HomeMy WebLinkAbout92-74 - Circulation Element - Master Plan of Arterial HighwaysRESOLUTION NO. 92 -74
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AFFIRMING THAT THE
CITY'S CIRCULATION ELEMENT, MASTER PLAN OF
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, IS MUTUALLY SATISFACTORY
AND GENERALLY IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COUNTY'S
MASTER PLAN OF ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS
• WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach desires to maintain and
improve the streets within its jurisdiction, including those
arterials contained in the Master Plan of Arterial Highways
(MPAH), and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is a participant in the
Orange County Combined Transportation Funding Programs ( OCCTFP);
and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has endorsed a
definition of and a process for, determining consistency of the
City's Traffic Circulation Plan with the MPAH; and
WHEREAS, OCCTFP requires each City to send annually to the
County of Orange all recommended changes to the City Circulation
Element and the county Master Plan of Arterial Highways for the
purpose of requalifying for participation in the Arterial Highway
Financing Program, Combined Road Plan Program and Measure M's
Streets and Roads Programs; and
WHEREAS, the OCCTFP requires that each city which intends
to participate in said program adopt a resolution each year,
affirming that the City's Circulation Element- Master Plan of
Streets and Highways is in conformance and compatible with the
County's Master Plan of Arterial Highways; and
WHEREAS, Title 13, Streets, Sidewalks and Public Property,
and Title 19, Subdivisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code,
protects ultimate arterial highway right -of -way; and
WHEREAS, the Circulation Element of the City's General Plan
• provides for the limitation of access to arterial highway system;
and
WHEREAS, several differences in the Master Plan of Arterial
Highways do exist in the unincorporated area adjacent to West
Newport as follows:
•
City County
Arterial Classification Classification
1.
Bluff
Rd.,
29th St.
to
17th St.
Primary
Mod.
Primary
2.
15th
St.,
Bluff Rd.
to
17th St.
Primary
Prop.
Primary
3.
15th
St.,
Monrovia
to Bluff
Primary
Prop.
Second.
4.
17th
St.,
Bluff Rd.
to
15th St.
None
Prop.
Second.
5.
17th
St.,
Placentia
to
Superior
Major
Primary
6.
17th
St.,
15th St.
to PCH
None
Prop.
Primary;
and
WHEREAS, on June 25, 1990, the City Council initiated
General Plan Amendment proceedings to consider the Santa Ana
River Mouth Local Coastal Plan proposed by the County of Orange.
A decision regarding the difference can be made when the studies
associated with the General Plan Amendment are completed; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach hereby affirms the County of Orange and
the Orange County Local Transportation Authority that:
a) The arterial highway portion of the City Circulation
Element of the City is in general conformance with the
County Master Plan of Arterial Highways.
b) The City attests that no unilateral reduction in
through lanes has been made on any MPAH arterials
during Fiscal Year 1991 -92.
c) The City has adopted a uniform setback ordinance
providing for the preservation of rights -of -way
consistent with the MPAH arterial highway
classification.
d) The City has adopted provisions for the limitation of
access to arterial highways in order to protect the
integrity of the system.
Adopted this 13th
MAYOR
,1992