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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMASTER PLAN - MP13 - 1957 i MP MIS / , lly M- aster Plan FILE COPY AO'NOT REMOVE e � � F � � U STREETS AND HIGHWAYS V i • 2 PARKS AND 7..lJ `1 RECREATION 1 LAND USE LL 2 J � Newport Beach / CfOrnv 1957 The Honorable City Council and City Planning Commission City Hall Newport Beach, California Gentlemen: We are pleased to submit herewith the three units of the Revised Master Plan for Newport Beach: I, Land Use; II, Streets and Highways; T,II, Parks and Recreation, as adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council, The Plan is the result of a yearlong study of the conditions which now exist In the city; the problems which arise from those conditions; and possible, practical solutions to those problems. While dealing with the present, the Plan has also been vitally concerned with the future, when Newport Beach will be a city of three times its present size and population. This city of the future has been the guide in all the studies, and the I goal in all the planning which resulted. Some of the programs can be started immediately. Others must be carried out over a long period, after careful and detailed study by the officials and citizens of the ' city, ICertain elements of these plans may clash with traditions, personal interests, attitudes and habits of long standing. The first consideration, however, must be the welfare of the whole community, now and in the decades to come. We wish to thank all of the public officials, citizens' groups, and individuals, who have aided in compiling the basic data for this report. Respectfully submitted, IHAHN, WISE AND BARBER a e a , Jr, Zsw nce i � n • � n r r, Jr. __ J 1 . TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I. LAND USE PLAN ' A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B. Basic Data for Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1. Distribution of Land Use . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Location of Land Use . • . . . • . • . •. . . . . . 3 3. Population Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ' C. Master Plan of Land Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ' D. Recommendations • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 II. STREET AND HIGHWAY PLAN ' A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 B. Basic Data for Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1. Traffic Flow 21 2. Origin and Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3. Existing Street 'Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 C. Proposals and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1. Coast Freeway . . . . . . . 27 . . . .2. MacArthur Boulevard . . • . . • . . . . 27 3. Major Streets 27 ' 4. Secondary Streets ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; a ; ; o ; ; e 29 III. PARR AND RECREATION ' A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1. Current Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ' - 2. Future Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 II Page B. Basic Data for Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 1. What the City Has 333 2: What the City Spends- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 3. What the City Will Need . . . . . . . . 35 C. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 D. The Plan . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Basic Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 41 ' 2. Special Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . 43 E. Additional Recommentions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 MAPS AND CHARTS Population Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Master Land Use Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Twenty-Four Hour Traffic Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Master Street and Highway Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Master Plan of Parks and Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4o ' Summary of Recreation Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47--51 b I. LAND USE PLAN v A. GENERAL "For it is in the nature of cities to grow." This basic truth - so basic it is often overlooked - has been expressed by the supreme court of the state of Kentucky. The court was speaking on a local annexation problem. But it might well have been speaking for urban areas all across the nation. ' California, in particular, has learned the hard truth of the court' s words. Now Newport Beach feels the impact of this drive, inherent in the nature of cities, to grow. The population has more than doubled in the last ten years. The city has the potential, within the next forty years, to hold a population of 70,000, and to expand its present area two and a half times. The prospect of this growth makes the necessity for a Master Plan of Land Use inescapable. Just WHEN the city will expand its boundaries in any given direction will be decided by economic forces and the wishes of the people involved. ' But there is no better time than right now for the City Council and the Planning Commission to set the pattern for HOW the city will expand; to decide what uses it will promote and protect in the territory it absorbs; to sketch the outlines of the city of the future. 1. J 1 I , This is the purpose of the Land Use Plan. It is a general guide for the people of Newport Beach. It is an expression of what they want their city to be. The Land Use Plan is the basis for a detailed and precise regulation ' of uses, through zoning laws . In the nature of things, these zoning laws will always lag behind the Master Plan in some respects. It is economically impossible to remake the face of a city at one stroke . The Plan, however, provides a goal for the zoning programs the con- sistent upgrading of property values; the protection of existing investment; and the encouragement of new investment in areas set aside for homes, commerce or industry. The Plan attempts to preserve the character of Newport Beach as an outstanding resort and vacation area. At the same time it provides for the city's growth as a place of permanent homes and all-year industry, a major factor in the expanding economy of Orange County and Southern California. For those who are setting the pattern for the Newport Beach of the ' future, here are the words of Mayor C. Pralle Erni of New Albany, Indiana. 2. i J After a long battle, his city had ,just doubled its size, its assessed value and its potential revenue. Said the mayor, of his city's fight for room to breathe: "Do it big. If you try to do it piecemeal, you are licked. " B. BASIC-DATA FOR DECISION. 1 . Distribution of Land Use Before a Land Use Plan could be developed for the City of Newport Beach, it was necessary to survey and inventory the land use as it exists. The results of this survey are shown on the Existing Land Use map, on file in the office of the Planning Commission and on the Table on the following page . The Table shows a breakdown of the entire area lying within the city limits. The first two columns show, by actual acres and a percentage of the whole, the different categories of use; the amount of vacant land, tideland, water, harbor and beach. The third and fourth columns show each category of use in actual acres and as a percentage of the developed area. The fifth column shows each category of developed land as a ratio of acres per 100 people . These comments can be made on the information shown on the Table : I .. 