potential impacts associated with specific projects. Specifically, the applicants for 528 Bienville have been directed to enter into “covenant” against...
Former VCPORA President Nathan Chapman led the organization for over 5 years, during which time we prevailed in nearly all of our efforts, and secured a veto to prevent the undoing of the de facto hotel moratorium in the French Quarter – the first land...
