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April 11, 2000
Item No. ss2
To: Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Timothy Riley, Fire and Marine Chief
Subject: Ad Hoc Harbor Committee Report
ACTION
Receive and file the written report from the Harbor Committee and decide whether to
proceed with further action.
On January 11, 1999, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 99 -2, establishing the
Harbor Committee, a citizens ad hoc advisory committee. The Committee was to act as
the advisor to the City Council on harbor issues as required: review all harbor
operations including, but not limited to, recreational, commercial and educational uses,
harbor maintenance, as well as short and long term strategic planning. They were
instructed to prepare a report to the City Council with recommendations for current
and future policy guidelines in those areas. That Resolution sets forth the composition
and duties of the committee, and also set a termination date of December 31, 1999. A
copy of that resolution and related staff report is attached for the information of the
City Council.
In December of 1999, the committee requested three additional months to complete
their report and deliver it to the City Council. That request was granted and the
committee's termination date was extended to March 31, 2000. The committee has been
very active over the past 15 months, meeting twice a month. They have worked in sub-
committees and produced the attached report titled, "Proposed Newport Beach Harbor
Element." They would like consideration for the committee to be extended another
three months until June 30, 2000.
City of Newport Beach
General Plan
Harbor and Bay Element
INTRODUCTION
There have been visions for Newport Bay ever since the steamer Vaquero entered the bay
in 1870. Over the decades, public and private initiatives exploited and improved the
resources of the Bay to create what is today one of the largest small craft harbors in the
world. The natural and manmade resources of the Bay have allowed seaports,
commercial fishing and canning, industrial shipbuilding, and, as always, recreation and
waterfront residences. While uses have ebbed and flowed over the years, few have left
entirely. Therefore, policies and programs need to be established to ensure that the
various uses of the Harbor and Bay continue to coexist.
The terms "Newport Harbor" and "Newport Bay" are often used interchangeably.
However, Newport Bay is an estuary consisting of the Lower Newport Bay (south of
Pacific Coast Highway) and the Upper Newport Bay (north of Pacific Coast Highway).
The Harbor generally refers to the all water area within Lower Newport Bay and within
the Upper Newport Bay, exclusive of the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve.
RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAW
The Harbor and Bay Element is an optional element of the General Plan under the
Government Code of the State of California, which states: "the general plan may include
any other elements or address any other subjects which, in the judgment of the legislative
body, relate to the physical development of the county or city."
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER GENERAL PLAN ELEMENTS
The Harbor and Bay Element is related to all other elements contained within the General
Plan. However, the focus of the issues and policies contained in this element is on the
uses of the Harbor and Bay and the surrounding shoreline. Therefore, there is a greater
relationship with the policies of the Land Use Element. Similarly, since this element
places an emphasis on providing open space, recreational uses, public access, there is a
direct relationship to the polices of the Recreation and Open Space Element and the
Circulation Element.
RELATIONSHIP TO THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM
The 1976 California Coastal Act was enacted to protect the natural and scenic qualities of
the California coast and to promote public access. The Coastal Act requires that each
jurisdiction with land in the Coastal Zone prepare a local coastal program. The local
coastal program is required to provide a series of policies and standards that conserve and
enhance the coastal resources within a community. The heart of the City of Newport
Beach's Local Coastal Program is the Land Use Plan, which contains policies
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concerning public access, circulation, environmentally sensitive habitats, coastal
resources, land uses, and new development in the Coastal Zone. All of these issues
directly related to the Harbor and Bay. Therefore, appropriate policies from the Local
Coastal Program Land Use Plan are reiterated or referenced in this element.
IRA
GOAL HB -1:
Maintain a balance of compatible uses of the Bay, Harbor, and shoreline while allowing
the continuation use of the following activities:
1. Water- dependent recreational activities, including boating, diving,
fishing, kayaking, rowing, and swimming.
2. Water- dependent commercial activities, including
passenger /sightseeing boats, passenger - fishing boats, boat rentals,
entertainment boats, boattship repair and maintenance, and harbor
maintenance facilities.
3. Water - enhanced commercial activities, including shopping and dining.
4. Waterfront residential communities.
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Objective
HB -1.1: Maintain water recreational activities as the primary use of the Harbor.
Policies
HB- 1.1.1: Sustain and encourage water- dependent and water - related
uses and activities as highest priority, water - enhanced uses
and activities as second priority, and non- water-
dependentlenhanced uses and activities as the lowest
priority.
