Definitions.
New Orleans City Code § 30-1486
in effectSec. 30-1486. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Tour guide means any person duly licensed by the department of public works to conduct one or more persons to any of the city's points of interest and/or historic buildings, parks or sites, for the purpose of explaining, describing or generally relating the facts of importance thereto.
Tour planner means any party selling, scheduling, arranging, or organizing tours to be conducted on the streets, sidewalks, banquettes, or other public ways of the City of New Orleans which does not hold a valid certificate of public necessity and convenience for such activity pursuant to chapter 162 of this Code. An individual tour guide, properly licensed pursuant to this article, engaged in the marketing, selling, arranging, or organizing tours to be personally conducted by that individual tour guide shall not be considered a "tour planner."
(Code 1956, §§ 12-17, 12-18; M.C.S., Ord. No. 21480, § 1, 4-1-04; M.C.S., Ord. No. 27526, § 1, 9-14-17; M.C.S., Ord. No. 28624, § 1, 3-11-21)
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_CH30BU_ARTXXITOGUTOPL_DIV1GE_S30-1486DEFetched: 10/28/2026