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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
100 Civic Center Drive
Newport Beach, California 92660
949 644-3200
newportbeachca.gov/communitydevelopment
Memorandum
To: Planning Commission
From: Jaime Murillo, Principal Planner
Date: January 9, 2020
Re: Agenda Item No. 4 - Residential Design Standards Code and LCP
Amendments (Title 20 & 21) (PA2019-070)
This item has been removed from the calendar to allow additional legal review of
the proposed amendments to ensure compliance with recent changes in State law.
On October 10, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 330 –
also known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 – aimed to stimulate homebuilding
amid the housing shortage in California. The new law imposes several new
restrictions on local agencies, including a restriction on the adoption of zoning
amendments that would result in the reduction of allowed density or intensity of
land uses than what was allowed under the land use designation and zoning
ordinances in effect on January 1, 2018. The law defines “less intensive use” to
include, but is not limited to, reductions to height, density, or floor area ratio, new
or increased open space or lot size requirements, new or increased setback
requirements, minimum frontage requirements, or maximum lot coverage
limitations, or anything that would lessen the intensity of housing.
Agenda Item No. 5 is a Study Session item that will provide the Planning
Commission with a greater explanation of Senate Bill 330.