HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-18 - Local Coastal Program CompletionRESOLUTION NO. 2001 -18
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
RELATING TO THE COMPLETION
OF A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM (LCP)
FOR NEWPORT BEACH
WHEREAS, the Coastal Act (Public Resources Code section 30000 et seq) establishes the
Coastal Zone and regulations for protecting coastal resources within the Zone; and
WHEREAS, the Coastal Act directs all coastal municipalities to adopt Local Coastal Programs
(LCPs) to guide the development, permitting, and coastal access associated with structures and
activities within the Coastal Zone; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach, one of 58 cities located along the coast of California is
required by the Public Resources Code to adopt an LCP; and
WHEREAS, in May 1982 and again in January 1990, the City of Newport Beach completed and
adopted a portion of its LCP when it adopted a Land Use Plan for the coastal zone within the City's
corporate boundaries; and
WHEREAS, adoption of an LCP for Newport Beach would allow area residents and businesses
to process coastal development permits through the City and its planning staff, saving such
residents and businesses time, energy, and resources; and
WHEREAS, adoption of an LCP for Newport Beach would allow the City to effectively
administer the existing Newport Coast LCP at such time after annexation as the City is prepared to
address the Newport Coast LCPs enforcement; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby directs City staff
to establish a public process and to complete the City's Local Coastal Program in a manner and
time reasonable to area residents, City staff, and to the Coastal Commission; and be it also
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby authorizes City
staff to pursue any and all available grant funding opportunities to assist the City in planning,
outreach, and development costs associated with submitting and certifying an LCP for Newport
Beach; and be it also
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby directs City staff
to submit this Resolution to the California Coastal Commission to inform the Commission of the
Council's intention in this regard.
ADOPTED this 271h day of March, 2001.
/ATTEST:
LaVonne M. Harkless
CITY CLERK
Garold B. Adams
MAYOR
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
resolution, being Resolution No. 2001 -18 was 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
27th day of March, 2001, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Heffernan, O'Neil, Ridgeway, Glover, Bromberg, Mayor Adams
Noes: None
Absent: Proctor
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 28th day of March, 2001.
(Seal)
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Newport Beach, California