HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-19 - Ordering the Summary Vacation of an Existing 60-Foot Wide Easement for Roadway Purposes at 20392, 20402, and 20412 Birch Street (Lots 125 and Portions of Lot 99 and 126), Directing the City Clerk to Record Same with County Recorder’s Office andRECORDING REQUESTED BY AND
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TITLE OF DOCUMENT:
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH,
CALIFORNIA ORDERING THE SUMMARY VACATION OF AN EXISTING 60 -FOOT
WIDE EASEMENT FOR ROADWAY PURPOSES AT 20392, 20402, AND 20412
BIRCH STREET (LOTS 125 AND PORTIONS OF LOTS 99 AND 126), DIRECTING
THE CITY CLERK TO RECORD SAME WITH COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE AND
APPROVE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 2014-171
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH, CALIFORNIA ORDERING THE SUMMARY VACATION OF AN
EXISTING 60 -FOOT WIDE EASEMENT FOR ROADWAY PURPOSES
AT 20392, 20402, AND 20412 BIRCH STREET (LOTS 125 AND
PORTIONS OF LOTS 99 AND 126), DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO
RECORD SAME WITH COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE AND
APPROVE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 2014-171
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach ("City"), pursuant to
Chapter 4 of the California Streets and Highways code (Sections 8330 et seg.), is
authorized to summarily vacate public easements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach has received a
request from the property owner of 20392, 20402, and 20412 Birch Street to summarily
vacate a 60 -foot wide easement for roadway purposes as shown on Parcel Map
Number 2014-171 in order for the development of the properties located at 20352,
20362, 20372, 20382, 20392, 20402, and 20412 Birch Street; and
WHEREAS, the property owner will be filing Parcel Map Number 2014-171 to
combine the existing lots into one lot and then subdividing the land for condominium
purposes in which the said summary vacation is associated with; and
WHEREAS, the County of Orange realigned Birch Street to connect with Mesa
Drive in 1997 and this portion of Birch Street along the old alignment was never vacated
by the County; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach has reviewed and
considered the various elements of the General Plan of the City of Newport Beach prior
to declaring its intent to summarily vacate the roadway easement on these properties
and has determined that the proposed summary vacation is consistent with the General
Plans; and
WHEREAS, the summarily vacated easement for roadway purposes is
unnecessary for future purposes as Birch Street was realigned to connect with Mesa
Drive; and
WHEREAS, the City has reserved a 15 -foot wide utility and sewer easement
over the old Birch Street alignment due to an existing Costa Mesa Sanitary District
sewer main;
Resolution No. 2016-19
Page 2 of 3
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby
resolves as follows:
Section 1: The recitals provided above are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 2: The City Council does hereby order that the portion of the Birch
Street right-of-way as shown on Parcel Map Number 2014-171 based on the evidence
submitted, that Birch Street was realigned to connect with Mesa Drive and that this
portion of Birch Street is unnecessary for future purposes be summarily vacated and
abandoned.
Section 3: The City Council does hereby approve Parcel Map Number 2014-
171 which is associated with the said easement vacation.
Section 4: The City Clerk is hereby directed to have this resolution recorded
by the Orange County Recorder, and that from and after the date this resolution is
recorded, the portion of the easement for roadway purposes shown in Parcel Map
Number 2014-171 shall be summarily vacated and no longer constitute an easement for
roadway purposes.
Section 5: The City Clerk is hereby directed to sign Parcel Map Number 2014-
171 which is associated with the said easement vacation.
Section 6: 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, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
Section 7: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject
to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2)
(the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section
15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly
or indirectly.
Resolution No. 2016-19
Page 3 of 3
Section 8: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 26th day of January, 2016.
Di ne B. Dixon
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
Citv Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, 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. 2016-19 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 26`" day of January, 2016, and that the
same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Peotter, Council Member Duffield, Council Member Selich,
Council Member Curry, Council Member Petros, Mayor Pro Tem Muldoon,
Mayor Dixon
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 27h day of January, 2016.
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City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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