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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20 - Greenlight Consultant ReportAgenda Item 20 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY JULY 25, 2000 TO: Mayor & Members of the City Council FROM: Robert Burnham, City Attorney RE: Greenlight/Consultant Report On February 28, 2000, the City retained the Planning Center to prepare a report on Greenlight (Planning Center Report). The Planning Center Report evaluates each general plan amendment approved by the City Council from November 1990 to date. The Planning Center Report evaluates each amendment in terms of any increase or decrease in density, intensity and traffic. The Planning Center Report and a staff report prepared by the Planning Director and Assistant City Manager (June 27 report) were submitted to the City Council at the June 27 meeting. According to the June 27 report, the purposes of the Planning Center Report were: "1. To assess which of the City's Statistical Areas had already reached the thresholds to require any General Plan request to be submitted to the voters under the prior ten -year cumulative provisions of the initiative. 2. To identify which, if any, General Plan amendments approved by the City in the last ten years would have required submittal to the voters if the initiative provisions had been in effect at the time." The June 27 report concluded that 18 amendments approved by the City Council from November 1990 to date would have required voter approval if Greenlight had been effective in November 1990 and no amendments had been approved during the preceding ten (10) years. The Planning Center Report and the June 27 report also concluded that Greenlight would, for varying periods of time depending on the date of approval of prior amendments, require voter approval of any substantive amendment in six Statistical Areas. Discussion of the Planning Center Report was continued to July 11 because of the length of the Dunes hearing and comments on the accuracy of the report. The staff report prepared for that meeting (July 11 report) concluded Greenlight would have required only 11 elections. Greenlight proponents and opponents have expressed disagreement with the conclusions in the July 11 report. The matter was referred to this office for analysis. DISCUSSION Greenlight Voter Approval Thresholds and Cumulative Provisions The provisions of Greenlight that are relevant to this memo, the Planning Center Report, the June 27 staff report and the July 11 staff report read as follows: "Voter approval is required for any major amendment to the Newport Beach General Plan. A "major amendment" is one that significantly increases the maximum amount of traffic that allowed uses could generate, or significantly increases allowed density or intensity. "Significantly increases" means over 100 peak hour trips (traffic), or over 100 dwelling units (density), or over 40,000 square feet of floor area (intensity); these thresholds shall apply to the total of: 1) increases resulting from the amendment itself, plus 2) Eighty percent of the increases resulting from other amendments affecting the same neighborhood and adopted within the preceding ten years. "Other amendments" does not include those approved by the voters. "Neighborhood" shall mean a Statistical Area as shown in the Land Use Element of the General Plan, page 89, in effect from 1988 to 1998, and new Statistical Areas created from time to time for land subsequently annexed to the City." Greenlight also states that "the city council is encouraged to adopt guidelines to implement the foregoing amendment to the City Charter of the City of Newport Beach following public notice and public hearing, provided that any such guidelines shall be consistent with the amendment and its purposes and findings." The adoption or amendment of Greenlight "guidelines" requires six affirmative votes. For purposes of this memo and the exhibits, the three thresholds (traffic, density or intensity) that trigger the voter approval requirement of Greenlight are individually referred to as a "threshold ", "specific threshold" or, in some cases as the "traffic threshold ", "density threshold" or "intensity threshold." The three thresholds are collectively referred to as the "voter approval thresholds." The language in Greenlight that adds "increases" from a proposed amendment to "Eighty percent of the increases resulting from other amendments within the preceding ten years" is referred to as the "Cumulative Provision." Elections Required if Greenlight Effective in November 1990 Greenlight proponent Allan Beek (Beek) contends that 15 elections would have been required had Greenlight been in effect in November 1990, not the 18 suggested by the Planning Center Report or the 11 suggested by the July 11 report (See Exhibit A — prepared by Beek). This office has prepared a chart (Exhibit B) that (1) lists the amendments we believe would, or could be argued to, have required voter approval; and (2) provides the basis for