HomeMy WebLinkAbout04 - Elevation Datum Reference - PA 2005-047CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 4
March 8, 2005
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Planning Department
Patrick J. Alford, Senior Planner
(949) 644 -3235
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SUBJECT: Elevation Datum Reference (PA 2005 -047)
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Should the City Council adopt a resolution of intent to amend Title 20 (Zoning Code) of
the Newport Beach Municipal Code to change the elevation datum reference?
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution No. 2005- initiating amendments to Title 20 of the Newport
Beach Municipal Code to change the elevation datum reference from the National
Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) to North American Vertical Datum (NAVD).
DISCUSSION:
On February 22, 2005, the City Council directed staff to proceed with numerous
amendments to the Fire and Building Codes of the Municipal Code. These amendments
included a change in the elevation datum reference from the National Geodetic Vertical
Datum (NGVD) to the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) to be consistent with the
datum used in the revised Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood
Insurance Study (FIS) and related Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Orange
County.
Numerous sections of the Zoning Code (Title 20 NBMC) contain height regulations that
are referenced to 6.27 feet above mean sea level using the NGVD. These sections should
be amended to change the elevation datum reference from the NGVD to NAVD, to be
consistent.
Environmental Review:
None required for the initiation of amendments.
Public Notice:
None required for the initiation of amendments.
Prepared by:
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Patrick J. Alford
Senior Planner
Attachments:
1. Draft resolution of intent.
Elevation Datum Reference Amendment
March 8, 2005
Page 2
Submitted by:
Patricia L. Temple
Planning Director
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH INITIATING AN
AMENDMENT TO TITLE 20 OF THE NEWPORT
BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO CHANGE THE
ELEVATION DATUM REFERENCE (PA 2005 -047)
WHEREAS, Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code authorizes the
City Council to adopt a resolution initiating amendments to the Zoning Code of
the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the Fire and Building Codes of the Newport Beach Municipal
Code are slated to be revised to change the elevation datum reference from the
National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) to the North American Vertical Datum
(NAVD) to be consistent with the datum used in the revised Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and related Flood
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Orange County; and
WHEREAS, numerous sections of the Zoning Code of the Newport
Beach Municipal Code contain height regulations that are referenced to National
Geodetic Vertical Datum; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Code should be amended to change the
elevation datum reference from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum to the North
American Vertical Datum to be consistent with the pending changes in the Fire and
Building Codes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby
initiates an amendment to Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to
change the elevation datum reference from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum
to the North American Vertical Datum.
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City of Newport Beach
City Council Resolution No. _
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This resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach held on March 8, 2005, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS
NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS
ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBERS
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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