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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.0_Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments_Staff Presentation_PA2024-0205AMENDMENTS TO THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY (HO) OVERLAY DISTRICTS(PA2024-0205) Planning Commission Public Hearing January 23, 2025 Planning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205) BRIEF BACKGROUND 2 •October 2022, HCD certifies City’s adopted 6th Cycle Housing Element Policy Actions 1A through 1G require rezoning to provide housing opportunities •September 2024, City Council adopts Ordinance No. 2024-16 approving rezoning outside Coastal Zone through Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning Districts Planning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205) 3 HO OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS HO-1 HO-4 HO-2 HO-5 HO-3 Planning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205) 4 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS HO-1 HO-4 HO-1 (Airport Area) •Allocate 179 units (50 du/ac) to City-owned property at 1201 Dove Street HO-4 (Newport Center) •Allocate199 units (50 du/ac) to City-owned property at 868 and 870 Santa Barbara Drive •Increase maximum height limits for housing projects Planning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205) 5 HO-4: EXISTING AND PROPOSED HEIGHTSPlanning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205) 6 VISION FOR NEWPORT CENTER •Original master planning for Newport Center envisioned it as the “downtown for the south coast” •City’s General Plan Policy LU 6.14.4 reinforces the original design concept for Newport Center with greatest building mass and height in the northeasterly portion progressively scaling down toward the coast 1960s Model 2023 Aerial Planning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205) BENEFITS OF INCREASED HEIGHT 7 Increased height in Newport Center would: Align with original vision and General Plan Policy LU 6.14.4 Improve viability of housing projects consistent with Housing Element’s intended implementation Allow more density in smaller footprints and on fewer sites Activate urban core of Newport Center by encouraging mixed-use development and walkability Encourage open space and views through development Planning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205) CEQA COMPLIANCE 8 •Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) certified by City Council on July 23, 2024 •Kimley-Horn & Associates prepared Consistency Analysis Memorandum evaluating proposed amendments (Exhibit “A” of Attachment No. PC 1) No additional environmental review is required pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 Planning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205) WRITTENCORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED 9 48’ 50’/55’ Planning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205) RECOMMENDATION AND NEXT STEPS 10 1.Conduct a public hearing; 2.Find that CEQA is adequately addressed by the PEIR;and 3.Adopt resolution recommending City Council approval February 20, 2025: Airport Land Use Commission public hearing March 11, 2025: City Council public hearing (assumes ALUC consistency) March 25, 2025: City Council second reading Planning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205) THANK YOU!QUESTIONS? Benjamin M. Zdeba, AICP Planning Manager 949-644-3253 bzdeba@newportbeachca.gov Rosalinh Ung Principal Planner 949-644-3205 rung@newportbeachca.gov Jaime Murillo, AICP Deputy CDD Director 949-644-3209 jmurillo@newportbeachca.gov 11 Planning Commission - January 23, 2025 Item 3d - Additional Materials Prensented at the Meeting Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning and Coastal Zoning District Amendments (PA2024-0205)