voter approval as well as any assumption that may have been a factor in the differing conclusions referenced above. Exhibits A and B are in agreement except for the Bonita Canyon Annexation. One reason for the conclusion that Greenlight would have required voter approval of 18 amendments was the assumption that 80% of any increase in traffic, density and intensity attributable to each amendment in a statistical area should be considered for purposes of the Cumulative Provision. This assumption failed to account for the fact that Greenlight exempts "voter approved" amendments from the Cumulative Provisions. Greenlight would have required voter approval of some of the amendments that staff counted for purposes of assessing the impact of prior amendments in each Statistical Area. For example, the Planning Center Report concludes that GPA 91 -2 (407 Bolsa) would have been subject to electoral approval because 80% of the density, intensity and traffic of a prior amendment (GPA 92 -1(C) - Old Newport Blvd Specific Plan) in the same Statistical Area exceeds all three voter approval thresholds. However, GPA 92 -1(C) would have required voter approval so any increase in density, intensity or traffic attributable to that amendment is excluded for purposes of the Cumulative Provision. Accordingly, Greenlight would not require voter approval of GPA 91 -2. Staff made other assumptions that affect the number of elections that would have been required if Greenlight had been effective in November 1990. On advice from this office, the Planning Center and staff did not count amendments that reduced peak hour trips. For example, the One Ford Road Project (GPA 93 -2A — 1,330,000 square feet of commercial changed to 500 DU) resulted in an overall reduction of more than 1100 trips. However, after further review, we believe that a valid argument can be made that Greenlight requires voter approval of amendments that exceed the density threshold or intensity threshold but reduce peak hour trips. Statistical Areas Where 80% of Prior Amendments Exceed a Voter Approval Threshold This office concurs with the conclusions in the Planning Center Report regarding the six Statistical Areas in which 80% of prior amendments exceed one or more of the specific thresholds. We have prepared a chart (Exhibit C) that identifies the six Statistical Areas as well as the date of the relevant prior amendment and the specific threshold that was exceeded. We have identified the specific thresholds that have been exceeded because Greenlight can be interpreted so that voter approval is required only if an amendment (1) increases a specific threshold that has been exceeded; or (2) increases traffic, density or intensity so that the amendment, plus 80% of prior amendments, exceeds a specific threshold. For example, voter approval may not be required of an amendment to add ten (10) dwelling units (density) to a Statistical Area in which only the intensity threshold has been exceeded unless the additional trips would, when added to 80% of the traffic from prior amendments, exceed the traffic threshold. Here is what would have happened ifGreenlight had been in effect for the last ten years, and the City Council had decided to start with a clean slate--- not accumulating anything from before 1990. • Threshold 100 40,000 100 John Douglas's raw data Area GPA Name - - - -- 100° /a-- 800/ - -- Vote? D.U. Sqft Trips D.U. T,,, Sgft Tum Trips Taal B5 91 -3A 3008 -3012 W. Balboa Blvd. 3 -5,500 -13 2 0 0 88 -2E St. James Church 0 6,504 -20 0 2 5,203 3.203 0 97 -3A 3312 -3336 Via Lido -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 - 11,573 -24 10 12 0 3,203 0 Dl 98 -1A Bay Shores Inn -2 2,100 1 0 1,680 1 D3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94 -1D Central Balboa Specific Plan 40 0 0 32 0 0 95 -1E Ebell Club 4 4,200 0 3 35 0 0 E3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 89 -2H Balboa Island Fire Station 0 2,275 14 0 1,820 11 Hl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 92 -1C OldNwpt Blvd Specific Plan 147 50,339 154 Vote Vote Vote Yes J1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 95 -2E Lutheran Church 0 30,000 22 0 24,000 18 J6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 89 -2A Birch/Mesa properties 4 25,214 35 0 20,171 28 Kl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 92 -2C Newport Landing Sr. Housing 120 0 0 Vote Yes L1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 91 -1C Library Exchange 0 15,000 106 Vote Yes 93 -2D Family Fitness Center 0 3,805 16 0 3,044 13 • 94 -1B Edwards Theater 0 31,598 63 0 25,278 2022 50 1 94 -1A Granville Apartments 0 5,000 8 0 4,000 32,322 6 6, 94 -213 Fashion Island Expansion 0 266,000 995 Vote 32,322 Vote 69 Yes 95 -2C Corona del Mar Plaza 0 5,000 23 0 4,000 36,322 18 87 97 -31) Four Seasons Hotel 0 59,436 42 Vote 36,3= 97 Yes 99 -2E Newport Sports Collection 0 1,000 2 0 800 37,122 2 s9 L2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 91 -3C Texaco Station 0 300 29 0 240 23 L3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93 -3B Pac Tel - Dahn Mini - storage 0 90,600 -46 Vote Yes 93 -2A Aeronutronic to residential 500 - 1,331,000 -1,145 Vote Yes 95 -1D Fletcher Jones 0 88,000 560 Vote Vote Yes 96- 1 B Temple Daughter of the Sea 0 40,000 126 Vote Yes 96 -3E Dahn Mini- storage II 0 86,000 22 Vote Yes L4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 90 -3A Sheraton Hotel 0 - 87,638 45 0 0 36 93 -2E Pascal's Restaurant 0 1,080 8 0 864 g6, 6 a 98 -1B 1401 Dove 0 26,122 41 0 20,898 24762 33 75 98 -1C HEV/Lennar 0 149,122 17 Vote 21,762 75 Yes 98 -3B 1300 Dove 0 2,350 4 0 1,880 1,12 3 78 97 -3E Pacific Club 0 15,000 65 MM2 Vote 79 Yes! 99 -2A Extended Stay America 0 17,890 -2,248 Vote 23,6,2 79 Yes! . M3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94 -1F Pacific View Memorial Park 0 99- 1 E Harbor Day School 0 113,680 42,822 0 0 Vote Vote Yes Yes Amendments not shown give insignificant 80% totals (that is, less than 1116 of threshold). EXHIBIT A (Revised 07- 20-00) CITY ATTORNEY LIST OF GREENLIGHT ELECTIONS SA GPA PROJECT VOTER APPROVAL THRESHOLDS VOTER REQUIRED /REASON Densit Intensity Traffic H7 92 -1C Old Newport Blvd SP 147 50,339 154 YES /EXCEEDS ALL THRESHOLDS K1 92 -2C Newport Landing Sr. Hsg. 120 0 0 YES /EXCEEDS DENSITY THRESHOLD Ll 91 -1C Library Exchange 0 15,000 106 YES /EXCEEDS TRAFFIC THRESHOLD 94 -2B Fashion Island Expansion 0 266,000 995 YES /EXCEEDS INTENSITY & TRAFFIC 97 -31) Four Seasons Hotel 0 59,436 42 YESIEXCEEDS INTENSITY THRESHOLD L3 93 -3B Pac- Tel —Dahn MiniStorag 0 90,600 (46) YESIEXCEEDS INTENSITY THRESHOLD 93 -2A Aeronutronic to Residential 500 - 1,331,000 (1145) YESIEXCEEDS DENSITY THRESHOLD 95 -1D FletcherJones 0 88,000 560 YESIEXCEEDS INTENSITY &TRAFFIC 96-1B Temple Bat Yahm 40,000 126 YESIEXCEEDS TRAFFIC THRESHOLD 96 -3E Dahn Mini-Storage II 0 86,000 22 YESIEXCEEDS INTENSITY THRESHOLD L4 98 -1C HEV /Lennar 0 149,122 17 YESIEXCEEDS INTENSITY THRESHOLD 97 -3E Pacific Club 0 15,000 65 YES /CUMULATIVE PROVISIONITRAFFIC 99 -2A Extended Stay America 0 17,890 (2248) YES /CUMULATIVE PROVISION /INTENSITY M3 94 -1 F Pacific View Memorial Park 0 113,680 0 YESIEXCEEDS INTENSITY THRESHOLD 99 -1E Harbor Day School 0 42,822 0 YES /EXCEEDS INTENSITY THRESHOLD M6 97 -2 Bonita Canyon Annexation 1521 55,000 1166 YES /EXCEEDS ALL THRESHOLDS 1. ELECTION REQUIRED IF ASSUME GREENLIGHT APPLIES TO AN AMENDMENT THAT INCREASES FLOOR AREA BUT REDUCES TRIPS BECAUSE THE SUBSTITUTED USE GENERATES FAR FEWER PEAK HOUR TRIPS. 2. ELECTION REQUIRED IF ASSUME GREENLIGHT APPLIES TO AN AMENDMENT THAT INVOLVES A CONVERSION FROM ONE LAND USE TYPE TO ANOTHER THAT RESULTS IN A REDUCTION IN PEAK HOUR TRIPS. 3. ELECTION REQUIRED IF ASSUME GREENLIGHT APPLIES TO AN AMENDMENT THAT, WHEN ADDED TO PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS, EXCEEDS THE INTENSITY VOTER APPROVAL THRESHOLD EVEN THOUGH AMENDMENT RESULTS IN A REDUCTION IN PEAK HOUR TRIPS. 4. ELECTION REQUIRED IF ASSUME THAT GREENLIGHT APPLIES TO ANNEXATIONS AND THAT THE DENSITY, INTENSITY AND TRAFFIC RESULTING FROM AN AMENDMENT IS MEASURED AGAINST NEWPORT BEACH GENERAL PLAN NOT THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF IRVINE. WHEN MEASURED AGAINST IRVINE GENERAL PLAN THE AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE REDUCED DENSITY, TRAFFIC AND INTENSITY. EXHIBIT B Statistical Areas Where 80% of the Traffic, Density or Intensity of General Plan Amendments Exceed One or More Greenlight Thresholds Statistical Amendment That Date Amendment Type of Threshold Area Exceeded Threshold Approved (And Most Recent Date Threshold Exceeded) H1 Old Newport Boulevard 3/24/97 All Thresholds (GPA 92 -1(C)) L1 Fashion Island Expansion 11/14/94 Traffic Threshold (GPA 94 -2(B)) Four Seasons Hotel 6/22/98 Intensity Threshold (GPA 97 -3(D)) L3 Dahn Mini - Storage II 3/24/97 Intensity Threshold (GPA 96 -3(A)) Temple Bat Yahm 8/26/96 Traffic Threshold (GPA 96 -1(B)) Ford Aeroneutronic 7/10/95 Density Threshold (GPA 93 -2(A)) L4 Pacific Club 12/13/99 Traffic Threshold (GPA 97 -3(E)) HEV /Lennar 1/25/99 Intensity Threshold (GPA 98 -1(C)) M3 Pacific View Memorial 6/12/95 Intensity Threshold (GPA 94 -1(F)) M6 Bonita Canyon Annexation 11/10/97 All Thresholds* (GPA 97 -2) * Assumes that Greenlight applies to this annexation and that voter approval thresholds are measured against the Newport Beach General Plan (annexing jurisdiction) and not the Irvine General Plan (de- annexing jurisdiction). EXHIBIT C City of Newport Beach PROTECTION FROM TRAFFICAND DENSITYINITIATIVEANAL MIS REVISED DRAFT • Prepared for: THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH 3300 Newport Boulevard Newport Beach, CA 92658 -8915 Contact: Patricia Temple, Planning Director Prepared By: THE PLANNING CENTER 1580 Metro Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Contact: John Douglas, AICP JUL Y 14, 2000 E Analysis and Findings Newport Beach Protection from Traffic and Density Initiative July 14, 2000 Executive Summary The Planning Center has been retained to assist in clarifying the assumptions and methodology