3 I 1 1 a. Only 36.66 per cent of the total- area of the city is developed, for all public and 'private uses Normal for a city of the character 'of Newport Beach would be 63 'per cent . There is' a ready explanation for' ' this variance; 34.68 per cent of the city is either water-or tideland, and cannot be considered as- building 'sites: This percentage of 'water area, which does not consider anything beyond the ocean tide line, is one of the highest to be found in the United States . b . The fact that so much of the city is water, tideland and beach also effects the density factor. There are 977.26 devlopable land acres, now classed "vacant" This is 22.74 per cent of the total area of the city. However, it is 38 per cent of the actual land area, after water, tide- lands and beaches are subtracted from the total area. Normal vacancy figure for a city the size of Newport Beach is 35 per cent of the develop- able area. c . The number of duplex residential units is about twice average . d. Amount of land taken up by retail commercial and service uses is about 25 per cent above the average . These uses run about twice the national ' average in the number of acres per 100 people . e . Heavy commercial and industrial uses account for less than two per cent of the developed area. Normal for these two uses is about ten per cent . ' f. City streets take up about twenty per cent more land than is the case in most cities of the character and size of Newport Beach. However, the cityos lots and blocks are comparatively small; thus an unusually high percentage of any given area will be taken up by street right-of-way. 4. 1 1 DISTRIBUTION OF LAND USE All Property Developed Property Acres ' Land Use Acres Per Cent Acres Per Cent Per 100 Single-Family Res. 612.98 14.26 612.98 38.90 2,78 Duplexes 114.89 2.67 114.89 7.29 .52 Multiple Dwellings 59.73 1 .39 59.73 3.79 .27 Retail Commercial 70.39 1 .64 70.39 4.47 .32 Heavy Commercial 14,77 0.34 14,77 0.94 .o6 Industrial 7.81 0.18 7.81 0.50 .03 Street System 518.74 12,07 518.74 32.92 2.36 Parks 49.22 1 .15 49.22 3.12 .22 ' Schools 79,80 1.86 79.80 5 ,o6 .36 Public Uses- City Hall, Churches, Lodges, etc . 47.36 1 .10 47.35 3.01 .21 Vacant 166.69 3.88 Vacant, Upper Bay 810.57 18.86 ' Upper Bay; Lowland and Water 709.02 16.50 Harbor 781 .21 18.18 Beaches 254.77 5 .92 4,297.94 loo.00 1,575 .68 loo,00 ' Note- Column Five computed on a population of 22,000. Total of vacant, developable land is 977.26 acres, 22.74 per cent of all property. Total of water area, including Upper Bay and Harbor, is 1,490.23 acres, 34.68 per cent of all property. 5 • i ,:- 2. Location of Land Use a. Residential. ' 1. Single Family. Purely single family residential areas are found in various and - unconnected parts of the city. From the Existing Land Use -Map, concen- trations will be-noted- .on: ' Lido Island; Y East of Coast Highway, bounded by North Newport Boulevard and Irvine Avenue; East of�`Coast:Highway,,bounded by St. Andrew"s" Drive and. 'Seventeenth .Street; ' Corona del-:Mar;' Marine Avenue �to"Malabar-_.Drive.; - - Zorona del '�Mar, ---south .of Glen "Drive; `Bai.boa Peninsula.,.•"-south of D :Street. 2. Duplex and multi-family. Mixtures of these residential uses are found at: Balboa Island; Balboa Peninsula north of D Street South of Coast Highway and West of Newport Boulevard; ' Corona del Mar, Avocado Avenue to Glen Drive. 3. The only clear-cut multi-family areas, with little or no intrusion of duplexes or single-family dwellings, are found at: Westminister Avenue and North Newport Boulevard; Riverside -Avenue and Avon Street; ' Industrial Way, and Sixteenth Street, north of Newport Boulevard; Haven Place, Clay Street and Coral Place, between Irvine Avenue and St. Andrew's Road. ' b . Commercial. Most of the property devoted to both light and heavy commercial uses lies in ' "string" developments along major streets or highways. These developments, usually only one lot deep, are found: ' 6. i j 1 Along Coast Highway, at the north end of the city; from Newport. Boulevard to Bayside Drive, and from Avocado Avenue to Poppy Street in Corona del Mar. Along North Newport Boulevard, from Westminister Avenue to Orange Avenue,. ' Along Marine Avenue, on Balboa Island. _ The largest single area of commercial development, extending for several ' blocks in all directions, is found around City Hall, lying between Newport Boulevard and Newport Bay. A smaller blocked area of commercial development, mixed with multi-family uses, lies north of Newport Boulevard, between ' Industrial Way and Sixteenth Street . A small concentration of commercial property lies on Balboa Peninsula at the foot of the wharf. c . Industrial . There is only one concentration of industrial uses . It is at the north end of Newport Bay, and all of the property involved lies west of Newport Boulevard. ' It will be noted from the Land Use 'Table that land classified as industrial totals only 7.81 acres, one half of one per cent of the developed area of the city. 3. Population Projection ' Expected population growth for Orange County and for Newport Beach is shown on the charts on the following pages. ' The growth curve for Newport Beach was arrived at by averaging the results of these four formulae: 7. I J 70,000 NEWPORT BEACH - POPULATION 69,500 60,000 + + + + + + + + 57,000 50,000 + + + + + + + + 42,000 O40,000 + + + + + + + + 1. Q j I 30,000 + t + + + + + + y 26,000 20,000 + + t + + + + + 12,120 10,000 + + + + + + + 4,438 445 89 ,20� 19/0 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 /990 YEAR 1,576,000 1,400 ORANGE COUNTY - POPULATION /1260,000 1,200 + + + + + + / � /+ / + y /1000 + + + + + / +/ / + + /931,500 600 + + + + /j // + + + 517,300 �1506,500 426,400 / 400 + + + + / + + + + ti J R + + /216,22 + + + tJ 200 118;674 4, 130,760 34,436 61,375 /9/0 1920 1930 1940 /950 1960 1970 1980 1990 YEAR 1 � 1 1 . Maintain the rate of growth from 1950 through 1956 - 1,300 people per year - for the next five years; increase this rate to 1,400 people per year for the succeeding five years, 1,500 people per year for the next five years, and so on, to 1995: 84,500 2, Assume maximum density of 15 people per acre for�h�existing city, maximum density of 10 people per acre for the , cres tobe annexed: 87,500 3. As above, but density of 8 per acre for annexed area: 75,200 4. As above, but density of 7 per acre for annexed area: 69,300 The average of these four figures is 79,141. The growth curve begins to flatten out by 1980. The rate of decline accellerates ithrough 1990 and 2000, by which time a maximum population in a maximum area can be assumed. Growth during this 20-year period, 1980-2000, will depend on how fast the annexed areas are filled in. Note that densities of 71 8 and 10 people per acre have Ibeen assumed, to obtain the average figure . If the area is solidly built up, with small lot sizes and large areas of multiple-family uses, the population figure will be higher than shown. There are at least four variable factors which will influence the population figure in any given year: 1 . Rate at which land is made available for annexation. 2. Rate at which residential building continues . This rate will be set by economic conditions which the city can't control . 3. Rate at which the summer or vacation period use of existing residential property turns into permanent residence. IJ 4. Rate at which the city is able to finance construction of water, sewage and other utility improvements, and to expand necessary city services, to meet the ■ demand. 1 9� C. MASTER PLAN OF LAND USE ' The Master Plan of Land Use for the present City of Newport Beach assumes that the city will expand its boundaries east and south, in a series of annexations which will add some 6,000 acres of developable land. The plan has three main objectives: to preserve, and to improve where practicable, the zoning pattern of the present city; to establish a new zoning pattern for these annexation areas; and to coordinate these two patterns into a single, workable and reasonable plan of land uses for the city as it will probably exist in 1990. One thing is immediately apparent, from a study of the existing land uses: ' there is a marked deficiency in the amount of land used for heavy commercial and industrial purposes . This deficiency would be less important if the city were to ' continue sole3y as a summer home and tourist area. However, we find distinct evidence that Newport Beach is rapidly becoming a city of full-time residents. This means an increased load on the schools, on utilities, and on other city services. ' For this reason, local industry and commerce are needed to equalize the property tax load, and to provide a steady, year-around economy. ' 10. To meet this need, the Land Use Plan has set aside two large areas for development as Industrial Parks . One is ai the northwest end of the city, and