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Code Enforcement Launches Campaign to Address Abandoned Pools
Code Enforcement is in the middle of a campaign to abate all abandoned and unsanitary pools in the city. These pools pose a serious health risk to the community, especially to the children of New Orleans.
By working with the Mosquito Control Board, residents and the 311 call center, Code Enforcement has initiated cases against 323 properties with pools in violation of the City Code. Click here to see a list of these properties. If you know of additional abandoned pools, email the addresses to Andrew Holbein at aholbein@cityofno.com . Mark the subject line “Abandoned Pool: 1234 Pool St. [Insert actual address]”
Please assist Code Enforcement by contacting the property owners and warning them of the health threat and potential for significant fines.
Public Nuisance Demolitions
The City of New Orleans gives official notification that it intends to demolish the following list of properties. These properties have been Adjudicated and declared a public nuisance pursuant to the provisions of Section 28-37, et seq., of the New Orleans City Code.
A legal owner who disputes the proposed demolition must present their objections in writing to the Department of Code Enforcement of the City of New Orleans within twenty (20) days from date of this notice. The address of the Office of Housing Code Enforcement is 1340 Poydras St. Suite 1100 New Orleans, La. 70112. Please mark attention “Mr. Hillary Carrere” on the outside of your envelope. The City of New Orleans makes no legal representation that relief will or will not be granted.
Click here to view a list of these properties.
The Bureau of Administration in the Office of Recovery & Development of the City of New Orleans has scheduled to hear the following cases in Suite 1100, 1340 Poydras Street. The purpose of these hearings is to determine if the properties at the locations listed should be declared blighted pursuant to the provisions of Section 28-38 of the City Code or a public nuisance pursuant to the provisions of Section 28-37, et seq., of the City Code. If the property is declared blighted, it is eligible for expropriation. If the property is declared a public nuisance, it is eligible for demolition. Click here to view the Public Notice Administrative Adjudication Dockets.
Schedule of New Code Enforcement Hearings
The Code Enforcement Department is holding regular hearings for properties in violation of the city’s housing standards. Residents are welcome to observe the hearings. Residents may request to testify and can do so at the discretion of the Administrative Hearing Officer. The following link is to a schedule of upcoming hearings. The properties are grouped together by council district.
Upcoming Reset Dates
During a hearing, an owner has the opportunity to enter into an agreement to make the necessary repairs to their properties. If they do this, the Code Enforcement Department gives them a ‘reset’ hearing date. During a reset hearing the owner must show that they have completed the agreed upon work. If they have not, daily fines can begin.
Upcoming Reset Dates
Results from Code Enforcement Hearings
The Code Enforcement department holds regular hearings for properties in violation of the city’s housing standards. The following links are to spreadsheets that show the hearing results. The properties are grouped together by council district. If the results say “compliance agreement,” that means that the owner entered into an agreement to fix his property by a strict deadline. Fines are suspended as long as the deadlines are met. If the results say “Work in progress, case reset” that means that the resident proved that they have begun to make repairs to the property. They were rescheduled for a new hearing 30 or 60 days later and if the necessary repairs have not been completed, fines will begin. Some properties are listed on multiple consecutive rows of these spreadsheets. In these instances, look for the most recent hearing date to get the most up-to-date information.
The schedule of upcoming code enforcement sweeps |
Before Hurricane Katrina, Code Enforcement inspectors inspected one property at a time in locations spread out throughout the city. As the department looks at the best way to encourage recovery and reduce blight, it has decided that this is no longer the best inspection strategy. Inspections will now be organized around large sweeps throughout the city. A typical sweep area will be six by six blocks. The idea is that by saturating these areas and working every property that is in violation through the enforcement process, the department will create large stabilized areas that will be catalysts for recovery in the areas surrounding them. Eventually every part of the city will be covered by a sweep. Initially these sweeps will be focusing on citing unoccupied properties. Every unoccupied property that does not meet the city’s housing standards will be cited and the owner will receive a Notice of Violation with a hearing date. The code enforcement department will be inspecting other properties outside of these sweep areas - including properties that are threats to public safety and health and properties that are requested to be inspected by the City Council staff.
In an effort to present more user friendly information to the public, we have created maps that show all of the sweeps that the department has completed, and the sweeps that are planned for the next month. The following link is to these maps. The first map is a citywide view of all sweeps, and the other maps zoom in on each individual sweep area.
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