that should be used in analyzing previously approved General Plan Amendments pursuant to the Protection from Traffic and Density initiative, and to compile a summary of General Plan amendments approved since November 1990 in each of the City's 46 statistical areas. Under the cumulative provisions of the initiative, any General Plan amendment in a statistical area where one or more of the development thresholds have been exceeded would require that the amendment be submitted for a referendum. This analysis found that the development thresholds specified in the initiative have been exceeded in 6 of the City's 46 statistical areas. In addition, one statistical area is just below the threshold. The analysis also found that if the initiative had been in effect since 1990 a total of 13 General Plan amendments would have required confirmation by the voters. • Background On February 8th the City Council authorized the City Manager to retain the services of The Planning Center to analyze the effects of the Protection from Traffic and Density charter amendment initiative on the planning process in Newport Beach (a copy of the proposed measure is included in the Appendix). The initiative would amend the City Charter to require voter approval of all major amendments to the General Plan. "Major amendments" are those that either individually or cumulatively would generate more than 100 peak hour trips, add more than 100 dwelling units, or add more than 40,000 square feet of floor area to the allowable development within any statistical area of the city. To determine if any specific amendment is "major ", the trips, dwelling units or floor area of that amendment are added to 80% of the trips, dwelling units or floor area resulting from other amendments affecting the same statistical area that have been adopted by the City Council within the preceding 10 years. The consultant was asked to develop assumptions and methodology to be used in the preparation of implementation guidelines if the initiative is adopted by the voters in November, and compile a comprehensive list of General Plan amendments that have been adopted in the last 10 years. The initiative deals with technical issues that would require some interpretation prior to • implementation, and it is hoped that this exercise will help clarify areas of The Planning Center Page 1 Protection From Traffic and Density Initiative Analysis July 14, 2000 ambiguity so that the initiative's implications can be better understood by all • interested parties. The scope of this assignment did not include an assessment of legal issues or the merits of the initiative. At the City Council meeting of March 28, City staff and the consultant presented a list of proposed assumptions and methodology to be used in the evaluation of previous GPAs. Table 1 contains a detailed discussion of these assumptions. Discussions between City staff, community members and the consultant have focussed on two key questions: 1) which of the City's statistical areas have reached the cumulative development thresholds identified in the initiative; and 2) how many amendments approved in the past 10 years would have required voter confirmation if the initiative had already been in effect. Analysis and Findings One noteworthy aspect of the Newport Beach General Plan is its unusual level of specificity. Unlike many General Plans for other jurisdictions, the Newport Beach plan identifies the exact development limits for each neighborhood in the city. • Development limits are typically expressed as the maximum number of dwelling units or non - residential floor area. As a result, General Plan amendments are sometimes required for even very small projects if the statistical area is "built out". For example, GPAs were required to allow a large single - family lot to be subdivided into two single - family lots on Bayside Drive [GPA 92 -2(B)] and to allow four homes to be built on the former Ebell Club site on Balboa Peninsula [GPA 95- 1(E)]. GPAs have also been required for minor boundary adjustments such as for the Crown Pointe (Summerhouse) development [GPA 96 -1(C)] and the Shelton residence [GPA 98- 1(D)]. The first task was to compile a comprehensive list of General Plan amendments approved since November 1990 (10 years prior to the election date). The source of this list was the City Planning Department, with verification from City Council records maintained by the City Clerk. A total of 51 amendments were reviewed. (Note: Amendments that did not change the development entitlement for a specific property were not included in this analysis.) A table was then compiled summarizing the amount of dwelling units, non - residential floor area and peak hour trips for each amendment by statistical area. When non- residential entitlement was stated in a form other than floor area (e.g., hotel rooms or theater seats), floor area was estimated using building plans or information presented in staff reports. As required by the initiative, peak hour trips were • determined using