HB- 1.1.2: Discourage limit changes of use that would replace existing
water - dependent and water recreational uses with non-
water- dependent and non - recreational uses within
established or stabilizing waterfront areas.
HB- 1.1.3: Provide incentives for visitor- serving compatible uses as
replacements for former water - dependent uses.
HB- 1.IA: Provide a limited number of designated public recreational
fishing docks with limited hours, separate from public
recreational docks for exclusive use by boating and water
transportation activities.
Implementation Strategies
Maintain the Recreational and Marine Commercial land use
designation and zoning district as a means of encouraging the
continuation of water - dependent, water - related, and visitor - serving
uses.
2. Develop a harbor -wide upgrade of parkinglaccess for bluebelt
zones.
3. Continue the various organized water recreational uses by the
private organizations that currently conduct events, examples being
the Sea Base, collegiate rowing clubs and yacht clubs.
4. Recognize the value of unstructured marine activities such as
swimming, kayaking and day - sailing, to ensure that participants
can enjoy the Harbor without joining organizations or participating
in organized events.
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5. Continue to coordinate -event planning through a single agency,
such as the Harbor Patrol.
Objective
HB -1.2: Continue commercial use of the Harbor in a manner that balances
commercial uses with non - commercial uses.
Policies
HB- 1.2.1: Allow Passenger /sightseeing boats, passenger fishing boats
( "day boats'), and long -term rentals to continue.
HB- 1.2.2: Allow short-term rental boats to continue with additional
measures, such as education and enforcement, to ensure
safe and law- abiding use by renters.
HB- 1.2.3: Allow entertainment boats to continue at a level compatible
with existing bay use in terms of parking, noise, bay traffic
and aesthetics.
Implementation Strategies
1. Establish guidelines for the operation of entertainment and work
boats to determine the level of compatibility in terms of numbers,
frequency, and nature of operation.
2. Provide a system of integrated permit enforcement/law
enforcement.
3. Refuse permits to operators with repeated infractions of harbor
regulations.
4. Consider elimination of, or severely limiting, temporary permits to
out -of- harbor vessels (as opposed to vessels regularly berthed and
operated in the Harbor).
5. Establish noise standards for waterborne mobile noise sources.
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Objective
HB -1.3: Provide a variety of vessel berthing and storage opportunities.
Policies
HB- 1.3.1: Recognize moorings as an important role in the provision
of low -cost access to the water.
HB- 1.3.2: Maintain, enhance, and expand marinas and dry boat
storage facilities.
HB- 1.3.3: Permit living aboard boats with restrictions on the number
at identified locations.
HB- 1.3.4: Provide anchorages in designated areas, which minimize
interference with navigation, in the Harbor and where shore
access is convenient.
HB- 13.5: Provide mooring areas with mooring equipment and
moored vessels that present a positive image of the Harbor.
HB- 1.3.6: Maintain existing guest docks and encourage addition of
guest dock capacity at City facilities and at privately
owned- marinas.
Implementation Strategies
1. Provide standards for construction and maintenance of marinas that
represent industry standards.
2. Facilitate and encourage dredging for safe storage and access to
marinas and for vessel berthing.
3. Establish and enforce an inspection scheme for boats used to live
aboard, anywhere in the Harbor.
4. Vigorously enforce the derelict boat ordinance and strengthen or
refine it to accomplish its objectives.
5. Provide a convenient and efficient center for information on
temporary mooring and guest dock availability.
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Objective
HB -1.4: Maintain and enhance existing harbor commercial uses and use
complexes and encourage new /expanded harbor- compatible
commercial use.
Policies
HB- 1.4.1: Maintain and enhance existing water - enhanced and water -
dependent commercial uses and commercial districts.
HB- 1.4.2: Encourage new commercial uses that are compatible with
the existing and desired water - enhanced and water -
dependent uses.
HB- 1.4.3: Discourage changes of use that would place dissimilar and
incompatible uses within established or
stabilized/stabilizing waterfront commercial areas.
Implementation Strategies
Identify and define the unique water - enhanced and water -
dependent characteristics and potentials of Harbor commercial
uses and commercial -use districts with design guidelines.
2. Define "Harbor Villages" and village subareas by use, activity,
compatibility, and other factors of comparable function,
appearance, and visitors /users served.
