Personally I think you should council him and inform him how it reflects poorly on your business and that it breaks your rules and conducts.

There was no vote, there was 7, relatively liberal city council members that enacted this ordinance with very minimal knowledge other than what their committee brought to them.

Very slim odds.However, other considerations would be what is the neighborhood policy (what direction is the community wanting to go, there's actually plans for this written down somewhere and accessible online), and what does the council member in favor of. 

The only way I know to do that is to actively engage with the town managers, city council, or county economic development team and figure out if and where you (or your company) fit. 

I live in Minneapolis but invest in Omaha and Council Bluffs.

I have a friend who lives in Council Bluffs and they love it there as far as I know.

You can look at city council agendas to see what firms are being hired repeatedly And have good relationships with the city.

From the way I understand it, it needs to be petitioned to your Council member--not through a variance through zoning.

Happy to answer any questions you might have, but would be easier to do via phone call.Here are some recent threads about NOLA that may help:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/738161-new-orleans-real-estatehttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/730045-newbie-in-new-orleanshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/717124-investing-in-new-orleanshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/703254-current-new-orleans-metairie-la-housing-markethttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/690855-new-member-soon-to-be-in-louisianahttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/683502-new-orleans-looking-for-something-specific-and-a-great-realtorhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/669885-new-orleans-purchasing-advice-for-shotgun-doubleAs far as short term rentals go... we will have more info by tomorrow night as the City Council is set to vote on new rules and regulations tomorrow.

Many of the coming proposals have already been adjudicated federally as unconstitutional which I’m sure city council is aware of.