the Trip Generation Manual, e Edition (1997) published by the The Planning Center Page 2 Protection From Traffic and Density Initiative Analysis July 14, 2000 • Institute of Traffic Engineers. Although the initiative would allow the City to fine - tune trip generation rates up to a 5% difference from ITE, our analysis used ITE rates whenever available. For land uses not included in the ITE manual, guidance on the appropriate trip generation rate was provided by the City Traffic Engineer. Table 2 contains a summary of the General Plan Land Use Element Amendments approved since November 1990 in chronological order for each of the 46 statistical areas. The table shows statistics for land uses added, land uses deleted, peak hour trips represented by the uses added or deleted, and the net increase (or decrease) in dwelling units, non - residential floor area, and peak hour trips. Once all amendments were identified and reviewed, a cumulative summary of development and traffic generation was prepared for each statistical area. Since the initiative does not contain explicit guidance on how some of its provisions should be interpreted, it was necessary for us to make some assumptions. For example, the initiative does not address situations where the allowable use is changed from one type to another (e.g., residential to commercial) or where the traffic generated by the new use would be less than that generated by the existing use. For purposes of this analysis, it was assumed that when the new use would result in a decrease in peak hour traffic as compared to the current • entitlement, the new development entitlement would not be added to the cumulative totals. No credit was given in the cumulative totals for land uses eliminated or for a decrease in peak hour trips. As provided in the initiative, the cumulative analysis includes only 80 percent of the dwelling units, floor area or peak hour trips represented by the previously approved developments. Table 3 shows the cumulative analysis of General Plan amendments by statistical area. This analysis indicates that since November 1990 the development thresholds specified in the initiative (i.e., 100 dwelling units, 40,000 square feet of non - residential floor area, or 100 peak hour trips) have been exceeded in 6 statistical areas. Therefore it is our interpretation that if the initiative is approved any GPA in these areas would require a referendum until such time as the 10 -year cumulative development total drops below the initiative's threshold. The table below includes the date when the 10 -year cumulative development level would drop below the threshold requiring a referendum, assuming no additional amendments are approved in the interim. The Planning Center Page 3 • Protection From Traffic and Density Initiative Analysis July 14, 2000 Statistical Areas Where Development Thresholds Have Been Exceeded Date When Cumulative Statistical Neighborhood Development Will Area Drop Below Threshold H1 Old Newport 3/2007 Boulevard Ll Newport Center 11/2009 L3 North Ford 3/2007 L4 Airport Area 1/2009 M3 Pacific View 4/2009 M6 Bonita Canyon 11/2007 The purpose of this exercise was to determine which statistical areas would be considered "built -out' if the initiative is approved. Any amendment within one of these six areas would therefore require voter approval, even if the amount of development allowed by the amendment were below the thresholds stated in the initiative. • The second issue addressed by the cumulative analysis was determining the number of amendments during the past 10 years that would have required voter approval if the initiative had already been in effect. This question required different calculations than the previous exercise. Based on the provisions of the initiative, in Table 4 it was assumed that amendments exceeding one or more of the thresholds would have been subject to a referendum and therefore would not be included in the cumulative tabulation of amendments. Further, it was assumed that the cumulative tabulation should begin with a "clean slate" as of November 1990. It is recognized that this assumption appears to conflict with the language in the initiative stipulating that the cumulative analysis shall include amendments adopted within the preceding 10 years. In order to strictly adhere to this provision it would have been necessary to examine amendments dating back to 1980 in order to determine whether any amendments approved after 1990 would have exceeded a cumulative threshold and therefore would have been subject to referendum. The effect of using this 1990 "cutoff date" is that the number of amendments that would have been subject to voter approval could be understated. Table 4 presents the analysis of amendments that would have required voter • approval if the initiative had been in effect since 1990. This analysis found that there were 13 such amendments. These are summarized below. The Planning Center Page 4 • Protection From Traffic and Density Initiative Analysis July 14, 2000 Amendments That