New Orleans Small Business Ordinance Tracker
Broad business impact: business-license taxes, minimum wage, scheduling mandates, fee schedules affecting most businesses — tracked continuously in New Orleans, LA. CouncilRadar reads every published agenda so you hear about proposals before the council votes.
Recent items
A conditional use approval allows a live performance venue at 3157 Tchoupitoulas Street to operate, creating a new entertainment business with specific waiver and provisos.
low impactSmall Business
Notaries in New Orleans will be subject to new city‑set fees for notarial services.
low impactSmall Business
The ordinance grants a conditional‑use permit for an indoor amusement facility in the CBD‑5 district, enabling that entertainment business to open and operate at 750 Carondelet Street.
high impactSmall Business
The proposed rezoning from single‑family residential to heavy commercial would open the site to many types of businesses, creating new development opportunities and associated licensing, permitting, and fee requirements.
high impactSmall Business
The rezoning from a historic urban business district to a two‑family residential district will force existing businesses at the specified addresses to cease or relocate, significantly affecting their operations.
high impactSmall Business
The extension of the electric and gas formula rate plans will affect all small businesses by keeping the existing utility pricing structure in place.
low impactSmall Business
The amendment doubles the fee‑in‑lieu for required affordable housing units, significantly increasing costs for developers and other businesses that must pay the fee.
high impactSmall Business
A proposed restoration tax abatement would lower property taxes for GD1, LLC at 1401 Delachaise Street, affecting that business's operating costs.
medium impactSmall Business
A restoration tax abatement is being recommended for 4417 Dryades Street, LLC, which would reduce that developer's property tax burden.
low impactSmall Business
A conditional use permit would allow a car wash to operate in the MU-1 mixed‑use district, directly affecting the car wash owner by granting zoning permission subject to waivers and provisos.
high impactSmall Business
The conditional use approval would permit an indoor amusement facility at 750 Carondelet Street to operate, directly affecting the amusement/entertainment business.
high impactSmall Business
The resolution would establish a tax amnesty program for businesses with delinquent sales and occupational license taxes, letting them settle owed amounts under reduced penalties and encouraging compliance.
high impactSmall Business
All businesses that owe sales or occupational license taxes could benefit from a new limited tax amnesty program if the city creates it.
medium impactSmall Business
The ordinance revises city sanitation fees and adds free access to transfer stations, directly increasing costs and service rules for small businesses that rely on waste collection.
high impactSmall Business
The resolution would establish a limited amnesty program for businesses that owe delinquent sales and occupational license taxes, reducing penalties and encouraging compliance.
medium impactSmall Business
The ordinance creates a new Carnival Gap Adjustment fee for parades, raising costs for businesses that organize or participate in parade events.
high impactSmall Business
A car wash operator would be permitted to locate in the MU‑1 mixed‑use district, subject to waivers and provisos, enabling the business to operate where it otherwise could not.
high impactSmall Business
The amendment revises the city’s sanitation fee structure—delaying a new schedule, instituting a fixed fee model, changing fee calculations, and adding audit safeguards—affecting all businesses that pay sanitation fees.
high impactSmall Business
The resolution would let businesses with overdue sales and occupational license taxes apply for a limited amnesty, potentially reducing penalties and encouraging compliance.
medium impactSmall Business
The resolution would let businesses with delinquent sales and occupational license taxes apply for a limited amnesty, reducing penalties and encouraging them to settle their tax debts.
medium impactSmall Business
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