bounded Iby the Santa Ana River, the proposed Coast Freeway, Superior Boulevard, and the bluffs ' above the residential area just east of the present Coast Highway. The second Indus- trial Park site is at the head of Upper Bay, astride MacArthur Boulevard. The "Industrial Park" is a fairly new concept in zoning, and has attracted ' attention in cities across the nation. It has also brought enthusiastic response from industrial and heavy commercial firms looking for sites on which to expand. The regu- lations call for wide streets and service roads; large building sites; architectural controls and landscaping, all aimed at setting up an attractive business community. Regulations also limit the development to light industries and other enterprises which ' will not create problems of noise, smoke, dirt and unsightly premises for the surround- ing residential areas;- The industrial park can be controlled and designed so that it requires little or no "buffering, " by commercial or multiple residential property, to set it off from adjacent single-family neighborhoods. To maintain a balance among commercial, industrial and residential uses, the Plan calls for a large regional shopping center at the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and the proposed Freeway. This center would contain large branch department stores and specialty shops . It would draw its customers from the entire city, as well as from surrounding towns and suburban communities. 11, _ 1 1 Future growth of the city to the east and south will, in time, place this shopping area in the geographical center of Newport Beach. It can be reached from any part of the area, by rapid, uncongested travel over major thoroughfares and freeways. Adjoining this shopping center are multiple residence areas, for apart- ment and hotel-motel development adjacent to the two highways. Smaller, neighborhood shopping centers are set up to serve the residen- tial areas east of the present city. These centers will provide the markets, drug stores and other service shops for communities of 1900 to 2000 homes. Several of these centers are "buffered, " by Professional Office and Apart- ment zones, from surrounding single-family residences. This type of zone is new to Newport Beach. It is designed to hold medical-dental centers and clinics; offices ' for attorneys, engineers and builders, and for similar grouped professions. The zone also allows apartment buildings . It is used to provide buffers of investment property around shopping centers . Apartments and professional offices as allowable uses are not materially detrimental to surrounding single-family residence property. Regulations for both the regional shopping center (C-2-H) and the neighbor- hood shopping centers (C-N) call for off-street parking. ' 12. These new commercial areas, and the adjoining buffer zones, have been set up in large single parcels . This practice aims to prevent a duplication of the ' "strip" commercial development which has complicated the city' s present zoning problem, and which tends to destroy most zoning and highway plans. This parcel or "block" system, confines the commercial area, and prevents it from stringing itself down both sides of a street, disrupting the pattern and value of adjacent residential property as it grows. If a community grows to the point where it needs more commercial uses, another "block" can be set up at an appropriate spot . The ' two commercial areas will not compete with each other, and the values of both com- mercial and residential property will be maintained. Route and turn-off structures for the proposed Coast Freeway are shown on the Master Land Use Plan map only in their approximate location, and should not be taken as in any way final. If any major changes in the route are made, the uses ' of land adjacent to the new route should be adjusted to conform, as nearly as possi- ble, to the proposals shown on the Master Plan map. The Plan recognizes the proposal to extend Jamboree Road west to the Coast Highway, and to develop the adjoining portion of Upper Bay into a major aquatic i£ recreational area. The Master Plan of Land Use does not extend into the coast area, south of the present city limits and extending toward Laguna Beach. This area will, in all 13. 1 probability, be absorbed by Newport Beach in the future . It should be the subject of a detailed study so that a balance of residential, commercial and public uses will be maintained. It may appear that a disproportionate amount of land has been set aside ' for single-family residence, in the area east of the present city. However, this land will be needed for homes to match the changing character of Newport Beach, ' which is becoming more and more a city of permanent residents . It should also be pointed out that the gross acreage of this residential property will be reduced by as much as one third, when new streets, parks, schools and other public uses are taken into account . In addition, the percentages of duplex and multiple-residence property ' have been maintained, to accommodate the tourists and summer visitors which Newport Beach can continue to expect. ' Generally, the Master Land Use Plan map proposes continuation of develop- ment according to the precise zoning ordinance . 14. 1 ����r--� �, o L ( /� o � �• \� I ��A ____ _`, -_ .� ��` �� �` � � _ ' / \ �� i . - . _ � � `� r // I��� •� � � � � ,�. y :� .. � ., r , �y � � r � ��� ��I � �������i�;� �� � //� � . Irr/lllll� t� � � , urn" /�� . v `� � © •�� ��1� i\�'` � 11l/! ��I r "�'�lrl p�L1 ,'� rn/A4 %�� 1�:1 �1 , -1 .rl, �i ._ 1 { 1 ° ����\�" �; ��Il��r Ilr���� �� ��.. n� ��� G� ry ' � %��� w^=�T .{rilyj1l� yR•_ i�k��l li _ b� \ +.Sr�� 1 1 ' D. RECOMMENDATIONS The following steps are recommended to put the Land Use Plan into effect : 1. Establishment, in the Zoning Ordinance, of a Planned Industrial Zone. ' This zone is designed for the Industrial Parks described in the preceding section of this report. Locations of zones for light industry are suggested on the Land Use Map; zoning regulations should exclude all but light indus- trial and heavy commercial uses, and establish control of roads, building sites, architecture and landscaping. ' 2. Establishment, in the Zoning Ordinance, of a Professional Office and Apart- ment Zone. ' This type of zone makes an excellent "buffer" between commercial and residential areas. It usually results in higher values, and more attractive structures, for the office and apartment buildings located in it. Construc- tion of apartments, as allowable uses, will also help maintain the present ratio of multi-family to other uses in Newport Beach. 3. Establishment, in the Zoning Ordinance, of the following commercial district designations: a. C-N: Neighborhood Retail Commercial, with off-street parking required, when combined with an "H" District. Uses would be limited to residences, 'offices, ' and retail stores and -service establishments. Uses now allowed, with a use permit, in the existing C-1 zone would not be permitted. This zone is de- signed for neighborhood shopping centers in residential districts. b. C-2; Central Commercial. Uses allowed in this district would remain the same. The zoning would be used in present and proposed major shopping ' centers, and certain highway frontage. It should be combined with an "H" District in certain areas, specified on the Land Use Map, to require off- ' street parking. 16. ' c . The present 0-2 zone vhould remain the same. Uses will largely be wholesale and some light manufacturing uses. d. Regulations of the "B" district classification should be revised, so that the "B" district . can be combined with all other districts, to require larger building sites . In particular, the "B" district should ' be applicable to all commercial districts, and to the .proposed Planned Industrial district . 4. Establishment of neighborhood shopping centers, by C-N zoning. As the city expands, these centers should be set up to serve "communities" of from 1900 to 2000 homes . These neighborhoods tend to establish themselves within the boundaries of major streets, or of other man-made or natural ' barriers . A school and park further serve to focus this "community." It is recommended, as shown on the Land Use Map, that these neighborhood shopping ' centers be set up in comparatively large single parcels, roughly rectangular, ' to prevent commercial "string" developments up and down major streets. 