3. Provide development incentives (water access, mixed use, density
transfer, etc.) and public facility support (shared parking programs,
public parking, etc.) to existing and new uses /complexes which
most typify the Harbor nautical character and which most broadly
serve the Harbor user and visitor.
4. Analyze changes of use to prevent changes that create
incompatible uses.
5. Encourage developers to retain otherwise economically viable and
community image - establishing waterfront commercial uses, and
specific structures, where appropriate, in new projects on the
Harbor waterfront.
6. Existing and new commercial uses and commercial complexes
should be encouraged/required to provide, as a part of existing or
new development, a portion of the overall pedestrian system and
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guest/water taxi docking within their waterfrontage /permitted
water overhang. This along - waterfront access would typically
only be encouraged where a commercial use fronts on the water's
edge and where such public access does not conflict with security
or public safety aspects of the use.
Objective
HB -1.5: Maintain and enhance existing harbor marine service uses and
encourage and provide incentives for retention and expansion of these
uses.
Policies
HB- 1.5.1: Maintain and enhance existing water - dependent shipyard
uses and Harbor service uses that represent essential current
Harbor uses and activities serving the existing waterfront
uses and boating communities and visiting vessel water
tourism needs of the Harbor and City.
HB- 1.5.2: Encourage the development and operation of new Harbor
service uses and facilities.
HB- 1.5.3: Support private sector uses that provide essential
emergency and environmental enhancement functions
within the Harbor that are not conducted by public sector
agencies, or in support of public sector agencies.
HB- 1.5.4: Discourage changes of use which would replace existing
essential shipyard and Harbor service uses with non -water
dependent and non - service /emergency uses within
established or stabilized/stabilizing waterfront areas where
these uses must/can be located.
Implementation Strate¢ies
1. Identify and define the unique water- dependent characteristics and
potentials of Harbor shipyard and service uses, and establish
specific zoning and urban design controls and incentives for
retention and enhancement of these uses.
2. Provide development incentives and public infrastructure support
to existing and new shipyard and service uses.
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3. Encourage existing and new owners and operators of shipyards and
service uses to retain otherwise economically viable and essential
uses.
4. Existing and new shipyard and service uses should be encouraged
to provide detours in the waterfront pedestrian access system
where cross - bulkhead equipment operations present security or
public safety concerns.
Objective
HB -1.6: Protect waterfront residential areas from impacts from the various non-
residential uses and activities of the Harbor, Bay and shoreline
Policies
HB- 1.6.1: Maintain and enhance existing waterfront residential use
and communities and their essential and established
linkages to harbor use and access by residents in balance
with public/visitor access and use of the Harbor through
and adjacent to these residential areas.
HB- 1.6.1: Clearly define areas of permitted/non- permitted uses and
activities.
HB- 1.6.2: Discourage bayside land uses that reduce the shoreline
available for potential water - dependent and water - related
uses.
Implementation Strategies
1. Designate areas appropriate for use by the variety of Bay users.
2. Consider zoning portions of the Harbor for specified uses or
activities.
3. Adopt limitations on hours of operation for uses or activities,
which generate noise.
4. Expand City support of residential community programs of
identity, beautification, signage, safety /security, discussion forums
and media, special events, and urban design distinctiveness.
5. Provide upgraded residential community waterfront public
pedestrian ways, updated and consistent design standards and
processes and use regulations for residential piers and docks, shore
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moorings, more signage for private and public waterfront
areas /directions.
6. Develop specific land use and other controls for each waterfront
residential area, to mitigate existing and potential use conflicts and
impacts resulting from development of non - residential uses and
activities, and vice versa. Consistently review development issues.
7. Establish and enforce consistent, widely accepted, marine industry
and harbor community standards and guidelines for the use of
charter vessels providing "dinner /cocktail cruises, special event
catered and non - catered cruises ", "business and VIP cruises" and
similar activities in which the restaurant use, site and activities
serve as the docking, boarding, parking and supply base for the
vessels, passengers, crews, and supply. To establish limits and
procedures for accommodating and operating such vessels and
activities on the waterfront and in the Harbor.
8. Establish and enforce consistent, widely- accepted, scientifically -
based standards of sound/noise and light/glare control and timing
of operations for restaurants and their outdoor operations and (if
present) their charter vessel operations which will enable
compatible use of these facilities with adjacent residential areas of
the community.
