Vieux Carré Historic District — La. R.S. 33:4083 + La. Const. Art. XIV §22A (LA)
Tracked preemption from the Louisiana overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1937-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
city:new-orleans-la
Other Louisiana preemptions
Mississippi River Industrial Corridor + Atchafalaya Basin — Informational OverlayCoastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) — Coastal Master PlanLouisiana Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) / Brownfields — La. R.S. 30:2271 et seq.Tax Increment Financing & Economic Development Districts — La. R.S. 33:9038 et seq.Louisiana State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act (SLCRMA) — Coastal Use PermitsLouisiana Constitutional Home Rule — Art. VI §§4–5Levee Districts and Levee Servitudes — La. Const. Art. VI §38 + La. R.S. Title 38Louisiana Historic Preservation — National Register Districts + La. R.S. 25:731 et seq.
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
AND
city.slug==new-orleans-lacity.has_vieux_carre_overlay==Trueparcel.geometrygeographic match
Preempted fields
2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
review_type | require | vieux_carre_commission_certificate_of_appropriateness | Any exterior alteration, demolition, new construction, or change of materials in the Vieux Carré requires a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Vieux Carré Commission (VCC). Commission has constitutional roots (1936 amendment carried into 1974 Const. Art. XIV §22A as a transitional provision; substantive authority now codified in La. R.S. 33:4083 et seq. and the New Orleans Home Rule Charter). |
base_districts[*].demolition_allowed | override | False | Demolition by neglect actionable; demolition of contributing structures essentially prohibited absent extraordinary findings. |
Citation
Authority source
La. R.S. 33:4083 et seq.; La. Const. Art. XIV §22A (transitional, carrying 1936 amendment); New Orleans Home Rule Charter §4-1101 et seq.
§ La. R.S. 33:4083 (Vieux Carré Commission); New Orleans CZO Article 16 (Historic Core Districts)
Research notes
The Vieux Carré is the oldest legally protected historic district in the U.S. (1937). State statute creates the Vieux Carré Commission as a sui generis body; powers are concurrent with the New Orleans City Planning Commission and the local Historic District Landmarks Commission for other historic districts. Under Art. VI §4 home rule, New Orleans implements through the CZO. The French Quarter alcohol and STR ordinances live in the New Orleans City Code (not state law) but operate inside the VCC overlay footprint — represented here as city-scope rather than state-scope for that reason.