HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-2 - Approving an Amendment to Section 15.40.030(C) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to Change the Exemption Criteria in the Traffic Phasing OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 94- 2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO
SECTION 15.40.030(C) OF THE NEWPORT BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE TO CHANGE THE EXEMPTION
CRITERIA IN THE TRAFFIC PHASING ORDINANCE
• The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and declares that:
a. The Traffic Phasing Ordinance, adopted in 1978, has been an effective tool of
the City in assuring that necessary intersection improvements occur in a timely manner with new
development; and
b. Since the adoption of the Ordinance, no intersection improvement has been
required of any development which generates 300 average daily trips (ADT) or less; and
c. It is unlikely than any small development generating 300 ADT will be required
to make an intersection improvement pursuant to the Traffic Phasing Ordinance; and
d. The cost of preparing a traffic study is substantial, and significant time delays to
• new development are experienced as a result of the requirement to prepare a traffic study; and
e. Relief from the requirement to prepare a traffic study will benefit the
establishment of smaller businesses in the City, facilitate the creation of jobs and positively impact
economic development; and
f. The changes to the Traffic Phasing Ordinance will not create any inconsistency
between the General Plan Land Use and Circulation Elements; and
g. The changes to the Traffic Phasing Ordinance will not affect the City's
compliance with the programs mandated by Proposition 111 and Measure M; and
h. The project has been reviewed is categorically exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act.
SECTION 2. Section 15.40.030(C) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read:
• Exemption. Any project which has an Average Daily Trip
generation of 300 daily trips or less shall be exempt from the
requirements of this Chapter.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City
and the same shall be effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Newport Beach held on the 24th day of January 1994, and was adopted on
the 14th day of _ February . 1994, by the following vote, to wit:
• AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS SANSONE, WATT,
TURNER, HART, COX, DERRY
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NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS NONE
ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBERS HEDGES
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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