No "Spot Zoning" Change for Short Street High-Rise

Our neighborhoods are united in opposition to a requested zoning change, which would allow an illegal "spot zone" for one developer to build a 14-story high-rise on Short Street at Leake Avenue, only 21 feet away from its one- and two-story neighbors in historic, residential Uptown New Orleans.

As Citizens of New Orleans, we respectfully request that our City Planning Commission and our City Council uphold the current zoning laws.

This project would destroy our neighborhood in order to benefit one developer. This web site will publicly voice our opposition.

Architect's Rendering of Short Street Condos, Houses Added by Franklin Adams and
Uptown Triangle Neighborhood Association

What's New

• The developer withdrew his zoning proposal on March 24, 2004.

  
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• Letter from Senator John Hainkel, Jr. opposing the Short Street high-rise
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• Rebuttal to City Planning Commission Approval Based on "Entire Square" Argument.
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• Letter to the Editor, The Times-Picayune - Unpublished
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• Letter to Jay Batt Asking Him to Reject This Project.
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• Street Construction Affects Disabled Citizens' Access to Essential Services
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• Organizational Letters of Support
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• School Newspaper Article by 5th Grader
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• The Effect of High-Rise Development on Property Values.
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• Final Neighborhood Submission to the City Planning Commission

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