HomeMy WebLinkAbout12 - Code Update Recommendations Related to Fractional Homeownership (PA2022-0202) - Staff MemoMarch 14, 2023
Agenda Item No. 12
CITY OF NEWP06-
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
100 Civic Center Drive
Newport Beach, California 92660
949 644-3200
newportbeachca.gov/communitydevelopment
Memorandum
To: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
From: Seimone Jurjis, Community Development Director
Date: March 13, 2023
Re: Agenda Item 12- Supplemental Information — Fractional
Homeownership
Please see the attached draft revisions to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) of the
Newport Beach Municipal Code that would implement the Planning Commission's
preferred recommendation to expand the definition of time share to clearly include
fractional homeownership.
Once defined as a time share, fractional homeownership would be limited to the
time share regulations of Municipal Code Section 20.48.220 and would have the
following effect:
o Prohibited in all residential zoning districts;
o Allowed through a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) in certain commercial
and mixed -use zoning districts OA, OM, CG, CV, MU-V, MU-MM, MU-
CV/15fh St, MU-W1, MU-W2) and subject to the following restrictions:
■ Conversion of existing dwelling units prohibited;
■ Minimum number of units: 100 units, unless part of a resort hotel
complex of 300 or more units;
■ Development agreement required; and
■ Approval of a sales plan, operating plan, management plan, and
contingency plan required.
Attachments: Draft Title 20 — Time Share Regulations
SECTION 20.70.020 DEFINITIONS OF SPECIALIZED TERMS AND PHRASES
Visitor Accommodations (Land Use)
"Accommodation" means any dwelling unit, apartment, condominium or cooperative unit, hotel or
motel room. or other or structure constructed for residential use and occupancv. includine. but not
limited to. a sinele-unit dwelline. two -unit dwelline. multi -unit dwelli
"Time share plan" means any arrangement, plan, scheme, or similar device, whether by membership
agreement, bylaws, shareholder agreement, partnership agreement, sale, lease, deed, license, right to
use agreement, or by any other means, whereby a purchaser, in exchange for consideration, receives
the right to exclusive use of an accommodation(s), or any portion thereof, whether through the granting
of ownership rights, possessory rights or otherwise, for a period of time less than a full year during any
given year, on a recurring basis for more than one year, but not necessarily for consecutive years. A
timeshare plan shall be deemed to exist whenever such recurring rights of exclusive use to the
accommodation(s), or portion thereof, are created, regardless of whether such exclusive rights of use
are a result of a grant of ownership rights, possessory rights, membership rights, rights pursuant to
contract, or ownership of a fractional interest or share in the accommodation(s), or portion thereof, and
regardless of whether they are coupled with ownership of a real property interest such as freehold
interest or an estate for years in the property subject to the time share plan.
"Tome Share P-State" rAP_aRS a Fight ef er=GUPaRGY iR a time share pmjeet that is coupled with aR estate
the real ^ or+,,
"Time share property" means one or more accommodations subject to the same time share plan,
together with any other property or rights to property appurtenant to those accommodations.
"Time share interval" means the period or length of time of occupancy in a time share unit.
"Time share unit" means each portion of the real property or real property improvement in a time share
pFe}eet-property that is divided into time share intervals.
"Time share use" means one or more accommodations or any part thereof, as a time share property
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SECTION 20.48.220 TIME SHARE F^�'�" USE
This section provides regulations for time share develepments uses.
A. Development Standards.
1. Property Development Standards. A timeshare pfejeEt-use shall comply with the standards
for the zoning district in which it is located.
2. Conversion of Existing Dwelling Units Prohibited. The conversion of existing residential
dwelling units into time share units shall be prohibited.
3. Minimum Number of Units. Each time share pFejeGt-pL perty shall have a minimum of one
hundred (100) time share units. Time share projects consisting of less than one hundred (100)
units, but developed or converted in conjunction with a resort hotel complex of three hundred
(300) or more units, shall be considered to be in compliance with this requirement.
B. Required Amenities. Time share pfejects-uses shall be developed with substantial recreational
amenities (e.g., golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools, etc.).
C. Permit and Review Requirements.
1. Plan Submittals. In addition to the application requirements in
Section 20.52.020 (Conditional Use Permits and Minor Use Permits), an application for a time
share project shall include the following documents:
a. A sales plan shall address the times, areas and methods that will be used to sell the
time share pFejeet-pL perty. Factors to be defined in the plan shall include the location,
length, and marketing methods that will be used, distinguishing on -site and off -site
marketing and signage; and an estimate of the potential numbers of individuals and
automobiles expected during various stages of the sales effort. The plan also shall
describe measures that will be implemented to reduce traffic during peak hours.
b. An operating plan shall address the terms of the timeshare resort ownership
interests, the types of private unit and common amenities, and the general financing,
maintenance, and management arrangements of the resort that benefit the unit
owners.
c. A management plan shall describe the methods employed by the applicant to
guarantee the future adequacy, stability, and continuity of a satisfactory level of
management and maintenance of a time share prejeEt-property. .
d. A contingency plan shall address the actions to be taken by the applicant if the time
share project is an economic failure or fails to sell fifty (50) percent of the time share
estates ^F uses intervals within two years of receiving a permit to occupy the first unit.
2. Development Agreement. The City and the time share project operator shall enter into
a development agreement in compliance with Chapter 15.45 (Development Agreements).
3. Modification or Waiver. The review authority may modify or waive any of the
standards contained in this section if strict compliance with the standards is determined to
be unnecessary to achieve the purpose and intent of this section.