HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-11 - Waiving Section A.1 of City Council Policy B-13 to Allow for Alcoholic Beverages at a Charity Polo Event Held at Peninsula Park, and Repeal of Resolution 2024-14RESOLUTION NO. 2025-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, WAIVING
SECTION A.1 OF CITY COUNCIL POLICY B-13 TO
ALLOW FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT ACHARITY
POLO EVENT HELD AT PENINSULA PARK, AND
REPEAL OF RESOLUTION 2024-14
WHEREAS, in 2016,2023 and 2024, a charity polo event was held at Peninsula
Park ("Event") providing a memorable event for residents, celebrating the tradition of the
sport of Polo, including the artistic expression of fashionable hats, social camaraderie,
showcasing the wares of local vendors, and providing a boost to the local economy;
WHEREAS, to accommodate the Event, the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach ("City") waived Section A.1 of Council Policy B-13, Public Use of City Facilities
("Council Policy B-13"), which restricts dispensing of alcohol on City property to specific
locations, so that alcohol could be dispensed at Peninsula Park in connection with the
Event, which was a success resulting in residents requesting the Event be repeated;
WHEREAS, on March 12, 2024, in connection with the special event permit
application filed by Newport Beach Foundation, a California nonprofit corporation, the City
Council adopted Resolution 2024-14, which indefinitely waived Council Policy B-13 for
the Event;
WHEREAS, administration of the Event subsequently changed, and is now being
conducted by Celebrity Foundation for Children, a California nonprofit corporation
("Applicant");
WHEREAS, Applicant submitted an application for a special event permit to hold
the Event on Saturday, May 3, 2025, and requests a waiver of Council Policy B-13 so that
alcohol can again be dispensed at Peninsula Park to facilitate the Event;
WHEREAS, due to the change in administration of the Event, and the possibility
of future changes in the administration of the Event, City staff recommends repeal of
Resolution 2024-14 so that the City Council can resume reviewing and approving
requests for waiver of Council Policy B-13 on a case -by -case basis for the Event, which
is the customary practice for other events held in the City which propose to serve alcohol;
and
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WHEREAS, the City Council desires to waive Council Policy B-13 for the Event
provided that a special event permit is obtained by the Applicant that contains appropriate
conditions related to the sale and service of alcohol.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby waive Section A.1 of Council Policy B-
13 to allow for the dispensing of alcoholic beverages at Peninsula Park for the Event,
provided that a special event permit is obtained that contains appropriate conditions
related to the sale and service of alcohol. As part of the special event permitting process,
supplemental materials shall be submitted with the special event permit application for
City staff review and approval including, but not limited to, an alcohol service plan that
sets forth limits on the number of alcohol service locations, alcohol container sizes, and
the types of alcohol to be served, as well as information about the security personnel,
event perimeter fencing, how the applicant will adhere to California Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) restrictions, and required training of alcohol service
personnel.
Section 2: As of the effective date of this Resolution, Resolution 2024-14 is
hereby repealed.
Section 3: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 4: 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 5: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3,
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because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
Section 6: 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 this11t" day of March, 2025.
ATTEST:
Leilavni I. brown I
City Clerk V
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY TTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
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. 2025-11 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 11 th day of March, 2025; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmember Michelle Barto, Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember
Robyn Grant, Councilmember Sara J. Weber, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
RECUSED: Mayor Joe Stapleton, Mayor Pro Tem Lauren Kleiman
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 12th day of March, 2025.
AdmJ - A�
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California