HomeMy WebLinkAbout9411 - General Plan Amendments 78-1B & 78-1CRESOLUTION NO. 9411
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
• OF NEWPORT BEACH ACCEPTING THE NEGATIVE
DECLARATION AND APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE
LAND USE, RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND CIRCULATION
ELEMENTS OF THE NEWPORT BEACH GENERAL PLAN
(AMENDMENT NOS. 78 -1 -B and 78 -1 -C)
WHEREAS, Section 707 of the Charter of the City of
Newport Beach provides that the City Council, upon recommendation
by the Planning Commission, may amend the General Plan, or any
part thereof; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan of the City of Newport Beach
contains the Land Use, Residential Growth and Circulation
Elements which will serve as a guide for the future planning
and development of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has held a public
hearing at which time it considered certain amendments to the
Land Use, Residential Growth and Circulation Elements and
adopted Resolution No. 1012, recommending to the City Council
certain changes in said elements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that
the proposed amendments will not have a significant effect on
the environment and desires to accept a Negative Delcaration
prepared for said General Plan Amendment,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
hereby accepts the Negative Declaration on General Plan Amend-
ment Nos. 78 -1 -B and 78 -1 -C.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following described
amendments to the General Plan be adopted as follows:
• 78 -1 -B: An amendment to the Land Use and Residential
Growth Elements to designate a 2.3 acre parcel, adjacent
to the Newport Terrace development (former City Dump site)
and currently in the City of Costa Mesa, for "medium-
density residential," setting a maximum number of dwellings
on the site at twelve dwelling units, and in favor of
annexation of the subject property to the City of Newport
• Beach.
78 -1 -C: An amendment to the Land Use, Residential
Growth and Circulation Elements as follows:
1. A revision in the text of the Land Use and
Residential Growth Elements to prohibit resub-
divisions in the Cliff Haven area which would
result in lots smaller than the average or
typical lot in that area, to be added at Page 21
of the Residential Growth Element as follows:
"5) In all residential zones in the Cliff
Haven area, any resubdivision which would
result in lots smaller than the average or
typical lot shall be prohibited, so as to
preserve the scale and character of resi-
dential development in that neighborhood.
The zoning shall be amended accordingly."
2. Amend the Master Plan of Streets and Highway
to incorporate housekeeping revisions pertaining
to Coast Highway, Superior Avenue, and Balboa
Boulevard in the West Newport area, which are
as follows:
(a) Show the proposed realignment of
Superior Avenue at the intersection with
Coast Highway on the Master Plan of Streets
and Highways.
(b) Amend the Master Plan to show the exten-
sion of Balboa Boulevard north of Coast
Highway shifted to a more westerly alignment.
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(c) Page 6. of the Circulation Element,
paragraph 2, to be amended to read as follows:
"2. Coast Highway between Santa
Ana River and Newport Boulevard. The
future 24 -foot minimum widening of
Coast Highway between the Santa Ana
River and 59th Street will be on the
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southerly side; and from 59th
Street to Newport Boulevard, the
widening will be on the northerly
side. Additional widening beyond
the 24 -foot minimum will be required
at intersections to provide for
turning lanes."
(d) Delete the proposed alignment of Coast
Highway northerly of Newport Shores from the
Master Plan of Streets and Highways.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no action be taken on
proposed General Plan Amendment 78 -1 -A and those portions of
General Plan Amendment 78 -1 -C which deal with the General
Plan review of the large undeveloped sites within the City of
Newport Beach which are dependent on the results of the traffic
model. Further, no further consideration will be given to
the proposed down zoning of the Newport Heights R -2 District.
ADOPTED this 14th
ATTEST:
City Clerk
4C-RIW-12 S THE CMIGIIdA!
ERK OF THE CITY OF Oa BEAC61
AUG 1 7 1978
DATE, ......... . ............ _ ................ _ ........
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day of August , 1978.
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