9. Establish special operating conditions for special events such as
the Christmas Boat Parade and other activities that are infrequent
and uniquely essential to the Newport Beach community.
GOAL HB -2:
Maintain and enhance public access to the water and waterfront.
Objective
HB -2.1: Improve and extend public pedestrian, vehicular, and boat access.
Policies
HB- 2.1.1: Expand and improve existing public waterfront
access and water -uses access which provide
important links to waterfront uses such as beaches,
small vessel launching facilities, public docks, and
other similar public water uses.
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HB- 2.1.2: Provide a single major public pedestrian space
which can be identified as the identity and activity
"center" of Newport Harbor public access and use
for special events at the Harbor's water edge.
HB- 2.1.3: Encourage the expanded development of existing
and new private waterfront public pedestrian access
systems and facilities such as waterfront
boardwalks, links between waterfronts and public
sidewalks on adjacent streets, increased access to
water activities, uses, transportation, etc.
HB- 2.1.4: Encourage private construction of such public
waterfront pedestrian connections and areas in a
system of access around the Harbor perimeter,
where practicable.
HB- 2.1.5: Provide additional public waterfront parks and
adjacent upland recreational opportunities that
expand and reduce shortage of existing facilities.
HB- 2.1.6: Increase the number and availability of day use and
overnight dockage with bathroom facilities within
the Harbor both by public and private provided
facilities.
HB- 2.1.7: Provide access to the Harbor for boaters via trailer
launch ramps and boat hoists commercial landing
facilities, and organized recreational boating launch
facilities.
HB- 2.1.8: Provide adequate access to offshore and onshore
moorings with dinghy faunch, dinghy storage, and
parking facilities within the Harbor.
HB- 2.1.9: Provide new and improved facilities and services
for visiting vessels, including public mooring and
docking facilities, dinghy docks, guest dockage,
club guest docks.
HB- 2.1.10: Encourage development of a Harbor -wide water
taxi service with boarding docks at key locations.
HB- 2.1.11: Improve access to the shore for anchorages and
mooring areas and access to parking facilities for
mooring permittees.
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Implementation Strategies
1. Prepare and adopt Harbor access guidelines describing
potential public and private (and joint public /private) elements
of a Harbor -wide access system, and linkages to parking and
public transportation system.
2. In conjunction with existing and new waterfront access,
encourage the provision of linkages to public and private
parking and supplemental land and water transportation
systems.
3. Provide a comprehensive system of directional and
informational signage for the Harbor pedestrian access system
and related parking and land and water transportation facilities.
Objective
HB -2.2: Maintain and enhance existing harbor public water transportation;
encourage and provide incentives for expansion of these uses and land
support facilities.
Policies
HB- 2.2.1: Maintain and enhance existing water transportation uses
and their support facilities that provide important public
transportation services linking the Harbor with other
resort and tourism destinations and providing cross -
Harbor service. Preference should be given to the
existing water- dependent uses of this type which are
located in the Harbor, and which cannot operate
without adequate and appropriate land parking areas,
vehicular and pedestrian access and docking and
navigability access.
HB- 2.2.2: Encourage the expanded development and improved
operation of existing and new public and private water
transportation systems and facilities (vessels, docks,
waiting areas, pedestrian access, parking, etc) which
provide a diversity of coastal and in- harbor water
transportation choices.
HB- 2.2.3: Encourage additional public and private docks to serve
only water transportation uses and activities.
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Implementation Strategies
Identify and define the unique water - dependent characteristics
and potentials of Harbor water transportation uses, and
establish guidelines and incentives for retention and
enhancement of these uses and their necessary land and water
equipment and facilities.
2. Provide development incentives (water access/ new docking,
land area for facilities, parking, etc.) and public agency support
(parking, pedestrian walks, signage, etc.) to existing and new
water transportation uses which serve the local community,
tourism visitor, and groups with special needs.
3. Provide land use and development controls and restrictions
limiting potential changes of use in established Harbor water
transportation uses. These controls and restrictions should not
permit a significant change of use representing an isolated,
incompatible or "spot- zoned" change within an existing
established or otherwise stabilizing water- enhanced/water-
dependent transportation use area. This is not intended to
restrict change of use when the transportation use is no longer
economically viable or is obsolete or replaced elsewhere.
