New Orleans records 191 code-enforcement violation entries across 48 cases

A review of the city’s September 1–7 records finds weeds and plant growth among the most frequent entries. The table does not tell readers whether a violation remains unresolved.

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An archival panorama of the New Orleans skyline across the Mississippi River. — New Orleans skyline, 2007. Archival context; this photograph does not identify properties in the analyzed records. Photo: M. Lamar Griffin, Sr. (Louisiana Thunder), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Original image, scaled for display.

191Violation entries

48Linked cases

Sep 1–7Selected violation-date window

A dated snapshot of agency records. These are not counts of homes or newly opened cases.

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