HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-85 - Initiating an Amendment to the Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning Districts in Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) and the Pending Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Coastal Zoning Districts in Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan)RESOLUTION NO. 2024-85
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY (HO)
OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS IN TITLE 20 (PLANNING
AND ZONING) AND THE PENDING HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY (HO) OVERLAY COASTAL ZONING
DISTRICTS IN TITLE 21 (LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN) OF THE NEWPORT BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE (PA2024-0205)
WHEREAS, Section 20.66.020 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code ("NBMC")
and City Council Policy K-1 provide that the City Council ("City Council") of the City of
Newport Beach ("City ") may initiate an amendment to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning)
and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) of the NBMC with or without
a recommendation from the Planning Commission;
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2024-16 on September 24,
2024, approving an amendment to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) of the NBMC,
establishing the Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning Districts to implement the
General Plan 6th Cycle Housing Element ("Housing Element");
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2024-52 on July 23, 2024,
authorizing submittal of Local Coastal Program Amendment to the California Coastal
Commission to amend the City's Coastal Land Use Plan and Title 21 (Local Coastal
Program Implementation Plan) of the NBMC to establish the Housing Opportunity (HO)
Overlay Coastal Zoning Districts and their corresponding development standards
applicable to properties located within the Coastal Zone of the City to implement the
Housing Element; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to review and make possible adjustments to
certain development standards, including but not limited to building height limits specified
in Table 2-16 (Development Standards for Housing Opportunity Overlay Zones) of
Section 20.28.050 (Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning Districts) and pending
Table 21.28-1 (Development Standards for Housing Opportunity Overlay Zones) of the
NBMC.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Resolution No. 2024-85
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Section 1: The City Council hereby initiates an amendment to Section
20.28.050 (Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning Districts) and pending Section
21.28.070 (Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Coastal Zoning Districts) of the Newport
Beach Municipal Code.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is exempt from
environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), pursuant
to Section 15262 of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14,
Division 6, Chapter 3, because it involves feasibility or planning studies for possible future
actions which the agency, board, or commission has not approved or adopted.
Resolution No. 2024-85
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Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 19th day of November, 2024.
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aar6n C. Harp
City Attorney
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Will O'Neill
Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2024-85 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 19th day of November, 2024; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Brad Avery,
Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember
Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 20th day of November, 2024.
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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