4. Encourage existing and new owners and operators of water
transportation uses to retain otherwise economically viable and
essential uses.
Objective
HB -2.3: Provide access to the Harbor and for youth and educational
purposes.
Policy
HB- 2.3.1: Encourage the maintenance and enhancement of
facilities that provide youth programs and boating
educational programs.
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GOAL HB -3:
Maintain and enhance the water quality and natural aquatic habitat Newport Harbor and
the Back Bay.
Objective
HB -3.1: Protect, preserve and enhance the water, natural wildlife and plant -
life in and around Upper and Lower Newport Bay.
Policies
HB- 3.1.1: Protect and enhance the Upper Newport Bay
Ecological Reserve.
HB- 3.1.2: Ensure that the water quality in Newport Bay meets
recreational standards for human body contact and
also sustain marine life.
HB- 3.1.3: Promote cooperative programs with other cities, the
county and resource agencies to determine
necessary programs, regulations and funding to
sustain/maintain the Bay and water quality.
HB- 3.1.4: Provide opportunities for visual interaction and
educational opportunities for appreciation and
protection of the wildlife and plant -life of the Upper
Bay.
Implementation Strategies
1. Actively promote and pursue all legislative avenues needed for
protection and funding of the resources of the Bay.
2. Actively enforce local and Federal water quality requirements
from both point and non -point sources.
3. Actively participate in regional programs designed to insure
management of the watershed of Newport Bay consistent with
Best Management Practices (BMP's) by all communities in the
watershed.
4. Participate in the Newport Bay Watershed planning activities
to promote upstream management of pollutants to the Bay and
sedimentation.
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GOAL HB -4:
Preserve and enhance the character and historical resources of the Harbor and the Bay.
Objective
HB -4.1: Maintain and enhance the image of Newport Harbor by preserving
its variety of beach/bulkhead profiles.
Policies
HB- 4.1.1: Balance private property rights, harbor hydraulic
and coastal processes and harbor aesthetics with
other policies when considering application for
bulkhead permits.
HB- 4.1.2: Bulkheads shall be designed to protect the character
of the existing beach profile.
Objective
BB-4.2: Maintain the characteristics and use of Historic Newport Harbor
and Bay.
Policy
HB- 4.2.1: Retain and encourage enhancement of unique
buildings, building complexes, uses, and activity
centers which have served as recognized "icons" in
the physical development/appearance and cultural
history of the Harbor, and which serve to portray,
communicate and sustain a "living history" of the
Harbor and the marine environment.
Implementation StrateQv
Identify areas or buildings representative of the history of Newport
Harbor, and encourage their preservation when feasible.
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GOAL HB -5:
Provide for the ongoing administration and maintenance of the Harbor and Bay.
Objective
HB -5.1: Provide the capability within the Harbor to locate water - dependent
harbor maintenance equipment and facilities with harbor access.
Policies
HB- 5.1.1: Provide harbor access for harbor maintenance
equipment and facilities, including dredging, dock
demolition, repair and construction, mooring
services, and general harbor construction,
maintenance and repair.
HB- 5.1.2: Work with other controlling agencies within the
Harbor, and/or the Bay, to define an area that can
support harbor maintenance facilities and
equipment.
HB- 5.1.3: Utilize, or establish, and enforce consistently,
government and marine industry standards and
guidelines for the operation and environmental
controls of such uses and activities. To establish
procedures and public /private cooperation and
communication for the emergency use of these
facilities and equipment in advance of flood, storm,
pollution, vessel sinking, and other events, and to
implement these procedures from these uses as
"emergency bases of operations" supplementing
public agency safety and rescue bases and
equipment.
Objective
HB -5.2: Maintain and enhance navigation channels, public and private
vessel berthing areas and sand beaches.
Policies
HB- 5.2.1: Maintain public Bay beaches through sand
replenishment programs to the fullest extent
possible for the enjoyment and safety of the general
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public and harbor residents, and for the protection
of existing structures.
HB- 5.2.2: Pursue means of sand retention (versus sand
replenishment) when possible and cost effective,
with minimum disruption to beach continuity and
visual aesthetics.
HB- 5.2.3: Maintain adequate dredged depths for safe boat
navigation and berthing.
implementation Strategies
1. Establish a comprehensive program for the monitoring and
replenishment of beaches, including the identification of cost -
effective sources of sand of sufficient quality to produce a
stable beach profile.
