New Orleans Code Enforcement and Zoning Hearing Records

January 2018 to present records of enforcement hearings for parcels across six adjudication departments including Code Enforcement, Alcohol Beverage Outlets, and Zoning. The dataset includes details on hearing outcomes, fees, and geographic boundaries, published by data.nola.gov. It is updated regularly, with a last recorded update in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Predict Judgment outcomes from Case Type, Violation Count, and Agency using classification models.
• Analyze spatial patterns of Open Violations and Hearing Date across Council Districts and Police Districts.
• Model SumFee amounts based on FeeCount, CourtFee, and Case Type for revenue forecasting.
• Cluster parcels by Case History and Event at Case Closed to identify common enforcement timelines.
• Correlate Incident Number frequency with Self-Reported Neighborhood Organizations (SRNOs) Boundaries for community impact studies.

Strengths

• Covers six distinct adjudication departments providing cross-agency insight.
• Includes multiple geographic reference columns like Council Districts, Zip Codes, and Police Districts for spatial analysis.
• Temporal coverage spans from January 2018 to the present day, offering several years of longitudinal data.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count and sample size limits statistical reliability assessments.
• Data completeness for columns like Case History or (ALTERNATE) - Neighborhood Statistical Areas is unspecified and may contain gaps.
• Relies on self-reported neighborhood organization boundaries which may introduce reporting bias.

Provenance

Source

data.nola.gov, the open data portal for the City of New Orleans.

Collection Method

Aggregated from administrative records of enforcement hearings across six city departments.

Time Range

January 1, 2018 to present.

Freshness

Updated regularly, with a last update timestamp of 2026-04-03.

Geography

Parcels within the jurisdiction of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.