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RESOLUTION NO. 2015- April 14, 2015
Item No. 5
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH AMENDING CITY COUNCIL POLICY L -2 "DRIVEWAY
APPROACHES"
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is governed, in part, by its Charter,
Municipal Code and adopted City Council Policies;
WHEREAS, City Council Policy D -3 requires that the City Manager annually
review the Council Policy Manual for any needed additions, changes or deletions; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager recently completed his review of the Council
Policy L -2 and recommends revising City Council Policy L -2 "Driveway Approaches" as
shown in the revised redline attached to this resolution, and incorporated by reference
herein (Exhibit 1).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach resolves the following:
Section 1: The Council hereby amends Council Policy L -2 as shown in Exhibit 1.
Section 2: All prior versions of Council Policy L -2 that are in conflict with the
revisions adopted by this resolution are hereby repealed.
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, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Section 4: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the substantive portion of this resolution.
Section 5: Except as expressly modified in this resolution, all other City Council
Policies, sections, subsections, terms, clauses and phrases set forth in the Council
Policy Manual shall remain unchanged and shall be in full force and effect.
Section 6: The City Council finds this change to Council Policy L -2 exempt from
the California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") pursuant to Section 15304 (Minor
Alterations to Land) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14,
Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment.
This section exempts minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water,
and /or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy mature scenic trees. AlleWiRg
Section 7: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution.
ADOPTED this day of 2015.
Edward D. Selich
Mayor
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Attachment: Exhibit 1 — Redline Draft of Revised City Council Policy L -2