The New Orleans City Planning Commission Oct. 27 rejected a proposal to expand legal short-term rentals in the French Quarter in a major win for local residents and small businesses in the neighborhood.
On a 7 to 1 vote, the commission also approved a recommendation that the city council implement new updated rules governing commercial STRs, bed and breakfasts, hotels and hospitals in other parts of the city.
The council could still approve an expansion of STRs in the Quarter, though the CPC’s rejection significantly hurts those chances…