Would Have Required Voter Approval if the Initiative Had Been in Effect Since 1990 General Plan Project Name Summary Amendment 92 -1(C) Old Newport Blvd. Comprehensive update to the Old Newport Blvd. Specific Specific Plan Plan, including an increase to the permitted floor area ratio (FAR) in the area 92 -2(C) Bayview Landing Sr. Add affordable senior housing as an optional use. Housin 91 -1(C) Newport Village Increase GEIF entitlement from 50,000 to 65,000 sf for (Library Exchange) the Central Library 94 -2(B) Fashion Island Increase entitlement for Retail & Service Commercial by Expansion 266 000 s .ft. 97-3(D) Four Seasons Hotel Increase the entitlement by 100 hotel rooms 95 -1(D) Fletcher Jones Redesignation of the site from Administrative, Mercedes Professional and Financial Commercial to Retail and Service Commercial and increase the entitlement by 88,000 s .ft. 96 -1(B) Temple Bat Yahm Increase entitlement by 40,000 sq.ft. for expansion of synagogue com lex 96 -3(E) Dahn Mini - Storage II Increase entitlement by 86,000 sq.ft. for mini - storage facili 98 -1(C) HEV /Lennar Increase entitlement by 149,122 sq.ft. for office building and 304 hotel rooms 97 -3(E) Pacific Club Increase Administrative, Professional and Financial Commercial entitlement by 15,000 sq.ft. to allow expansion of existing health club 94 -1(F) Pacific View Memorial Increase the allowable floor area for buildings. and Park mausoleums by 113,680 sq.ft. 99 -1(E) Harbor Day School Increase the allowable floor area by 42,822 sq.ft. to allow addition of a gymnasium 97 -2 Bonita Canyon Establish pre- annexation entitlements for the Bonita Planned Community Canyon propeq Note: This analysis assumes that the cumulative development tabulation begins with a 'clean slate" in 1990 and therefore may underestimate the number of amendments that would have required voter approval. Conclusions This analysis has examined the Protection from Traffic and Density initiative and identified assumptions and methodology to determine the anticipated impacts of the initiative on the City's planning process if it is approved by the voters. Based on these assumptions, a list of General Plan Amendments approved since • November 1990 has been compiled and a determination made of the statistical The Planning Center Page 5 Protection From Traffic and Density Initiative Analysis July 14, 2000 areas where one or more of the development thresholds have been exceeded on • a cumulative basis. This analysis found that 6 of the City's 46 statistical areas have reached one or more of the development thresholds specified in the initiative. • J The analysis also determined which amendments would have required voter approval had the initiative been in effect since 1990. This analysis required certain assumptions that could understate actual number of elections that might have been required. Based on the identified assumptions, it was found that 13 amendments approved since 1990 would have required a referendum. Attachments: Exhibit 1 — Protection from Traffic and Density Initiative Exhibit 2 — Map of Statistical Areas Table 1 — Assumptions and Methodology Table 2 — General Plan Amendment Summary Table 3 — General Plan Amendment Cumulative Analysis Table 4 -- Amendments Requiring Voter Approval P: \CNB -04 \Products \Reports \Council report 2 revised 7- 14.doc The Planning Center Page 6 • Ll • Protection From TralTlc and Density Initiative Analysis July 14, 2000 APPENDIX PROTECTION FROM TRAFFIC AND DENSITY INITIATIVE The Planning Center Page 7 INITIATIVE MEASURE TO BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS The city attorney has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure: [TITLE AS PREPARED BY THE NEWPORT BEACH CITY ATTORNEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 9203] (Summary as prepared by the Newport Beach City Attorney in accordance with California Elections Code Section 92031 Petition for Submission to Voters of Proposed Amendment to the Charter of the City of Newport Beach. To the city council of the City of Newport Beach: We, the undersigned, registered and qualified voters of the State of California, residents of the City of Newport Beach, pursuant to Section 3 of Article Xa of the California Constitution and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 34450) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 4 of the Government Code, present to the city council of the city this petition and request that the following proposed amendment to the charter of the city be submitted to the registered and qualified voters of the city for their adoption or rejection at an election on a date to be determined by the city council. The proposed charter amendment reads as follows: First. Amendment. Article IV of the City Charter of Newport Beach is amended by adding the following provisions as Section 423: "Section 423. Protection from Traffic and Density. Voter approval is required for any major amendment to the Newport Beach General Plan. A "major amendment" is one that significantly increases the maximum amount of traffic that allowed uses could generate, or significantly increases allowed density or intensity. "Significantly increases" means over 100 peak hour trips (traffic), or over 100 dwelling units (density), or over 40,000 square feet of floor area (intensity); these - - - - - - - - - (The proposed amendment is continued on the other side of this paper.) - - --- - - - - - - - - NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: THIS PETITION MAY BE CIRCULATED BY A PAID SIGNATURE GATHERER OR A VOLUNTEER. