HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-18 - Extending the Expiration Date of the Ad Hoc Municipal Code and Council Policy Review Committee to June 30, 2024RESOLUTION NO. 2023-18
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING THE
EXPIRATION DATE OF THE AD HOC MUNICIPAL CODE
AND COUNCIL POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE TO JUNE
30, 2024
WHEREAS, Section 200 of the Charter of the City of Newport Beach ("Charter")
vests the City Council with the authority to make and enforce all laws, rules and
regulations with respect to municipal affairs subject only to the restrictions and limitations
contained in the Charter and the State Constitution, and the power to exercise, or act
pursuant to any and all rights, powers, and privileges or procedures granted or prescribed
by any law of the State of California;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested by the Charter, the City Council has
enacted ordinances with respect to municipal affairs which are set forth in the Newport
Beach Municipal Code ("NBMC");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in the City Council by the Charter,
the City Council has adopted official polices to provide guidelines and procedures
governing the conduct of City business in conformity with the Charter and NBMC
("Council Policies");
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the importance of periodically reviewing
and updating the NBMC and Council Policies to ensure that the NBMC maintains
relevancy, brevity, and coherency for the benefit of the people of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution 2022-
58, creating the Ad Hoc Municipal Code and Council Policy Review Committee
("Committee"), consisting of three (3) Council members appointed by the Mayor and
confirmed by the entire City Council, for the purpose of reviewing the NBMC and Council
Policies and submitting back to the City Council by June 30, 2023, recommendations
concerning: (1) deleting or reducing language, and (2) the advisability of applying sunset
provisions for new and existing code provisions;
WHEREAS, Resolution 2022-58 provided an expiration date for the Committee
of June 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to extend the expiration date to June
30, 2024.
Resolution No. 2023-18
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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council hereby extends the expiration date of the
Committee to June 30, 2024, unless terminated sooner by action of the City Council.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
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, 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 4: 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, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
Resolution No. 2023-18
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Section 5: 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 11th day of April, 2023-
ATTEST:
Leilani I. Brown t�
City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aaron C. arp
City Att ney
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; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2023-18 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 111h day of April, 2023; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Noah Blom, Council Member Brad Avery, Council Member Robyn Grant,
Council Member Lauren Kleiman, Council Member Joe Stapleton, Council Member
Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tern Will O'Neill
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 12th day of April, 2023.
Leilani I. Brown '
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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