5 . An increase in the amount of land set aside for single family residential (R-1) uses. ' Bulk of the land area to be annexed has been planned for single-family ' uses. The Land Use Plan anticipates that the trend toward permanent residence will continue. - Large areas must be planned now for these homes, and for the ' large lot sizes which are desirable . 6. Coordination with the School Department, and with the Park and Recreation ' Commission, for the establishment of school and park sites in the annexed areas, according to the Master Plan of Land use. 17. ' 1 1 1 7. Cooperation with the _Orange County Planning Commission in the formation and revision of its master plan for the unincorporated areas surrounding Newport 1 Beach. The city should make its plans and objectives clear, so that the county 1 and city Master Plans will coincides This program will prevent difficulties over rezoning when the city takes in land that is now unincorporated. 8. The Master Land Use Plan should be reviewed by the Newport Beach Planning 1 Commission, and adopted after public hearings according to state law. The Plan should then be forwarded to the City Council for further review, hearings and 1 adoption as the official policy of the city. 1 9 • The Planning Commission, and its advisory bodies, should review the Master Plan annually, and formulate any amendments made necessary by changing conditions . 1 These amendments should be made an official part of the Master Plan by the pro- cedures outlined above . 10. The Planning Commission and its staff should give continuing attention to 1 the precisely zoned areas as they are defined in the Zoning Code . Shifting land values, overcrowding, parking and traffic problems, and developments outside the 1 existing city limits will call for individual attention in many local areas, and 1 adjustment of the precise zoning and land uses . 1 18, 1 1 I� 1 ' II STREET AND HIGHWAY PLAN A. GENERAL To stay alive, any city of any size needs an intelligent and practicable plan for ' its network of arterial highways, principal and secondary streets . The plan, if it is to be effective, must take care of three factors : Interior Circulation. The people who live and work in the city should be able ' to move around easily and quickly in it. �. In and Out Traffic, People from surrounding areas should be able to get into ' town easily, transact their business, and get back out with a minimum of delay and friction. Through Traffic, If a main highway passes through or near a city, it should carry the non-stop traffic in a smooth, fast flow. If any one of these factors is neglected, it will tie up the whole traffic pattern and the entire city will suffer. ' The prospect of a steady increase in size and population makes a comprehensive ' street plan even more imperative. We have seen from the Land Use Plan that Newport Beach, by the end of this present century, will cover at least two and a half times ' its present area, and hold some 70,000 people. The traffic pattern m the life stream 19. J ' � t ' of this growing political body should be planned now. The speed and vigor of that growth will depend on the free flow of the city's commerce and people, The Street and Highway Plan for Newport Beach has three objectives: le Revise and improve the traffic pattern of the existing city, ' 2. Outline at least the principal roads and streets to serve the areas into which the city will expand, a 3. Tie these two elements together into a plan which is workable and at the same time economically possible. It must be recognized that any street plan for Newport Beach is made more difficult than usual by a complex mixture of peninsulas, islands, bays and canals. These natural barriers are like the hazards on a tough golf course; they make the game difficult, but not impossible. With patience, sill - and money - Newport Beach must find the right path through all the hazards. Otherwise, the city might well strangle in its own traffic. ' 20. J 1 1 � B. BASIC DATA FOR DECISION Several studies were made to provide up-to-date and pertinent material on which to base the plan for the traffic network. Included in this research were traffic counts; inventories of right-of-way and pavement widths; origin and destination surveys, and so one Reports of city and county agencies, dealing with one or another phase of the street systems, were also considered. The successes of the old Master Plan were also weighed, ' le TRAFFIC FLOW On a weekday in September 1956, traffic was counted at major intersections through- out the city. The results of that count are shown on the Traffic Flow Map on the following page. This count was made in the fall, and on a weekday, to determine the average daily ' flow for the city itself. We were not interested, yet, in the peak summer flow. By relating Traffic Flow to Existing Land Use (discussed earlier) it is possible to pro- ject future traffic flow from the proposed Land Use Plano As a result of future m and strictly local m flow, these locations will be critical.- ' Newport Boulevard, south of The Arches, to McFadden Place, ' Marine Avenue on Balboa Island, Via Lido from Newport Boulevard to Lido Island, ' Balboa Boulevard from McFadden Place to Main Street, 21. 1 1 TWENTY FOUR HOUR TRAFFIC FLOW ✓EHIME REGISTRATION ' NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA y + + + .+ + + +µ + + + + + + u fiEPT. 1956 + } + t m 0 + t + '+ +e'"+ + x s + + + + tea- + + AHK WISE 6 ASSOCIATES 2 mxs coxsouxxrs — a m o x _ o a 1 Ati � j e w \ G� $ `lf1G earsme Pp ' 1630✓ e 3c JOJ t STATE Hwr �O/d 20000 � "I., 91 of JaaO i ! seo awo ' CW IA]O ,10.V' CiCO "Anad BOA V r tT wO "200 e 20 T00 LEGEND Wldih of SlfaeM1 Wke.las Trofhe Volume in 24 Flours,Fall Weeeeae ' Oufa4e Imes 1n41Cala Taff.Volume In 24 Hmua,Suemv Weee""i 1 1 Within twenty years, the normal flow at these locations will approximate the peak ' Summer flow of today. Add to this the summer traffic twenty years hence, and you have, not a flow, but a flood. Traffic shows a considerable increase since the last count, made on a Saturday in April 1949. For a rough comparisons the Fall traffic of 1956 approaches the peak Summer traffic of 1949. Present summer traffic is 30 to 50 percent higher than it was only seven years ago. Population projections from the Land Use Plan; estimates of motor vehicle regis- tration, shown on the preceding page; and all other available sources, indicate steadily ' mounting traffic for the streets and highways of the city, 20 ORIGIN AND DESTINATION In the Spring of 1957, post cards were mailed to 3,000 homeowners in Newport Beach, The cards asked for- the number of trips made by. the .family automobile in a_ single day, and the origin and destination of each trip, ' Information from these cards was plotted on a large map, which has been filed with the City Planning Commission, The map is far too complex to reduce as part of this ' report. However, these are the pertinent findings: 1 �3° a Corona del Mar was the peak area for internal traffic movements. It also headed the list of all origins and destinations. During the single day, 8,200 local autos entered or left the area. Costa Mesa, with 5,400 trips, was the second most popular origin or destination for Newport residents, The City Hall m Lido shopping district was the third busiest area, with 4,900 local cars entering or leaving during the day. The Origin and Destination survey also provided information on the number of ' local automobiles which could be expected to use a local route across the entrance to the Upper Bay, if one were constructed as indicated on the Street and Highway Plan. Such a route would be immediately useful to more than 3,600 local vehicles. This number does not include traffic from other areas outside the cities, or com- mercial service traffic - bread and milk deliveries, and the like. ' 3. EXISTING STREET CONDITIONS The map on file in the City Ball shows the existing street system, indicating right-of-way and pavement widths, and the type and condition of street surface. Narrow streets present the main problem in the present system. Both right-of- way and paving are narrow in that portion of the city south of the Coast Highway. 