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UPPER NEWPORT BAY
OBJECTIVE: It is the policy of the City Council, through cooperative and mutually
supporting endeavors of the County of Orange, The Irvine Company, the City of Newport
Beach, and the State of California to produce comprehensive general plans to guide
the pattern of land use in the Upper Bay area. These plans will be designed to insure
compatible land and water uses, preserve and enhance the natural assets of the area
and create the best possible total environment.
Plans will be guided by goals of "Newport Tomorrow" and will be directed toward
achieving a natural environment featuring compatible uses of the waters and shoreline.
Accordingly, study plans will include; but not be limited to, consideration of air,
noise and water quality; multiple recreational uses; public access to tidelands and
waters of the State; marine and wiA fowl ecology; human factors, aesthetics; and the
necessary supporting activities and transportation systems.
SCOPE: Each alternative plan wAll contain the following elements:
a. Channel development and use plans;
b. Land use and delopment plans;
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C. Transportatl6n and traffic plans;
d. Public facilities plan, including recreational and ecological factors;
e. Public uGYlities plan;
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f. Public Aand acquisition requirements;
g. Sugge6ted funding and development schedule.
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: In the preparation of the general plans, the following
factors affecting the development of the Upper Bay area will be analyzed:
a. County -wide demographic and economic trends;
b. Physical characteristics of the planning area including topography,
soils, tributary drainage areas, and climate;
C. Marine characteristics of the planning area to include water quality,
factors affecting water quality, and engineering considerations,
including channel widths, energy absorption requirements, and sedimenta-
tion characteristics;
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d. Ecological considerations for the uplands, littoral and water zones;
e. Air and noise pollution factors;
f. Analysis of recreational trends, requirements, and opportunities and
constraints;
g. Public facilities and utilities;
h. Circulation and transportation;
1. Considerations of land acquisition and development costs to potential
revenues and benefits.
PLANNING ACTIONS: It is intended that, whenever possible and appropriate, data from
existing studies and reports will be utilized in analyzing the factors included in the
planning considerations. New studies and reports, or updating of existing studies, will
be generated only in the absence of adequate data. To this end, it is intended that
the participating organizations will supply appropriate existing data for the common
use of the project.
FEDERAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: Upper Newport Bay lies entirely within the City limits of
Newport Beach, and the future of Upper Newport Bay is of extreme importance to the
citizens and the City of Newport Beach.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors, trustees of Upper Newport Bay for the State of
California, has requested the Department of the Interior to study the possibility of
preserving Upper Newport Bay as a wildlife sanctuary.
The "Newport Tomorrow" survey showed that a large majority of the residents of Newport
Beach advocate preserving a substantial portion of Upper Newport Bay as a wildlife
sanctuary.
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach supports the above request of the Orange
County Board of Supervisors, and joins with the County of Orange in urging the appro-
priate Federal and State agencies to make the necessary studies.
Adopted - March 14, 1966
Amended - November 25, 1968
Reaffirmed March 9, 1970
Amended - November 9, 1970
Reaffirmed February 8, 1971
Amended - March 13, 1972
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