HomeMy WebLinkAbout00 - Non-Agenda ItemNewport Beach Title 17 Harbor Code:
Chapter 17.01
DEFINITIONS
7. Public Trust Lands. The term `public trust
lands" shall mean all lams subject to the common
lave public trust for commerce, navigation, fisheries,
recreation, and other public purposes and includes
all tidelands, submerged lands, the beds of na-Vigable
lakes and rivers, and historical tidelands and sub-
merged lands that are presently filled or reclaimed
and which were subject to the public trust at any
Chapter 17.40
LI4'E- BOARDS
C. The issuance of a lip e-aboard permit to a
mooring permittee is not transferrable and does not
create any tenancy between the ' and the it -
tee or other nersons livinLy aboard nor does it create
to the mooring site.I Ord. 202 3 -
r - . Ord. 00-5
1 (Exh. 1) (part), 2020: Ord. 013-11 § 1582 01 ;
Ord. 008-2. § 1 (part), 2008)
Chapter 17.60
HARBOR PERI4IITS AND LEASES
17.60.040 _Icoring Permits.
A. Permit required. No person shall place,
erect. construct, maintain, use or tie to a muon2 in
the waters of Newport Harbor over itv-owne or
i.e., an ousnore moonn2 i or in
the nearshore peruneter of Newport Harbor perpen-
dicular to the shoreline (i.e., an onshore mooring)
without first having obtained a mooring permit from
the Harbormaster or having otherwise complied with
this section. A moorin ermit is in the nature of
license for the mporary use of a specific location
within N ekvport FlarFor.
1. Agree that the oaring permit does not pro-
v1 a any Mxners p interest in the underlying tice-
lands, which are held in trust by the City and oiNmed
by the people of the State of alifornia;
Clearly, Permits do not provide deed or title to land, submerged or otherwise.
CITY OF NEWP'ORT BEACH
HARBOR DEPARTMENT
OFT-SAORE M0OAJNG PEAMR
THIS 0Fr SHORE MOORING PERM T ("Mooring Perrnit'j 1s issU-ed as of this 1 October day of 20 23 by the CITY OF N WPORT
BEACH, a California municipal corporation and €harter city {" CiWj, to the person{s) listed below; iF rnore than one person of entity, each
shall be jointly and severally liable and all are co4kpctiveJY referred to as "Mooring Permittee" herein.
This Moodng Permit is Issued under the following terms and condi#ions:
1) This Mooring Permit is a licenselfor the ternporary use of the moofing location 1pec€fled herein and is revocable. The
issuance of thi oorin P errnit does not create or re resent any farm of p rfl pertv ri ht or rovide- an v own ershk jnterest
In the urtdrrryiing tidelands, iC are held in trust by the City and owned by the people of the Mate of California (NDMC
Section 17.60.0401 A), (B)(2)(i})
State Lands Commission draft report weighs in on
Newport Beach mooring permits By Gabriel San Roruan
Staff Writer Follow
Sept. 5, 2025 4:11 FM PT
Assistant City Manager Seimone Jurjis told the Daily Pilot..... "The commission made their
position clear," .... "People can't be buying and selling state tidelands. It's the public's lands, the
state's lands. Transferability is going to have to come to an end at some point,"
Newport Harbor Mooring Battle Heads to State Lands Commission
Voiceofoc
Angelina Hicks Sep 9, 2025
"Jurjis said there is no legal way to continue allowing the sale and transferability of public state
tidelands."
From: Ad lever <ad lever@hotmail.com>
Sent; Thursday, Septernber 25, 202511:48 A
To: siuriis newportbeachca.gov sjuriis newpor-Lbeachca.gov>
Subject: Moorings/Real Property
"Simone,
From: Ad lever <adleverhotmail.corn
Sent: October 05, 2025 3:19 P
To: Jurlis, 5eirnone <sjurjinewportbeachca.Rov>
Subject: Moorings/Real Property
From: Ad lever < adIeve r hotrnaiLcorn
Sent: October 06, 2025 11:16 AM
To: Jurjis, Seimone <sjurjisneportbeachca.gov>
Subject: Re: Moorings/Real Property
...Please clarify for me whether or not you believe that Mooring Permits in Newport reflect some valid real estate
interest/claim?"
From: Janis, Seirnone sjurjis newportbeachca.gcv>
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2025 11:43 A
To: Ad lever <adIever hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Moorings/Real Property
Hello Adam,
I've already given you my response. I do not have a position on whether the mooring permits have some real estate
interest or claim,
Seimone anis
i tant 'City Manager
Office; 949-644-3282
Civic Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 9660
Seimone was the President and Chief Operating Officer for a
real estate company focusing on entitlements, land transactions
a nd development.
Seimone... is a licensed real estate broker.