24. 1 This area now contains three-fourths of the present population; because of small lot sizes, and multiple residential zoning, it is also an area with a tremendous population potential. To remedy this situation, certain feeder streets must be widened, and others must be converted to one-way traffic. In contrast, areas north of the Coast Highway have wide streets; rights-of-way run from 50 to 60 feet. Pavement condition, on all streets in Newport Beach, is exceptionally good. We seldom encounter a city with such a high percentage of street surface in good repair. Outside the city, streets present a different picture. Annexable lands in the "Corridor" west of Upper Bay, and in the vicinity of 17th Street and Monrovia Avenue, are served by streets which are far below the standards set by the city. ' This map of street conditions is intended as a reference. It will be helpful in ' selecting the major and secondary streets to be included in the city's street and highway plan. 25. I! r �`�- 0741 � L� �' �►' f.; � � ���.� 1������ii��� �, _ 1\` \ ....�- ..►If lif/ lil-�Ij►nl,.(_Nlllirl 1 F;�%-� ".' � ,li� r � j � �� ,��\� �- *!/Igflllll ~��j1'llfl�/1►I j 1 � �--�,._� -_•..,,,,1'�i,�"r��r� '` Z•,IIIF��III III IHit' Ullt a , _ _ — ; � 1 C. PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Following is a list of proposals and recommendations on highways, structures, major and secondary streets of the Master Street and Highway Plan. 1. COAST FREEWAY Route of the proposed Coast Freeway, as shown on the Master Street and Highway Map, is only probable and not certain. Minor changes in-the route are permissible . However, the structures as proposed in the Plan should be given serious study if they are to be relocated. Major interchanges are proposed at: ' Newport Boulevard Realignment of lower 17th Avenue ' Jamboree Road MacArthur Boulevard Placentia Avenue ' Irvine and Santa Ana Boulevard are to be carried under the Coast Highway without connection thereto. A new high-level bridge is proposed to carry the Freeway over the entrance to Upper Bay. The present Coast Highway bridge should be _liminated so that the Upper Bay may be developed. 2. MacARTHUR BOULEVARD This is proposed as a limited-access expressway, south to the Freeway. It is ' proposed that the city take over the remaining portion between the.,Freeway and Coast Highway as a major street. ' 3. MAJOR STREETS Newport Boulevard; a limited access expressway south to The Arches. Present bridges over Coast Highway and the channel should be widened, to allow six lanes of traffic. There should be sufficient extra width south of the bridges for a 27. two-lane storage lane, for left-turn traffic into Via Lido. The six lanes should be continued to Balboa Boulevard, g usin portions of Pacific Electric right-of-way for a.;complete realignment, according to the detail map on file with the City-Engineer. ' Placentia Avenfie, 17th Street west of Newport Boulevard, lower Superior Boulevard and a ne4": north-south street from Coast Highway to 17th Street . This network will 15e needed by the Industrial Park, area proposed in the Master Land Use Plan. Coast Highway. This should be considered as a major city street, after construction of the Freeway. To maintain interior circulation, a two-lane section of this street should be carried on the new Freeway bridge over the entrance to Upper Bay, alongside but separated from the Freeway. Connection would be with the realigned portion of 16th Street. A new entrance from Coast Highway to Balboa Peninsula, composed of: 1 . A major thoroughfare along Seashore Drive, and Pacific Electric right-of-way, from the west city limits to 32nd Street;. thence south to Ocean Front Boulevard, thence east along Ocean Front Boulevard to McFadden Place . This section would carry four lanes of two-way traffic . 2. Pacific Electric right-of-way from 32nd Street to The Arcade; three lanes, southbound only; then two lanes southbound only to a junction with Balboa Boulevard at McFadden Place . 3. Balboa Boulevard, from Coast Highway to 23rd Street, four lanes of two-way traffic_. Two eastbound_lanes. should continue through McFadden Place to 20th Street. 4. Newport Boulevard, three lanes, northbound only, from The Arcade to 32nd Street; with provisions for two left-turn lanes, at the Arcade, on to Balboa Boulevard. 5. Balboa Boulevard, six lanes of two-way traffic, from 20th Street to F. Street . ' Santa Ana Avenue, to Beacon Street; Beason and Riverside Ave-re to the Coast Highway. This conforms to blaster Street' Planning by Orange County. Irvine Avenue, from Cliff Drive north to Santa Isabel. Tustin Avenue, from Santa Isabel north to Mesa Drive. 28., � II I, 17th Avenue realigned to continue directly southeast to a junction with the proposed major street along the west side of the Upper Bay. 16th Street, from Superior Boulevard to 17th Street. This provides a major east-west connection with the proposed rerouting of Coast Highway for local circu- lation. 20th and 22nd Streets. These are proposed as east-west connectors from Costa Mesa ' and Newport Boulevard to the Upper Bay residential development . Boulevard from 16th Street to 22nd Street, along the west shore of Upper Bay. ' Highland Drive, from Irvine Avenue, and extended to the shoreline Boulevard. Mesa Drive, extended to Jamboree Road. Palisades Road. This is a major link from MacArthur Boulevard, across Jamboree Road, to the north end of the city. Jamboree Road. Route is shown modified to skirt the foot of the bluff indicated on the Land Use Plan as an Industrial Park. This street would be the main connector from MacArthur Boulevard to, the Upper Bay development and aquatic park. Two east-west Boulevards, to serve the Industrial Park and residential areas north of the Freeway. 32nd Avenue, from Newport Boulevard to Ocean Front Boulevard. Marguerite Avenue. The Plan shows this route extended northeastward, past the Freeway, to connect with. an area that will be developed as residential property. ' Via Lido. This street carries heavy traffic in and out of the central business district, leads to the only connection with Lido Island. Secondary Streets. Ocean Boulevard, Channel Road and Balboa Boulevard. These streets are to form a one-way, counterclockwise loop at the tip of Balboa, Peninsula, to speed traffic flow. �9. 1 1 Bridge to Balboa Island, Marine Drive to Onyx Street. One way inbound, this bridge would be the start of a one-way network on Balboa Island, including Onyx Street, Balboa Avenue, Park Avenue, and Marine Avenue. Present bridge would be one way leaving Balboa Island. ' One way network, both sides of McFadden Place, south of Balboa Boulevard. This is to allow free circulation in and out of McFadden Plaoe and Balboa Boulevard. 15th Street, 16th Street, Whittier, Monrovia and Pomona Avenues as feeders for the proposed Industrial Park. ' Service Road, paralleling the Freeway, west of Superior Boulevard, for indus- trial area. Network for Corridor and Upper Bay development consisting of Orange Avenue to Costa Mesa Street; Tustin Avenue, 17th to Santa Isabel Street; _Marine_Drive; ' Dover Road; 18th, l9th, 21st and 23rd Streets; Santa Isabel, Monte Vista and Del Mar Avenues. Newport Heights Network, consisting of North Newport Boulevard; Orange Avenue; Santa Ana Avenue, from North Newport Boulevard to _Beacon Avenue; Tustin Avenue; 15th Street; Beacon Avenue, and Cliff, Drive . 