HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-64 - Initiating Amendments to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code Pertaining to Smoke Shops, Smoking Lounges, and Other Tobacco - Related Businesses (PA2025-0171)RESOLUTION NO. 2025-64
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 20 (PLANNING AND ZONING)
AND TITLE 21 (LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN) OF THE NEWPORT BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO SMOKE SHOPS,
SMOKING LOUNGES, AND OTHER TOBACCO -
RELATED BUSINESSES (PA2025-0171)
WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code ("NBMC") Section 20.66.020
(Initiation of Amendment) provides that the 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, in accordance with City Council Policy K-1 (General Plan and Local
Coastal Program) any amendment to the City's certified Local Coastal Program, which is
codified in NBMC Title 21, must be initiated by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Title 20 and Title 21 of the NBMC
pertaining to smoke shops, smoking lounges, and other tobacco related businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council hereby initiates amendments to NBMC Title 20
(Planning and Zoning) and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) to
modify regulations pertaining to smoke shops, smoking lounges, and other tobacco
related businesses.
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.
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Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is
categorically exempt pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6,
Chapter 3, Section 15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies) Guidelines for
Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act. Section 15262 exempts
projects involving feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which the
agency, board, or commission has not approved or adopted.
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 23rd day of September, 2025.
ATTEST:
fw M II erry
Interim City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
I, Molly Perry, Interim 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. 2025-64 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
held on the 23rd day of September, 2025, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Joe Stapleton, Mayor Pro Tern Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Noah Blom,
Councilmember Michelle Barto, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember Sara J.
Weber, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 24th day of September, 2025.
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City of Newport Beach, California