1999 Land Use Plan
New Orleans City Planning Commission
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One

  • Planning in New Orleans
  • Contemporary Framework for Development in New Orleans
  • Geographic Organization of the 1999 Land Use Plan
  • Methods Used to Develop the 1999 Land Use Plan 
  • Common Concerns Expressed at Citizen Workshops 
  • Recommendations of the 1999 Land Use Plan
  • Next Steps: Zoning and Master Planning Implications 
Chapter Two
     
  • Citywide Development History 
  • Citywide Development Assets 
  • Current Land Use and Demographics 
  • Recommendations and Solutions Presented in the 1999 Land Use Plan 
  • Promotion of Residential Integrity
  • Concentration of Commercial Corridors
  • Implementation of Mixed-Use Categories
  • Reduction of Non-Conforming Uses
  • Centralization of Industrial Land Use
  • Increase of Green Space and Recreational Areas
  • Mechanism to Organize Neighborhoods
Planning Districts 1 - 13
Each Planning District Chapter Contains the Following Material:
  • Section I: Boundaries of the Planning District

    • Map of Census Neighborhoods
  • Section II: Development History
  • Section III: Population
  • Section IV: Current Land Use

    • Map of Existing General Land Use
  • Section V: Community Participation

    • Summary Schematic District Map
  • Section VI: Proposed Land Use Plan for the Planning District

    • Map of Proposed General Land Use
Individual Planning Districts
[Map of Planning Districts]
Planning District One
Vieux Carre, Central Business District, 
Warehouse District
Maps:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use

Planning District Two
Central City/Garden District
Maps:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use

Planning District Three
Uptown and Carrollton
Maps:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use

Planning District Four
Mid-City
Maps:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use

Planning District Five
Lakeview
Maps:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use

Planning District Six
Gentilly
Maps:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use

Planning District Seven
Marigny, Bywater, St. Claude, St. Roch and Desire
Maps:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use

Planning District Eight
Lower Ninth Ward/Holy Cross
Maps:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use

Planning Districts Nine, Ten and Eleven
New Orleans East
Maps - District 9:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use
Maps - District 10:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use
Maps - District 11:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use

Planning Districts Twelve and Thirteen
Algiers and English Turn
Maps - District 12:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use
Maps - District 13:  Existing Land Use / Proposed Land Use

CONCLUSION...and CONTINUATION
Glossary
Appendix A: Listing of Neighborhoods in Planning Districts
Appendix B: Public Meetings to Develop the Plan
Bibliography

Note: A Supplement is available which includes the organizing material for the land use workshops, citizen comments about land use conflicts as well comments about many aspects of the future aside from land use. 
Please contact the City Planning Commission for a copy of this Supplement.