Empowering Neighborhoods to Respond to ABO Nuisances, Noise, and Litter

Sheldon Hersh, MD
Uptown Triangle Neighborhood Association
May 2007

Building strong neighborhoods will ensure a strong New Orleans recovery.  Alcohol Beverage Outlets may bring problems and
hinder neighborhood rebuilding.  Neighborhoods can respond to
Alcohol Beverage Outlet nuisances, noise, and litter.

Neighborhood Response to Alcohol Beverage Outlet Nuisances Katherine Shepherd, Loyola University College of Law David Marcello, Director, The Public Law Center The Public Law Center was asked by the Uptown Triangle Neighborhood Association to draft a summary of legal actions that citizens and neighborhood organizations may take in response to criminal or nuisance activity that arises around alcoholic beverage outlets. Neighborhood groups have complained that some of these businesses are centers of criminal activity, loitering, noise violations, and littering in their neighborhoods, and they want to know what legal actions and remedies are available to them. This memo addresses four legal issues: Whether neighborhood organizations have a cause of action for public nuisance under

Louisiana state law New Orleans Noise Control law Louisiana state Alcoholic Beverage Control law New Orleans Code for Alcoholic Beverages . . . .