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HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 6:00 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 application:
Municipal Code Amendments – The City Council established the Ad Hoc Municipal Code and Council Policy Review Committee to comprehensively review and amend the Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) to reduce regulations, streamline processes, and generally eliminate outdated information and directed boards and commissions, including the Planning Commission, to establish an ad hoc committee to review the NBMC and City Council Policies within that particular body’s area of expertise with recommended revisions. At its August 3, 2023, meeting, the Planning Commission made
recommended revisions to Title 19 (Subdivisions), Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program
Implementation Plan) of the NBMC in accordance with the Council’s direction. The recommendations include:
• Tentative Parcel Map Review – Eliminate the public hearing requirement for parcel maps for condominium purposes.
• Bluff Overlay District – Eliminate conflicting code provisions by deleting the bluff overlay areas in Title 20 that are included in Title 21.
• Take-Out Service—Fast-Casual – Change threshold for when a fast-casual take-out restaurant with no late hours requires a minor use permit (discretionary review). • Conversion or Demolition of Affordable Housing – Eliminate Chapters 20.34 and 21.34 as they are inapplicable to the
City.
At the October 19, 2023 meeting, the Planning Commission will consider the code amendments incorporating the Planning
Commission’s recommended revisions and other revisions that eliminate inconsistencies throughout the NBMC.
The project is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2) and Section 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) guidelines.
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 and 21.64 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 Jaime Murillo, AICP, Planning Manager, at (949) 644-3209 or
jmurillo@newportbeachca.gov, at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Project File No.: PA2022-0219 Activity: Code Amendment and Local Coastal Program Amendment
Location: Citywide Applicant: City of Newport Beach
Tristan Harris, Secretary, Planning Commission, City of Newport Beach