New Orleans caps STRs by density rather than nights: in residential and neighborhood-business districts only one large residential STR is allowed per block face, awarded by lottery. Short-term rentals are banned outright in the Vieux Carre (French Quarter) and the Garden District.
Instead of a nights-per-year cap, New Orleans limits how many STRs can exist near each other and where they are allowed. In residential and HU-B1A/HU-B1 neighborhood-business districts, only one large residential STR is permitted per block face; where applications exceed the per-square or block-face cap the department awards permits by lottery to ensure equitable distribution. Short-term rentals are prohibited in the Vieux Carre (French Quarter) except a defined stretch of Bourbon Street in the VCE Entertainment District, and are banned entirely in the Garden District. A permit becomes void if the owner sells, and the property re-enters the lottery.
Operating an STR in a banned district or beyond the per-block-face cap is a violation subject to at least a $1,000 fine per day; a revoked permit bars STR use of the property for five years.
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