46th Street, and portions of 38th, 36th and Lake Streets, to serve the Rialto Area. Downtown network, to serve the commercial and industrial area at the head of Newport Bay. Streets involved are 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd Streets east of Newport Boulevard; Lafayette Avenue, Villa Way, Via Oporto, Central Avenue and Via Malaga.. Via Lido Nord, Via Lido Soud and Via Genoa, as the principal streets serving Lido Island. Bayside Drive, east of Magnolia Avenue, circling under the proposed Freeway, and northerly around the proposed Aquatic Park on Upper Bay, to connect With ' Jamboree Road and the secondary road running along._the east shore of the Upper Bay. 30. I 1 Marine Drive, El Paseo - Malabar Drives, and Carnation Avenue, as connectors between Bayside Drive and Coast Highway. A loop consisting of Fernleaf Avenue, Ocean Boulevard, Poinsetta Drive, 4th Avenue and a portion of Goldenrod Avenue, to serve the Corona del Mar area. A loop consisting of Grant Street, a portion of Canal Street, Lanchester Street and 62nd Street . Seaward Drive, Morning Canyon Road and Evening Canyon Road, as a loop to serve residential area at south end of Corona del Mar. 5. Traffic signals should be installed at the intersection of any two major streets . ' 6. All major streets should be protected with Arterial Stop signs. 7. Center stripes should be painted on all major and secondary streets. 8. Truck routes should be established as shown on the Master Street and Highway Plan Map. ' 9 . After review by the Planning Commission, the according Street stateand lHwHighway thePlan follow- should be adopted as._official_city policy, ing schedules ' a. Distribution to interested local agencies for comments and suggestions; b. Formal hearings and adoption by the Planning Commission; c. Submission to the City Council for further review, hearings according ' to state law, and final_adoption. 31. ' III. PARK AND RECREATION A. GENERAL Newport Beach has 254 acres of publicly-owned beach land. Apart from beaches, the city has only 49 acres, mostly undeveloped, devoted to parks. In considering the park and recre- ' ational needs of the city, a clear distinction between what is feasible in the city as it is presently developed, and the needs which will arise in new areas to be added to the city in the future, should be made. We must, therefore, consider two aspects of the problem; the current needs, which must be practical within the existing areas of the city, and the needs for future areas where we may plan without this restriction. ' 1. CURRENT NEEDS: a. Existing sites should be developed. b. Newport Beach has gained a just reputation as a pleasant and scenic seaside ' resort, drawing crowds from the entire area of Metropolitan Los Angeles and beyond. It has the housing and the beaches to satisfy this seasonal migration. It appears, however, that the city has overlooked or neglected the year-around needs of the people who live here. The city has also overlooked the necessity of establishing proper controls for beach usage to gain revenue therefrom, to control the type of attendance, and to prevent overcrowding. This is the more necessary, since adjacent beaches for the use of inland people have a fee for ' entrance and more rigid controls than we have at the present time. ' 32. 1 1 c. A balanced recreation program should be offered to all age groups. 2. FUTURE NEEDS: a. It is also apparent that the city is going to grow. The need for schools, parks and recre- ation will grow with it. Plans must be made now if this growth is not going to be haphazard and costly. Ib. Newport Beach has already learned the meaning of "too little and too late" in the matter of buying park sites. There is no indication that the price of land is going to come down, or ' that people are going to stop coming to California. c . In all new areas to be incorporated into the city, adequate park sites should be required to ' meet specific park and recreation standards. ' B. BASIC DATA FOR DECISION 1. WHAT THE CITY HAS An excellent inventory of the present park and beach sites is found in the report on "Existing ' Park, Beach and Recreation Areas and Facilities in the City of Newport Beach" . This report was sub- mitted to the City Council in January 1956 by the Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission and the ' Citizens Committee. Rather than repeat each item in detail, this section of the Master Plan adopts this report as filed, as an essential reference. From the Land Use unit of the Master Plan we have already learned there are 49.22 acres of park land within the city, plus 254.77 acres of beaches. Together, these uses add up to 16.6 percent of the developed area of the city - about four times the recreational area found in the average city the size and character of Newport Beach. This amount of land, if there were no other factors to con- , 33. ' sider, would more than satisfy the cityos space requirements for recreation. However, there are other important factors to consider. As mentioned in the Commission ' Report cited above, these beaches are fully usable only during the summer months . Much of ' the property is under federal, state or private control. Bulk of the land is not suitable for the paved areas, playfields and buildings necessary to' a complete recreation program. ' It is true that much of the beach land can be used to fill out the requirements for free- play areas, picnic spots and other items of the recreation program. Where possible, beach areas have been fitted into the Master Plan as parts of the neighborhood park network. In general, however, the beach areas cannot be counted on to fill all the cityos recreational needs. The beaches and bays of Newport Beach must be developed to obtain their maximum desirable use with the primary objective of serving the recreational needs of the citizens of Newport Beach. The beaches should be financed and developed with this thought in mind. This report concentrates on a recreation program to serve the residents of Newport Beach, the year around. ' 2. WHAT THE CITY SPENDS Analysis of the cityos 1956-57 budget shows estimates of $81,016 for parks, $33,269 for the recreation program - a total of $114,285 . This breaks down to $5 .20 per person for costs of maintenance and operation only. M1 Another $34,000 is shown in the general Capital Outlay fund for acquisition of new park sites. 34. i These items run the per capita cost up to $6.74. Spending estimate for parks and recreation during 1955-56 is only $74,698, or,approximately ' $3.55 per capita. The large increases for the current fiscal year are explained in great part by the $20,000 item for the activity section of the recreation department - an entirely new budget item - and generally higher salaries . Capital outlay figures for 1955-56 are not found ' in the budget . The per capita cost for the current year appears unusually high. It must be pointed out, ' however, that only about one-third of the entire park and recreation expense comes from direct taxes. The city levies a direct property tax of 8¢ per $100 of assessed valuation, for park purposes. The budget estimates this tax will bring in $47,698 this year. Balance of the park and recreation budget is filled by revenue from concessions, and the Balboa Bay Club, and life- guard subventions from Orange County. There is no specific budget item for Site Development - a fund for improvement of existing ' or planned parks and recreation areas. Site acquisitions are charged against the city's general Capital Outlay Fund rather than against the Parks and Recreation budget. ' 3. WHAT THE CITY WILL NEED The planning area of Newport Beach, as shown on the Land Use map, will hold a minimum population ' of 70,000. This will mean a minimum of 9,000 children of elementary school age; four intermediate schools, seventh and eighth grades, each holding 400 students; at least 14 primary schools, kinder- garten through 6th grade, each school holding 500 pupils. ' This estimate of the school population is important because the primary or intermediate school -35. 