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK. This column for All signers of this oetition must be registered to vote in the City of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. official use only 1 (Print Name) (Residence Address ONLY) ignature) (City) (Date) 2. (Print Name) (Residence Address ONLY) (Signature) (City) (Date) 3. (Print Name) (Residence Address ONLY) (Signature) (City) (Date) 4. (Print Name) (Residence Address ONLY) (Signature) (City) (Date) 5. (Print Name) (Residence Address ONLY) (Signature) (City) (Date) DECLARATION OF CIRCULATOR (To be completed after above signatures have been obtained.) (PRINT your name 4 ) I, am registered to vote in the City of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. My residence address is I circulated this petition and saw each of the appended signatures being written. Each signature on this petition is, to the best of my information and belief, the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. All signatures on this document were obtained between the dates of and I declare under penalty of perjury under the lathe State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Exe on at California. Signature Dam city - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Proposed amendment, continued) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - thresholds shall apply to the total of: 1) Increases resulting from the amendment itself, plus 2) Eighty percent of the increases resulting from other amendments W.fecting the same neighborhood and adopted within the preceding ten years. Other amendments" does not include those approved by the voters. "Neighborhood" shall mean a Statistical Area as shown in the Land Use Element of the General Plan, page 89, in effect from 1988 to 1998, and new Statistical Areas created from time to time for land subsequently annexed to the City. "Voter approval is required" means that the amendment shall not take effect unless it has been submitted to the voters and approved by a majority of those voting on it. Any such amendment shall be submitted to a public vote as a separate and distinct ballot measure notwithstanding its approval by the city council at the same time as one or more other amendments to the City's General Plan. The city council shall set any election required by this Section for the municipal election next following city council approval of the amendment, or, by mutual agreement with the applicant for the amendment, may call a special election for this purpose with the cost of the special election shared by the applicant and the City as they may agree. In any election required by this Section, the ballot measure shall be worded such that a YES vote approves the amendment and a NO vote rejects the amendment; any such election in which the ballot measure is not so worded shall *void and shall have no effect. This Section shall not apply if state or federal law precludes a vote of the voters on the amendment." ----- ----- ------------------ ------------------ ---- (End of amendment. But the proposed ballot measure also includes the following "Second" through "Seventh ".) Second. Purpose. It is the purpose of the amendment to give the voters the power to prevent Newport Beach from becoming a traffic- congested city, by requiring their approval for any change to the City's General Plan that may significantly increase allowed traffic; and also to make sure that major changes do not escape scrutiny by being presented piecemeal as a sequence of small changes. Third. Findings. 1. In planning the growth of their city and protecting its quality of life, a prime concern of the people of Newport Beach is to avoid congestion and gridlock from too much traffic. 2. The General Plan guides growth in the City of Newport Beach by designating land use categories for all lands in the City, and providing limits on the allowed density and intensity of use for each land use category. 3. The General Plan already provides for additional growth in the City; if all development allowed by the General Plan were to be built, the traffic generated in the City would increase by about 20 %. 4. The people, whose quality of life is at stake, should have the power to disapprove any proposed General Plan amendment that may significantly increase traffic congestion beyond that which could already occur from development under the General Plan. Fourth. Implementation. 