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HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter shall be heard, a public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach. The Planning Commission of the City of Newport Beach will consider the following:
Nonresidential Parking Requirement Changes (PA2021-104) – Consistent with the City Council’s initiation on January 26, 2021, the proposed amendments to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) serve to simplify and modernize some of the City’s parking regulations. The proposed changes include the following:
• Allowing the Community Development Director to reduce off-street parking requirements by up to 20 percent when acceptable evidence is provided;
• Allowing a reduction in off-street parking requirements when bicycle parking is provided in areas with a demonstrated demand;
• Allowing a reduction in off-street parking requirements when a designated ride-share (e.g., Uber and Lyft) space is provided;
• Altering the food service, eating and drinking establishment parking requirements to remove the consideration of “net public area”; and
• Replacing the “take-out service, limited” land use definition with “take-out service—fast-casual” allowing up to 20 seats.
The action is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with Section 20165 of the California Public Resources Code and Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), and 15378 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3 (CEQA Guidelines). The Code Amendment is also exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects, which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
All interested parties may appear and present testimony regarding this application. If you challenge this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered
to the City, at, or before, the public hearing. Administrative procedures for appeals are provided in the Newport Beach Municipal Code Chapters 20.64 (Appeals) and 21.64 (Appeals and Calls for Review). The application may be continued to a specific future meeting date; if such an action occurs, additional public notice of the continuance will not be provided.
The agenda, staff report, and corresponding documents will be available by end of business day on the Friday preceding the public hearing and may be reviewed at the Community Development Department Permit Center (Bay C-1st Floor), at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660 or the City of Newport Beach website at
www.newportbeachca.gov/planningcommission. Individuals not able to attend the meeting may contact the Planning Division or access the City’s website after the meeting to review the action on this application. All mail or written communications (including email) from the public, residents, or applicants regarding an agenda item must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the business day immediately before the meeting. This allows time for the Planning Commission to adequately consider the submitted correspondence.
For questions regarding this public hearing item please contact Benjamin M. Zdeba, AICP, Principal Planner, at 949-
644-3253 or bzdeba@newportbeachca.gov, at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Project File No.: PA2021-104 Activities: Zoning Code Amendment and Local Coastal Program Amendment
Zone: All Nonresidential Zoning Districts General Plan: All Nonresidential Land Use Categories
Location: Citywide Applicant: City of Newport Beach
Sarah Klaustermeier, Secretary, Planning Commission, City of Newport Beach