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SEASHORE OCEANFRONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
PURPOSE
This Policy memorializes the recommendations of the Seashore - Oceanfront
Comprehensive Plan conducted between August 1992 and December 1994. This
Policy sets forth ongoing administrative actions not only to maintain the
improvements made during the plan process but also to seek further
improvement to the area.
THE PLAN PROCESS
The Comprehensive Plan was developed in accordance with a work program
approved by the City Council in August 1992. An Executive Steering Committee
supervised an extensive process including nearly every City department and
which included public surveys, town hall meetings, brainstorming sessions, goal
setting, staff research/ analysis, alternative selection, recommendations,
approvals and implementation.
PROBLEM DEFINITION
The work program for
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the comprehensive plan included the following
Prompted by overcrowding and lawlessness during holiday weekends,
the City desires to address a wide range of year long problems occurring
in the West Newport area along the oceanfront. Widely known as a haven
for young people to congregate, the area is becoming increasingly raucous
and dangerous. Municipal services, particularly Public Safety and
General Services, devoted to the area are becoming increasingly expensive
and burdensome to the detriment of the remainder of the community."
To more specifically define problems, a series of questionnaires, community
forums and Executive Steering Committee meetings were conducted. The
overwhelming problem measured by both the number and intensity of responses
was noise, including loud parties, skateboarders, traffic, loud music,
motorcycles, car radios and similar items often associated with a congested beach
area.
The second most often cited problem was congestion, related to automobile
traffic, automobile parking and the mixture of pedestrian /bicycle/ skateboarders
rollerbladers on Seashore Drive. The narrow streets and alleys are
overburdened by the demands of residents, tourists and passersby.
The last major problem related to the cleanliness and the general repair of the •
area, including trash cans, building repair, debris in yards and miscellaneous
street, sidewalk, drainage, curb and gutter repairs.
While many incidental problems were discovered during the process, those
described above represent the major items selected for attention.
GOAL SETTING
Based on the problems outlined above, the Executive Steering Committee using
the public participation process, arrived at the following three goals:
Quiet the party atmosphere
Relieve congestion
Clean and repair
SELECTION OF ALTERNATIVES
Guided by the goals, residents of the area, City staff and the Executive Steering
Committee engaged in extensive brainstorming to derive every possible means
of achieving the goals. Every alternative regardless of who suggested it or what
it involved was analyzed by staff and the Executive Steering Committee for a
variety of factors including cost, legality, practicality and potential results. From
the master list the alternatives described in the next section were chosen for
implementation.
ONGOING ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
It is the policy of the City Council not only to maintain the improvements
occasioned by the Plan but also to seek continual improvement to the Seashore -
Oceanfront area. Accordingly, the City Manager shall direct the activities of City
staff to perform the following:
I. General and Administrative:
Maintain in the City's files the chronology and history of the Seashore -
Oceanfront Comprehensive Plan.
Periodically review the progress and status of the improvement
programs in the area.
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2. Police Activities:
Continue the community oriented and problem oriented policing
programs in the West Newport area.
Continue the high level of police presence in the area including bicycle
and pedestrian patrols.
Continue the Neighborhood Watch and Community Pride programs in
the area.
Continue strict enforcement and recommend changes as necessary to the
new noise and party control ordinances.
Continue July 4th deployment to control riotous conditions and pursue
additional solutions to minimize the need for massive deployment.
Continue enforcement of scavenging laws to minimize the strewing of
refuse in search for recyclables.
Pursue additional policing activities to improve the livability of the area.
3. Revenue /Licensing Activities:
Continue strict compliance with the new Short Term Lodging ordinance.
Continue to work with rental agents and landlords through the license
renewal process to remind them about the noise and other issues in the
neighborhood.
4. General Services Activities:
Continue summertime twice per week trash pickup and bulky item
pickup as budgetary considerations permit.
Continue a high level of street sweeping in the area.
Continue to enforce all refuse container ordinances as staffing permits.
Continue to coordinate the July 4th barrier installations.
Pursue the establishment of adopt -a- street programs among residents.
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Continue to promote owner occupancy by processing condominium
conversion applications under the new ordinance.
Pursue hiring or retaining of personnel to serve as a Municipal
Compliance Officer to enforce planning, building, trash and property
improvement ordinances.
Pursue zoning amendments, density bonuses and other means to
promote owner occupancy.
Pursue retraining a staff member to become qualified in the newly
recognized field of neighborhood planning.
6. Public Works and Traffic Activities:
Continue improvement and landscaping of street ends.
Continue activities to underground utilities.
Pursue curb and gutter, landscape and other streetscape improvements •
in the area.
Pursue traffic and bicycle measures on Seashore Drive to increase safety,
reduce liability and relieve congestion.
Pursue solutions to parking problems such as resident permits and
meters.
Adopted - May 8, 1995
Amended - March 9, 1998 •
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