COURTESY VEHICLES

New Orleans City Code ch. 162, art. XIII

in effect

New Orleans City Code § 162-1631 Contract courtesy vehicle service.

Sec. 162-1631. - Contract courtesy vehicle service. (a) Any CPNC holder may, within the limitations and restrictions of the CPNC held with notice to the director of the department of public works, contract with a person or entity for the provision of courtesy vehicle service. A CPNC holder contracting with a person or entity for the provision of courtesy transportation is prohibited from soliciting the general public as customers of the contracting person or entity or as users of such transportation service. A CPNC holder contracting with a person or entity for the provision of courtesy transportation shall specifically identify, in a contemporaneously maintained transportation log, produced on request of any representative of the city, the contracting party, the person, entity or groups for which such transportation service is provided and the point of origin and destination of the transportation. (b) A CPNC holder contracting with a person or entity for the provision of courtesy transportation may only transport passengers from point of origin to one point of destination, provided that one of the two points is the place of business of the person or entity contracting for the provision of courtesy vehicle service, with the following two exceptions: (1) The CPNC holder has filed with the director of the department of public works a written plan detailing the various points of destination. The plan may be disapproved by the director of public works. If approval is not granted within five calendar days, or if the request is denied, the applicant shall have the right to appeal to the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans within 30 working days of the denial; or (2) The courtesy transportation is a charter where the passenger has the absolute discretion as to destination, route and time of departure and return. (M.C.S., Ord. No. 17,164, § 1, 9-7-95; M.C.S., Ord. No. 21480, § 5, 4-1-04; M.C.S., Ord. No. 24724, § 3, 1-5-12; M.C.S., Ord. No. 28624, § 2, 3-11-21)

New Orleans City Code § 162-1632 Off-street loading and unloading.

Sec. 162-1632. - Off-street loading and unloading. A courtesy vehicle CPNC holder must provide off-street parking for the vehicle when not in use. Loading and unloading of passengers at the CPNC holder's place of business, stated in the current occupational license provided to the director of the department of public works in the courtesy vehicle CPNC application, shall only take place in appropriate passenger or loading zones. (M.C.S., Ord. No. 17,164, § 1, 9-7-95; M.C.S., Ord. No. 21480, § 5, 4-1-04; M.C.S., Ord. No. 28624, § 2, 3-11-21)

New Orleans City Code § 162-1633 Violation; penalty.

Sec. 162-1633. - Violation; penalty. (a) A violation by a courtesy vehicle CPNC holder or its driver of any of the regulations set forth in this article shall result in a fine and/or suspension or revocation of the CPNC according to the following: (1) First violation shall result in a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00, to be determined by a duly authorized hearing examiner following a hearing on the matter. (2) Second violation shall result in a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00, to be determined by a duly authorized hearing examiner following a hearing on the matter. (3) Third violation shall result in an automatic suspension of the courtesy vehicle CPNC for a length of time to be determined by a duly authorized hearing examiner following a hearing on the matter. (4) Fourth violation shall result in the revocation of the courtesy vehicle CPNC. Prior to such revocation, the CPNC holder shall be entitled to a hearing on the matter before a duly authorized hearing examiner. (b) Any violation of any of the regulations set forth in this article may result in the suspension or revocation of the courtesy vehicle CPNC, to be determined by a duly authorized hearing examiner following a hearing on the matter. (M.C.S., Ord. No. 17,164, § 1, 9-7-95)

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_CH162VEHI_ARTXIIICOVEFetched: 10/28/2026