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Zoning 101

The terminology used in city planning measures can many times be exclusive and hard to understand. However, the City Planning Commission (CPC) has simplified the most frequent terms that community members should be familiar with in order to get involved…  read more

Master Planning for Neighborhoods in New Orleans

A master plan can be simply defined as a tool to guide the future development in an area. The State of Louisiana requires that a master plan shall be adopted to guide the physical development of a municipality or parish…  read more

Planning, Zoning, and Preservation Glossary

*Accessory Use:* An accessory use is the use of land that is subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found in connection with the principal use allowed on a lot by the zoning law. A garage is incidental to the principal use…  read more