New Orleans City Code § 162-1656 Number of pedicabs.
Sec. 162-1656. - Number of pedicabs.
(a) No individual may be an owner, partner, minority holder, or otherwise associated in a manner of ownership capacity with more than one pedicab company.
(b) No one owner or company may operate with more than 15 pedicabs and no more than half of the total pedicab CPNCs issued citywide, except when authorized to operate with a temporary certificate per section 162-1665 herein.
(c) The maximum total number of pedicabs CPNCs to be issued citywide shall not exceed 65. This number may only be raised following a market analysis recommending such an increase. Any increase of pedicab CPNCs shall only be considered after completion of a petty cab market analysis report, which, upon completion, shall be transmitted as a communication to the city council public works, sanitation and environment committee.
(1) A pedicab market analysis must be initiated by the chair of the city council public works, sanitation and environment committee and the director of the ground transportation bureau, who shall transmit as a communication to the city council a joint letter documenting initiation of the analysis. Prior to submitting the letter, the parties shall consult with relevant stakeholder groups, including French Quarter residents, business groups, and economic development entities.
(2) Only third party entities outside of the City of New Orleans executive branch, as defined in Home Rule Charter section 4-101, are eligible to complete a pedicab market analysis.
(3) A completed market analysis shall include an examination of the geographic proliferation and impact of pedicabs, particularly in French Quarter, along with all other modes of transit. It shall also consider economic development opportunities and additional needed enforcement that would result from enhanced pedicab use in other neighborhoods, as well as broader sustainable tourism model practices applicable citywide. The study must be done in consultation with relevant stakeholder groups, including neighborhood associations, business and economic development entities, the pedicab industry, and pedicab operators.
(d) The surplus of pedicab CPNCs, which shall be defined as the difference between the number of pedicab CPNCs issued and the maximum permitted citywide, shall be maintained by the ground transportation bureau. The director of the ground transportation bureau shall use best efforts to ensure that at least 35 percent of the approved surplus pedicab CPNCs are allocated to registered disadvantaged business enterprises, consistent with Chapter 70, Article IV, Division 2 of the City Code.
(e) Any pedicab company or individual operator shall be free to operate uninhibited in all parts of the city except in those areas restricted within the provisions set forth in this article.
(f) No pedicab company shall have a favored territory or zone of operation over another pedicab company, but an owner may deploy operators as needed.
CPNCs shall not be transferred, sold or given from one owner to another. In the event of a sale of a pedicab company, and its assets, in its entirety to another, the purchaser must apply for applicable permits as set forth in this article.
(M.C.S., Ord. No. 24156, § 1, 10-21-10; M.C.S., Ord. No. 28912, § 1, 1-6-22; M.C.S., Ord. No. 29345, § 1, 2-16-23)