1 , ' will be the nucleus of the neighborhood and the basic unit of the recreational system in areas to be incorporated; however, this is not applicable in the already-built-up areas of the city ' where recreational needs will have to be met independently. Using all the factors of .projected population, natural and artificial barriers, traffic, and other facilities, the Newport Beach planning area can be divided into 20 neighborhoods. In ' all future areas to be added to the city, each should contain its basic school unit; each should also contain a neighborhood park, either adjacent to and a part of the school, or as a ' separate facility. These neighborhoods should further be combined into numerous distinct communities . Each of these should also be served by a school-recreation unit . A more limited approach to the recreation problem is necessary in existing areas of the city. As a practical solution, recreation for these areas will have to be planned in addition to the schools. ' C. REQUIREMENTS ' The requirements in this section should be considered applicableprimarily in new areas. A well-rounded recreation program must provide facilities for these separate age groupings: ' pre-school children; 'children of elementary school age, 5 to 11 years; older children, 11 to 14 years; high school youths, 15 to 18 years; young adults, 19 to 22 years; adults, and older re- tired persons. ' Along with these age groupings, a comprehensive program will also provide recreation facil- ities for people in family groups. ' On top of what might be called these specialized facilities, the recreation program should also provide, at various times throughout the year, events that can be enjoyed by people as a ' crowd, rather than as representatives of a special group. Plays, pageants, exhibitions, art ' 36. 1 shows, tournaments, all fall within this latter category. But if a recreation program is to serve people, it cannot be planned on a city-wide basis. People live in neighborhoods. The children and the adults of a neighborhood should be able to ' satisfy their basic recreation needs close to their homes. A group of several neighborhoods will form a community - a unit still much smaller than the entire city. Youths and adults will ' be willing to travel out of their neighborhood, but still within the community, to take advan- tage of recreational facilities designed for them. It takes a special type of recreational ' attraction - an ocean beach, a forest camp, a fishing stream - or a special event - an athletic ' contest, a pageant, a tournament - to lure people from all parts of the city or region. A municipal recreation program, therefore, should build upward and outward from the neighbor- hood. This means a network of playlots for pre-school children; playgrounds for older children; I playfields for teenagers; family areas for picnics and barbecues; community centers where clubs and groups can get together; neighborhood and community parks. This is the place to define these terms, and others which will be used in the following section of this report. Included in the definition will be the amount of space required so that the particular facility can be used and enjoyed by all the people it is meant to serve. ' NEIGHBORHOOD° A geographic area including 1,000 - 1,500 homes; set off by natural or artifi- cial boundaries such as bays, streams, railroads, highways or major streets; served by one primary or elementary school. NEIGHBORHOOD PARK: A small recreational area, 5 to 7 acres, serving the basic recreation needs ' of the neighborhood; usually adjacent to the elementary school. Its facilities include a playlot 37. y ' for young children and shelter for their mothers; a paved area for court games; turf, sand and tanbark areas for free play; a quiet area for sunbathing or reading; family area, where 10 to 20 families can picnic or barbecue; benches and turf area for use of older persons, bowling, horseshoes, etc; parking space, and landscaping. COMMUNITY: A group of two to four neighborhoods; bounded by natural or artificial barriers; served by an intermediate school, high school or both. COMMUNITY PARKS: A recreational area of 15 to 20 acres, adjacent to the community school. ' In addition to the facilities contained in a typical neighborhood park, the community park will have fields for football, baseball and softball; courts for basketball, tennis and volleyball; a swimming pool; a field for other sports and special events; and a community building. ' ACTIVE PLAY AREA: A recreational facility made up of the space and equipment available at an elementary or intermediate school. Designed for the 6 to 11 year age group, on k to 1 acre . PLAYGROUND: Basis of an active play area, play structures and equipment . PLAYLOT: A recreation area for pre-school children, with suitable equipment, and free-play area, on one-quarter acre. Adjacent to it should be an area with benches and shelter for mothers of children using the playlot. RECREATION CENTER BUILDING: A separate structure for indoor recreation, of 10,000 to 12,000 ' square feet . Facilities include, but are not limited to, social halls, teen-age lounge, older persons' center, kitchen, halls, storage, display space, restrooms and office. The community park and center will usually adjoin a school. The Recreation department should arrange for joint use ' of school multi-purpose rooms, and facilities for arts and crafts, hobbies and study groups. 38. I PARKING: Neighborhood parks require .4 to .6 acre; community parks and center, 1 to 1 .25 acres, depending on the amount of off-street parking available from the adjoining school. LANDSCAPING: From 30 to 40 percent of the total site area of a neighborhood or community 1 park will be taken up with walkways and plantings between the various play area, and on the perimeter of the park. ' There is another set of standards by which a city can judge the adequacy of its entire recreation program. While attempting to meet the needs of each neighborhood and community, the city can check its total recreation inventory against the area and population of the city, using these yardsticks: PLAYLOTS: .1 acre per 1,000 people; 2000 sq. ft. minimum; 1/4 mile service radius. PLAYGROUNDS: 1 acre per 1,000 population; 2 acre minimum; 1/2 mile service radius . PLAYFIELDS-: 1 acre per 800 people; 10 acre minimum; one mile service radius . NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS: 1 acre minimum per 1000 population; five acres minimum site; one mile service radius . i RECREATION CENTER BUILDING: One per 20,000 people (in present city - one per community area) . SWIMMING POOL: One per 20,000 people . FOOTBALL FIELD: -One per 20,000 people. k i SOFTBALL FIELD: One per 3,000 people BASEBALL FIELD: One per 6,000 people TENNIS COURT: One per 2,000 people BASKETBALL COURT: One per 1.000 people 39. - II " ' ' �� fir . ?�r� \� � • t �r T rl AA All T ���rr �-��?gi�rnnrrnunu►l►1 / rll.n �.. / \\ ,\ y �rlll► !t jr�lllLrll► '1 '\ •. 1���..[ �.��� � � �i��;: _ '\\\�a�\\\\\�`�\� �4:rurrlr►►►I► a:�!►�► aria�Ip -- \ L nillll�lllll�lllllllllr.. `� � � '� � _ L _ '�'►�III `'�'� ► ►►r►►lll/ll ll/lll�ll ;���'L III r,+, ❑lul+„ t�--=_== �� c %r I�. `�"'-'��111111I1111';�!Im 1- .I � �� . ►� :'��ll 1 1 D. THE PLAN ' 1 . BASIC UNITS Examination of the Map of the Master Plan of Parks and Recreation shows that the City ' of Newport Beach can be broken down into numerous neighborhood units. Where these neighborhoods will surround a primary or intermediate school, the school will be counted on to provide the ' basic recreation facilities for those neighborhoods. Each neighborhood is also provided with a park area, containing playlot for pre-school ' children, mothers' area, free play park, family area, and other facilities. ' In most instances, this park area is immediately adjacent to the school and forms a unit with it . Model for this type of facility is the joint school-recreation development at 19th Street and Irvine Avenue, now the subject of detailed and precise planning by the school and recreation agencies . General statements and specifications are not necessarily applicable to existing city. In some neighborhoods, the park is separate from the school. Newport Heights neighbor- hood is an example of this division. The Newport Heights School is designated •as an active play ' area. Park requirements will be met by development of the Cliff Drive Park. In other neighborhoods it is felt that existing and proposed improvements will satisfy the requirements of a neighborhood park, while the school fills the need for an active play area. ' The new neighborhoods have, in turn, been grouped around community parks and centers. It will be noted that the community park also serves as the neighborhood park for the neighborhood ' in which it is situated. 