2. Analyze the need for groins on a case by case basis, with
consideration to cost - effectiveness, environmental and visual
impacts, and alternative methods of sand retention.
3. Prioritize and establish financial responsibility for dredging
projects.
4. Establish an efficient inter- agency system for the funding and
permitting dredging projects.
Objective
HB -5.3: Provide better coordination between the City, County, and State
and Federal agencies having regulatory authority in the Harbor and
Bay.
Policies
HB- 5.3.1: Establish a coordinated single source of information
source and point of contact and a single reference
document for all Harbor and Bay regulatory,
permitting, and enforcement information and
processes.
HB- 5.3.2: Coordinate and update all planning, design,
engineering, and environmental criteria, standards,
requirements and processes.
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Implementation Strategies
1. Require the Harbor Patrol, as part of its administration of
Moorings, to develop guidelines for visitor information,
promotion and development of guest docks, anchorages,
hospitality, etc.
2. Establish guidelines to educate residents, visitors, and users of
the Harbor on the regulations, benefits, attractions and history
of the Harbor plus environmental protection measures
necessary to the quality of the Bay.
Objective
HB -5.4: Balance harbor revenues, expenses, transfer between funds or
government entities and subsidies as related to each activity.
Policies
HB- 5.4.1: Receive a fair return from all tideland users to
recapture all City investment, services and
management costs.
HB- 5.4.2: Provide alternative and supplemental funding,
including grants and loans for boater safety,
education, maintenance, and capital improvements
of the Harbor.
Implementation Strategy
Provide periodic accounting of City costs and revenues associated
with operation of tidelands areas and facilities by use category.
Objective
HB -5.5: Promote Newport Harbor and its amenities to the public consistent
with the goals for the Harbor environment and its users.
Policy
HB- 5.5.1: Promote and market Newport Harbor to the widest
possible audience to promote uses compatible with
existing residential uses, the Harbor users,
environmental constraints and practical capacity
limits.
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Implementation Strategy
Generate a Newport Harbor marketing plan aimed at maximizing
the revenue to the city and businesses consistent with the goals for
the Harbor environment and its users, namely residential,
commercial, and recreational.
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GLOSSARY
Anchorage Area. Any portion of Newport Harbor which has been so designated
pursuant to law, and approved by the Federal Government.
Berth. The place where a ship lies when at anchor or at a wharf.
Live - aboard. Any person who uses a vessel assigned to an offshore mooring (other than a
guest mooring) as a domicile as that term is defined in Section 200 of the Elections Code
of the State of California.
Mooring. Any appliance used to secure a vessel in Newport Harbor, other than a pier,
which is not carried aboard such vessel as regular equipment when under way.
Motorboat. Any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is the
principal source of propulsion, but shall not include a vessel which has a valid marine
document issued by the Bureau of Customs of the United States Government or any
federal agency successor thereto.
Newport Bay. All water area within Lower Newport Bay and Upper Newport Bay,
including all of the area bayward of the bulkhead lines or, if no bulkhead lines have been
established, bayward of the line of mean high tide.
Newport Bav, Lower. The area of Newport Bay south of Pacific Coast Highway.
Newport Bav, Upper. The area of Newport Bay north of Pacific Coast Highway.
Newport Harbor. All water within the Newport Bay, exclusive of the Upper Newport
Bay Ecological Reserve.
Pier. Any fixed or floating structure for securing vessels, loading or unloading persons
or property, or providing access to the water, and includes wharf, dock, float, any other
landing facility, and floating dry docks.
Pier, Commercial. A pier with multiple slips or floats which are rented or leased to boat
owners, including any pier used in connection with apartments, marinas, and yacht clubs.
For purposes of this chapter, multiple piers which are adjacent to a lot or parcel of land
occupied by a multi - family dwelling or dwelling units, and structures over the waters of
Newport Harbor that are business or income generating in nature shall be deemed
commercial.
Pier, Non - commercial. A pier used for private recreational purposes by the owner or
occupant(s) of the abutting upland property without payment of a separate rental or lease
fee.
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Turning Basin. That portion of any channel which has been so designated pursuant to
law and approved by the Federal Government, for the purpose of permitting vessels to
rum around or permitting their course or direction to be altered therein.
