City Planning Commission
Organization
Topics
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Boards and Commission Records
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
The City Charter provides that the Mayor shall "appoint, with approval of a majority of members of the Council, members of all boards except as otherwise provided in this Charter or by applicable State law." In practice the Mayor appoints, or nominates for appointment, members not only of Charter-created boards and commissions but also of a variety of bodies created by state law, quasi-governmental organizations, and public-private corporate partnerships.The records comprise...
Dates:
1977-1986
City Planning Commission records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AQ
Scope and Contents
The CPC records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, subject files, photographs, and zoning dockets. Meeting minutes include minutes by the CPC, the Board of Zoning Adjustments, and the Planning Advisory Committee. The Zoning Dockets are individually organized project files for properties, building, and renovations. The dockets can contain various documents including correspondence, building plans, memos, inspection reports, and other materials. Subject files and office records are files...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1923 - 2012
Found in:
City Archives
Councilmember John D. Lambart District D records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Lambart
Scope and Contents
The records in the collection span the years 1970-1971 and contain:
correspondence
constituent concerns
research and studies for the proposed lead abatement ordinances 4957 and 4990
maps and documents from City Planning Commission hearings
a large file started by his predecessor, Councilman-at-Large John J. Petre, on the defunct Riverfront...
Dates:
1970-1971
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Andrew McShane records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-McShane
Scope and Contents
The McShane papers are primarily correspondence, with a small amount of additional miscellaneous materials, proclamations, speeches, and a report from the Orleans Parish Demonstration Agent. Some of the major subjects represented in the McShane papers are: early plans for an auditorium in the city; an American Legion convention; opposition to local activities in connection with the National Beauty Pagaent in Atlantic City, NJ; the extension of Dauphine Street through the Jackson Barracks...
Dates:
1920-1925
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Ernest N. Morial records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Morial.E
Scope and Contents
Ernest Morial mayor's office records begin in 1977, the year before he took office, and run until he left office in 1986. He organized his office into four sub-units: the Executive Office, Intergovernmental Relations, Planning and Development, and Human Resources (in addition, the Mayor was advised by an Executive Counsel and was assisted in operating city government by his Chief Administrative Officer--unfortunately though, no records from either of these aides has yet been accessioned by...
Dates:
1977-1986
Found in:
City Archives
Top Accomplishments 1994-2002
Digital Record
Identifier: https://nolacityarchives.duracloud.org/durastore/ca-aa-marc/cpc.pdf?storeID=1189
Found in:
City Archives
Zoning Dockets, 1942-2007
Series
Scope and Contents
Each zoning docket is filed in a separate folder. Contents of the folders vary over the years, but they generally include a copy of the Planning Commission's report and recommendation (except for the 1973-1987 period, when reports and recommendations were discarded because they duplicated the City Planning Commission's version of the records) and the Council's decision on the matter (in the more recent dockets, in the form of the motion and/or ordinance adopted by the Council)....
Dates:
1942-2007
Found in:
City Archives
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City Council records