1. It is the intent of the foregoing amendment to the City Charter of the City of Newport Beach that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, it apply to all amendments to the General Plan a�wed by the Newport Beach city council after the time of filing of the Notice Of Intent To Circulate Petition, p�lded that it shall not apply to any amendment for a development project which has obtained a "vested right" as of the effective date of the foregoing amendment to the City Charter. A "vested right" shall have been obtained if: (a) The project has received final approval of a vesting tentative map. As to such vesting tentative maps, however, they shall be exempt only to the extent that development is expressly authorized in the vesting tentative map itself; or (b) The project has obtained final approval of a Development Agreement as authorized by the California �vernment Code; or . (c) The following criteria are met with respect to the project: (i) The project has received a building permit, or where no building permit is required, its final discretionary approval, and (ii) Substantial expenditures have been incurred in good faith reliance on the building permit, or where no building permit is required, the final discretionary approval for the project; and (iii) Substantial construction has been performed in good faith reliance on the building permit, or where no building permit is required, on the final discretionary approval. Phased projects shall qualify for vested rights exemptions only on a phase by phase basis consistent with California law. 2. The city council is encouraged to adopt guidelines to implement the foregoing amendment to the City Charter of the City of Newport Beach following public notice and public hearing, provided that any such guidelines shall be consistent with the amendment and its purposes and findings. Any such guidelines shall be adopted by not less than six affirmative votes, and may be amended from time to time. by not less than six affirmative votes. 3. The City shall take all steps necessary to defend vigorously any challenge to the validity of the foregoing amendment to the City Charter of the City of Newport Beach. 4. Peak hour trip generation rates shall be calculated using the most recent version of the Trip Generation Manual of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. The city may fine -tune these rates, but not to less than 95% of the rates in the Manual.. Attachment. Attached to this petition is a copy of page 89 of the Land Use Element of the General Plan, 9EPWing the "Statistical Areas" of the City of Newport Beach. Sixth. Construction. Nothing herein shall be construed to make illegal any lawful use presently being made of any land or to prohibit the development of any land in accordance with the provisions of the City's General Plan in force at the time of filing of the Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition. Seventh. Severability. If any part of this initiative is declared invalid on its face or as applied to a particular case, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts, or their application to other cases. It is hereby declared that each part of this initiative would have been adopted irrespective of the fact that any one or more other parts be declared invalid. "Part" is generic, including but not limited to: Word, clause, phrase, sentence, paragraph, subsection, section, and provision. - - - --------------- (End ofproposed ballot measure) ------------------ 'Me following copy of the Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition is printed here as required by Elections Code sections 9207 and 9256: Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition Notice is hereby given by the persons whose names appear hereon of their intention to circulate the petition within the City of Newport Beach for the purpose of submitting to the voters a proposed amendment to the Charter of the City of Newport Beach. A statement of the reasons of the proposed action as contemplated in the Petition is as follows: Future growth in Newport Beach is guided by the General Plan. To avoid gridlock, this limits growth to what will produce about 20% more traffic than we have now. Even that limit is now in danger. Lobbyists are pu g heavy pressure on the city council to keep granting General Plan changes which will raise that limit ever nW. Requiring a vote of the people on any change which raises that limit significantly will take pressure off the city council, and protect the people from unwanted increases. Date of first publication: June xx, 1999 Signed: Evelyn R Hart, Philip L. Arst, Thomas E. Hyans, proponents iv F 4a LL, ni IQ: J: M coo pl 15, cn pr • • V) k d 7 b � o tea, n e m m dw A u r L a d d T E m .Ep JG L +U° � N > E L � 7 r .O vUi pC^p O 3 � •O N 'fl A 'L' N T 'O « p c >+ N �0, vi L c 3 m o v H o c •`-°, s m 3 U a� $� .E � tO 3 'nq v c E„ o� E o� ,_ ` o� ,.N. a E m� o � :° •O d � E; � G` L E d •O fO N Op r N Oq r W O n u« � L 'C lC N O m 0 3 3 >� o c "•u .E o,d c E N E >_ s N d E .20 v .. = .a v ? 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