Emergency and experimental regulations.
New Orleans City Code § 154-57
in effectSec. 154-57. - Emergency and experimental regulations.
(a) The city traffic engineer may make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of this article and make temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions. He may further test traffic control devices under actual conditions of traffic.
(b) The superintendent of police may make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic laws of the city and make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions.
(c) No emergency experimental regulations shall remain in effect for more than 190 days.
(d) The superintendent of police shall have the authority to suspend any traffic regulations for a period not to exceed 24 hours. Official notice of any such suspension shall be given through the police communications system. Such notification shall specify the geographic areas affected and exact regulations suspended, and shall further specify the emergency regulations (if any) which will replace such suspended regulations.
(Code 1956, § 38-16)
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH154TRVE_ARTIIAD_S154-57EMEXREFetched: 10/28/2026