HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-19 - Amending Section 19.64.070 of Title 19 (Subdivision Code) Related to the Minimum Parking Standards for the Conversion of a Duplex to Condominiums (Code Amendment No. 2005-008).ORDINANCE 2005 -19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTION 19.64.070 OF
TITLE 19 (SUBDIVISON CODE) RELATED TO THE
MINIMUM PARKING STANDARDS FOR THE CONVERSION
OF A DUPLEX TO CONDOMINIUMS (CODE AMENDMENT
NO. 2005 -008).
WHEREAS, in 1994, the City adopted amendments to condominium conversion
standards to promote home ownership in an effort to facilitate a revitalization of the West
Newport area; and
WHEREAS, on June 28, 2005 the City Council determined that the desired effects
of the 1994 condominium conversion amendments were not being achieved as home
ownership in West Newport was not increased significantly; and
WHEREAS, by maintaining a minimum parking standard for the conversion of
duplexes that is less than current standards (2 spaces per unit with 1 being covered), the
City risks preserving older non - conforming housing stock that is more reliant on street
parking and constructed to older building code standards; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission on August 4, 2005, held noticed public
meeting regarding increasing the minimum parking required for the conversion of a duplex
to condominiums, and at the conclusion of the meeting, the Planning Commission voted
unanimously to recommend approval of an amendment to Title 19 to increase the minimum
parking for duplex conversions to 2 spaces per unit with one being covered; and
WHEREAS, the City Council on September 27, 2005, held noticed public meeting
regarding this Code Amendment; and
WHEREAS, The City Council finds converting multi - family housing, including
duplexes, that does not provide parking identical to that required of new construction
effectively preserves older nonconforming housing stock that is more reliant upon street
parking. Preserving older nonconforming housing stock in this fashion is not in the long
term best interest of the community; and
WHEREAS, the proposed action is not defined as a project under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves general policy and procedure
making activities not associated with a project or a physical change in the environment
(Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines).
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Title 19 (Subdivision Code) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code shall
be amended to revise Section 19.64.070.A as follows:
"A. Off - Street Parking Requirements
Residential Conversions. The minimum number, and the design and location
of, off - street parking spaces shall be provided in conformance with the
provisions of Chapter 20.66 of the Municipal Code (Off - Street Parking and
Loading Regulations) in effect at the time of approval of the conversion.
Nonresidential Conversions. The number of off - street parking spaces that
were required at the time of original construction shall be provided on the
same property to be converted to condominium purposes, and the design
and location of such parking shall be in conformance with the provisions of
Chapter 20.66 of the Municipal Code (Off- Street Parking and Loading
Regulations)."
All other provisions of Chapter 19.64 shall remain unchanged.
SECTION 2: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of
this Ordinance. This Ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the
City, and the same shall become effective one - hundred eighty (180) days afterthe date of
its adoption.
SECTION 3: Any condominium conversion application for the conversion of a
duplex deemed complete by the effective date of this Ordinance shall not be subject to this
amendment.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach held on September 27, 2005, and adopted on the 11th day of October,
2005, by the following vote, to wit:
MAY
CITY CLERK
AYES; Selich, Webb, Ridgeway, Mayor Heffernan
NOES; Daigle
ABSENT; None.
ABSTAIN Rosansky, Nichols
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2005 -19 as duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 11th
day of October 2005, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Selich, Webb, Ridgeway, Mayor Heffernan
Noes: Daigle
Absent: None
Abstain: Rosansky, Nichols
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 12th day of October 2005.
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City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California
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CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby
certify that Ordinance No. 2005 -19 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the
order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a daily
newspaper of general circulation on the following date, to wit: October 15, 2005.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this day of J ' ^
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