HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-45 - Initiating Amendments to Title 20 Entitled "Planning and Zoning" and Title 21 Entitled "Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan" of the City Of Newport Beach Municipal Code Related to Development Standards for Single and Two - Unit Dwellings iRESOLUTION NO. 2019-45
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 20 ENTITLED "PLANNING AND
ZONING" AND TITLE 21 ENTITLED "LOCAL COASTAL
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN" OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR SINGLE AND TWO -
UNIT DWELLINGS IN MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL (RM),
MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL DETACHED (RMD) AND
MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL COASTAL (RM) ZONING
DISTRICTS (PA2019-070)
WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code ("NBMC") Section 20.66.020
provides that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach ("City Council") may initiate
an amendment to NBMC Title 20 "Planning and Zoning" with or without a
recommendation from the Planning Commission;
WHEREAS, City Council Policy K-1 entitled "General Plan and Local Coastal
Program" requires amendments to the City of Newport Beach certified Local Coastal
Program codified in NBMC Title 21 "Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan" to be
initiated by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend NBMC Title 20 and Title 21 to
modify regulations related to single and two -unit development standards in Multiple
Residential Zoning (RM), Multiple Residential Detached (RMD) and Multiple Residential
Coastal (RM) Zoning Districts to potentially require those developments to comply with
the Single -Unit (R-1) and Two -Unit (R-2) Residential Zoning District development
standards related to height, third floor setbacks and third floor square footage
limitations.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council hereby initiates amendments to, Title 20 "Planning
and Zoning" and Title 21 "Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan" to modify
regulations relating to the development of single and two -unit development in the
Multiple Residential (RM), Multiple Residential Detached (RMD) and Multiple
Residential Coastal (RM) Zoning Districts.
Resolution No. 2019-45
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Section 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall
not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 3: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the substantive portion of this resolution.
Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is
categorically exempt pursuant to Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, of California Code
of Regulations, Section 15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies) Guidelines for
Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"). Section
15262 exempts projects involving feasibility or planning studies for possible future
actions which the agency, board, or commission has not approved or adopted.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution.
ADOPTED this 28TH day of May, 2019.
Dian B. Dixon
Mayor
ATTEST:
Al
Brownowmink,
Leilani 1.
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aaron Harp
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2019-45 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 281h day of May, 2019; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Brad Avery, Council Member Joy Brenner, Council Member Duffy
Duffield, Council Member Jeff Herdman, Council Member Kevin Muldoon, Mayor Pro Tem
Will O'Neill, Mayor Diane Dixon
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 29th day of May, 2019.
4u- ov.
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California