The City Planning Commission will consider the June 8th draft revision of the City\u2019s Subdivision Regulations on [a date TBD in early 2024]. Written public comment may be submitted at any time to CPCinfo@nola.gov. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below are documentation and guest commentary on this important issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
City of New Orleans Subdivision Regulations of 1999<\/a> Memos from Bob Rivers to the CPC: Town of Carrollton Watch is reprinting a statement on the subdivision issue by Jeffrey Seymour of the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association land use committee. We hope it will help neighbors to formulate their own public comments for the CPC.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The following comments are based upon our review thus far of the proposed Draft Subdivision Regulations.\u00a0\u00a0On at least three occasions, beginning as far back as July 13th, we have submitted\u00a0questions to the Executive Director on these and other related topics. To date, we have received no responses to any of our inquiries.\u00a0\u00a0Additionally, the Executive Director offered on July 21, 2021, to meet with us to discuss the regulations.\u00a0\u00a0Since that date we have been endeavoring on a regular basis to get the Executive Director to commit to a date for such a meeting, but as of today, August 10th, he still has not provided any.\u00a0\u00a0We are very concerned that the \u201cclock is running out\u201d on the time allotted to us for our review of the regulations since written comments for the 8\/24\/21 CPC meeting are due on August 16th,<\/mark> and we have yet to receive any responses to any of our questions or our request for a meeting time.\u00a0\u00a0[Note: the matter has been postponed until a date TBA in early 2024.\u2014SJ]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of our major concerns with the proposed draft subdivision regulations (Draft Regulations) is the significant degree of additional authority and autonomy they would give to the CPC\u2019s Executive Director. Among other things, the Draft Regulations contain the following provisions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on our reading of the current and Draft Regulations, almost every single change that the Draft Regulations propose will result in less transparency and less oversight of the subdivision approval process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To pick just a recent example, had the proposed new rules been in place, we would not have been able to even challenge, much less effectively de-rail, the controversial 621 Elysian Fields Hotel Complex subdivision request of 2020. [Note: in September 2021 a revised subdivision plan was approved by the CPC.\u2014SJ]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 8\/10\/21 <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Overview The City Planning Commission will consider the June 8th draft revision of the City\u2019s Subdivision Regulations on [a date TBD in early 2024]. Written public comment may be submitted at any time to CPCinfo@nola.gov. Below are documentation and guest commentary on this important issue. Documents City of New Orleans Subdivision Regulations of 1999Draft of … <\/p>\n
Draft of revised Subdivision Regulations<\/a> approved by the CPC on June 8, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Synopsis of the Subdivision Regulations Update<\/a>, May 26, 2021
Supplement to committee-approved Subdivision Regulations draft<\/a>, June 1, 2021
Staff recommendation for revisions to the Subdivision Regulations draft<\/a>, July 7, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\nCommentary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jeffrey Seymour
Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n