41. 1 1 ' The plan calls for community parks and separate community recreation buildings at the four intermediate schools to be set up in the annexed areas of the city. The map on page 40 and the data on the chart shown on Page 47, providing a summary of the ' Master Plan of Parks and Recreation, shall be applicable to all areas as indicated on the revised map Precise plans for each of the park and recreation areas should be guided by the Master Plan on Page 41 and the chart, Page 47. High on the priority list for site plans are: Corona del Mar, main ' beach; Balboa Peninsula, ocean front from Alvarado Street to "B" Street; school=park site, 19th ' Street and Irvine Avenue; Cliff Drive Park and Channel Place Park. ' 42. 1 1 1 2. SPECIAL FACILITIES 1 When completed, the Orange County Recreational Area in the southern portion of Upper Bay will be a major addition to the recreation inventory of Newport Beach. 1 Although it is a county facility, and designed as a regional park to hold some 1 10,000 people, the combined swimming-boating-park area will certainly be used by Newport Beach residents whenever possible. 1 Planning for this area calls for an '18-acre swimming area, one mile of sandy 1 beach, amphitheater, baseball field and tennis courts, several parking areas and a boat launching ramp. 1 The Master Plan Map designates six other locations in Upper Bay for future 1 development as recreational areas for picnicking, protected swimming, and boat ramps. i 1 1 1 1 43. 1 _ 1 ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Through its recreation department, the city will have to make mutual agreements with the Newport and surrounding school districts for joint use of schools and parks in those areas into which the city will grow. 2. If the school district boundaries cannot be changed to conform to the new city boundaries, it will be necessary for the city, its Planning Commission and Park Com- mission to work with the school boards of surrounding districts on the location, financing and development of school-park sites. 3. In developments of this type, the city should retain title and control of the park area of the joint school-park site. 4. Plans for development of the school-park site at 19th Street and Irvine Avenue should serve as the general model for all similar facilities proposed iin the� Master Plan. ' 5. Signs should be set up at approximate locations to indicate when the public beach areas have been filled to capacity. Incoming traffic should be informed of what alternate locations are still open. Location of these signs should be determined from surveys by the recreation department and traffic commission. ' 6. Separate funds for Site Acquisition, and Site Development, should be set up in the ' Budget of the Park and Recreation department. The current budget shows no specific ' 44. l outlays for site development. Financing acquisitions directly from the city's general Capital Outlay Fund does not reflect a true picture of the dolts of parks and the recreation program. 7. Expenditures from the Site Development and Site Acquisition funds should be based on a precise plan, and priority schedule, worked out by the Park and Recre- ation, and Planning Commissions. ' 8. The Parks and Recreation Commission should make a Capital Outlay survey, based on the requirements of the Master Plan as finally adopted. The survey should estimate the total cost of all proposed capital additions -' sites, buildings, equipment and so forth - to the park and recreation program. The survey should then examine alternate methods of financing the program and recommend the most practicable. 9. The Master Plan, as finally adopted, should be reviewed at least annually by Citizens Committees concerned; the Park and Recreation Commission, and the Planning Commission, to keep the plan up to date with amendments to meet changing conditions. 10. The Master Plan should be adopted as official policy of the city along this schedule: a. Submission to the Citizens Committees and other civic groups for comments and suggestions. 45• b. Review by the Planning Commission. c. Public hearings and adoption by the Planning Commission, according to state law, and forwarding to the City Council. d. Review, hearings and adoption by the City Council, according to state law. 46. 1 • 1 • SPECIAL_ COMMUNITY FACILITIES NEIGHBORHOOD BEACH 1 FACILITIES FACILITIES LEGEND ami at 1 0. - Proposed x ao es a 0x X Existing i; ri o ri H m v P m a t4 o 1 ? i , o Z kPa rjG*, Cr. m 0 ¢ a3 m X m P� P � CdCdu (d bO ri aO cd r (D P. o vi o it C 14 a .Q r ri r a o 0 ri .N m a o :ho w ri cd i- o o+� m m 4� a d W y, to a o F, a o am m A ¢- .Q � m �X a ru co N N, 5 a O zs r a3 > a) cd , m' F,O a) S ri 4) us as O O ri cd ri Cd Fi ri O 1 0 Cd rn d r/2 w H as cii CW 0 a. a fs, P4 cN (� P. 1,CCSD G4 1 1 COMMUNITY Community Park ant -Center 0 0 X X X X X X X X X 0 0 0 X 0 FACILITIES Ngiipgrt High School -1 •ih� St. & Irvine Ave. Center- Building - X 0 O X 17th St. & Balboa Blvd. 1 NEIGHBORHOOD Neighborhood Park g X X X X O X 0 0 0 X O 6 A-1 .Horace Ensign .School Cliff Dr. & Irvirie• Ave.-: 4 NEIGHBORHOOD Neighborhood Park p 0 0 0 0 O A-2 .Cliff Dr. & Beacon Dr. Playground 1 y' Newport Heights School X X X X X H 1 th & Santa Ana Blvd. NEIGHBORHOOD Neighborhood Park ._ 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 1 A-3 Channel Place " Playground ` West Newport Park 0 X 0 th St. & Balboa Blvd. 1 Playground Proposed Elem.School 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Virginia St. 1 'NEIGHBORHOOD Neighborhood Park at -A-A Beach Park 0 X XF X X X Main St. & Ocean Front 1 Playground 0 ° 0 Balboa Playground X X X X Lido s e �T 1 1 LEGEND COMMUNITY FACILITIES NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES Cd Cd 0 e Proposed �N- u 0) X = Existing �, ¢ ¢ Cd F t bo rl al O rf H r w O S+ Cd [d •O O 4� O a) a) a) 9 +i 6 Cd () Pi ri O Sa rl' rl -H O z Pi P � r w to 6 Pa I w w m U �d a) C. 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Cd 0 i bo H o cd r 1 H 11 0 w ca N u o 1 ;4 H w o Cis H 4� m ¢ 0 bo 0 0 w P a o 1~ x U [d 4i ri 0 A Sa P $i r-i bo ro ri 0 +3 ri r.' N 0 4� 4� 0 r1 '� 0 0 'r, .ri 0 43 Xi R. ro 1-1 cd ccmd� ��0tt W o ro � cd > 0 cd -N -H m s. a° Go � � � w E+ fsl w co w o 4 w w w w 2 � az w COMMUNITY Community Center FACILITIES Proposed High' School 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MacArthur Bldg. 11 Community Park W Proposed Inter- A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 mediate School r Ease of Marguerite, w Ave. Ext, d _ NEIGHBORHOOD Neighborhood Park c�-i E-1 Proposed Elem.School 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0 ~ Ea9t3 of High School NEIGHBORHOOD -Neighborhood PArk U E-2 Proposed Elem.Schoo West of Marguerite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ave, Ext. NEIGHBORHOOD Neighborhood� Park ' E-3 Also at the Proposed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Intermediate School East of Marguerite ' Ext. s COMMUNITY FACILITIES NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIE BEACH FACILITIE LEGEND Cd i Cd 5�. a) ' 0 = Proposed x eo 0 v zd v - ¢ Cd 0) x � zd i X = Existing ri -H HH H m P, � Cd Cd ri 0 0 0 N 0 +i Q (d � w Fq 0 9. ai ,i -Ho a S > > � a v o w w w m ' +) 0) 4� -H co H e.) W HH H0 a z Cd - FA o W � Fes. «-� -N r1 Fa 0 Tq N ,Q r-1 H ,-1 L4 0 LS H < 0 So- a. • f Cd z Cd r. o �i m ,i m _P 0 W W >> k w o s, N w m n n a s, ri so ra ri o 4� a � 4 a a. Cd E ,i >> Z -X 0 4� 4� m qi >a N N 'Na .0 N 4� X 0 N C P, E ,1 at z m m w o ed E > m ca 4� ,H m P W s. 0 O d) O 3 ri a> 2 0 HW r-i cd Fi ri 0 1 �N W o vs v ¢ U2 0 a EH us w 0 w a. w w a c� ' COMMUNITY Community Park & FACILITIES Center Harbor View Elem ' School-Iris Ave. 0 x 0 0 0 0 0 x 0 x 0 0 x 0 Beach Park I Corona del Mar Beach-Iris Ave. 0 x 0 0 x x I x x ' NEIGHBORHOOD Neighborhood Park w F-1 also Harbor View 0 x x 0 0 0 0 x 0 Elem.School. w ' NEIGHBORHOOD Neighborhood Park F-2 Bayside Drive Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . Playground Corona del Mar c0i Elem.School ' 3rd Ave. and x x x x x x Carnation ' NEIGHBORHOOD Neighborhood Par F-3 Irvine Terrace 0 0 0 0 0 ' NEIGHBORHOOD Playground F-3 Park Avenue and 0 0 Collins Street i � 51. i