Vessel. Watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water,
except the following:
A. A seaplane on the water.
B. A watercraft specifically designed to operate on a permanently fixed
course, the movement of which is restricted to or guided on such
permanently fixed course by means of a mechanical device on a fixed
track or arm to which the watercraft is attached or by which the watercraft
is controlled, or by means of a mechanical device attached to the
watercraft itself.
Water Dependent Use. Those uses that are tied to and require water, including fishing
and other vessel rental and charter, water transportation, water public safety and
enforcement, marinas, boatyards, yacht/sailing/boating/fishing clubs, watersports
instructional and educational facilities, public and guest docking facilities and landside
support uses, dredging, marine construction and harbor service and maintenance uses and
related equipment.
Water Related Use. Those uses that relate to but do not require water, including nautical
museums, bait and tackle shops, boat charter, rental, sales, storage, construction and/or
repair, marine- related retail sales, and marine - related industry.
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January 25, 1999
Council Agenda
Item
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Timothy Riley, Fire and Marine Chief
SUBJECT: Appointments by the City Council to the Ad Hoc Harbor Committee
BACKGROUND:
At the meeting of January 11, 1999, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 99 -2
approving the creation of the Ad Hoc Harbor Committee for a period of one year. The
enabling resolution provides that the committee shall consist of 13 private citizens
nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.
RECOMMENDATION:
Confirm the Mayor's nomination of the following private citizens as follows:
1.
Mike Whitehead
2.
Darryl Lundrum
3.
John Corrough
4.
Lee Sutherland
5.
Gary Hill
6.
Tim Collins
7.
Clive Towndrow
8.
Seymour Beek
9.
Tom Houston
10.
Mark Sites
11.
Dave New
12.
Bill Mountford
13.
Ralph Rodhiem
Once confirmed, the private citizens will serve on the committee until December 31,1999.
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RESOLUTION NO. 99- 2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING THE AD HOC
HARBOR COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS, Newport Harbor is the major element establishing the unique
attractiveness of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to maintain now, and in the future, the
recreational and scenic qualities of Newport Harbor and assure that its operations do
not impact the unique attractiveness of Newport Harbor; and
WHEREAS,. the City Council deems it desirable to appoint an Advisory
Committee to the City Council to make recommendations on any matter pertaining to
the operations of Newport Harbor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVr,D by the Cit�j Cotscil o= ne Ci y of
Newport Beach that:
1. The Ad Hoc Harbor Committee is created, and the mernbership, ter l :sd
duties of the Committee shall be as follows:
A. Membership: The Committee shall consist of thirteen (13) private
citizens, nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the;,City Council. The Fire and
Marine Chief, assigned members of the Planning Department, and the Assistant to the
City Manager shall provide staff assistance to the Committee.
B. Officers: The Committee shall have a chair and vice - chair, each of
whom will be selected by the Committee.
C. Meeting Times: The Committee shall meet once a month or as
determined by the Committee.
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D. Term: The term of each private citizen member of the Committee
shall be from January It to December 31st, provided, however, the term of those citizens
first appointed to the Committee shall continue from date of appointment through to
December 31, 1999. The term of each private citizen member of the Committee may be
renewed at the pleasure of the City Council upon the recommendation of the
appointing member.
E. Termination: The Committee shall terminate in one year. In
October 1999, the City Council shall review the activities of the Committee and
determine if .any.changes should be made to the terms of this Resolution.
F-. DutiesfPuroose. The Committee shall act as the advisor to the City
Council on harbor issues as required. The Committee shall review all harbor operations
including, but not limited to, recreational, commercial and educational uses, harbor
maintenance, as well as short and long term strategic planning. Prior to its to a ination
the Committee shall prepare a report to the City Council with recorr nendaLiors for
current and future policy guidelines in these areas.
The Committee is empowered to submit recomanendations to the City
Council on methods and ways of educating the boating industry, the public, and
impacted groups on issues effecting harbor operations.
ADOPTED, this 11th day of January, 1999.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFOR.N A }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARELESS, 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. 99-2, 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 11th
day of January, 1999, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Adams, Glover, Thomson, Debay, Ridgeway, Noyes, Mayor O Neil
Noes:
None
:Absent- <;<
None -
Abstain:
None
IN'VVITYESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my na-ne and af=ed the
official seal of said City, this 121h day of January, 1999.
(Seal)
City Clerk of the City of
Newport Beach, California
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