HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-23 - The Ad Hoc Committee On Short Term LodgingRESOLUTION NO. 2020-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
REESTABLISHING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON
SHORT TERM LODGING
WHEREAS, Short Term Lodging is currently defined under Section 5.95.010
(Definitions) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code ("NBMC") as a dwelling unit that is
rented or leased as a single housekeeping unit for a period of thirty (30) consecutive
calendar days or less;
WHEREAS, in July 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-69
forming the Ad Hoc Committee on Short Term Lodging, comprised of three (3) Council
Members, to review and determine whether provisions of the Short Term Lodging
ordinance set forth in Chapter 5.95 (Short Term Lodging Permit) of the NBMC ("Short
Term Lodging Ordinance") should be modified and to make a recommendation to the
entire City Council in regards thereto;
WHEREAS, Section 2 of Resolution No. 2019-69 set the expiration of the Ad Hoc
Committee on Short Term Lodging to expire automatically upon its recommendation to
the City Council of proposed changes to the Short Term Lodging Ordinance;
WHEREAS, at the February 11, 2020 meeting, the City Council gave first reading
to Ordinance No. 2020-8 updating the Short Term Lodging Ordinance based, in part, upon
recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Short Term Lodging, therefore, the
committee automatically terminated on that date; and
WHEREAS, at the February 25, 2020 meeting, the City Council gave direction to
further study Short Term Lodging and desires to reestablish the Ad Hoc Committee on
Short Term Lodging.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council hereby rescinds Resolution No. 2019-69 and
reestablishes the Ad Hoc Committee on Short Term Lodging, comprised of Council
Members Dixon, Herdman and Brenner. The purpose and responsibility of the Ad Hoc
Committee on Short Term Lodging shall be to review, determine and make
recommendations to the entire City Council of proposed revisions to the NBMC related to
Short Term Lodging and any other actions necessary to comply with the California
Coastal Act as set forth in California Public Resources Code Section 30000 et seq. The
Committee will not consider any proposal which would impose additional regulations on
the non -coastal zone that are different than the coastal zone.
Resolution No. 2020-23
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Section 2: The Ad Hoc Committee on Short Term Lodging shall be an advisory
committee and shall expire on June 30, 2021 unless terminated sooner by the entire City
Council.
Section 3: The Ad Hoc Committee on Short Term Lodging shall not be subject to
the Brown Act; however, the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Committee on Short Term
Lodging shall be considered at a noticed and public hearing by the entire City Council.
Section 4: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 5: 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 6: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
Section 7: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 10th day of March, 2020.
ATTEST•
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Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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Aaron C. Harp, City Afforney
Will O'Neill
Mayor
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. 2020-23, was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 101h day of March, 2020; and the same was so passed and adopted
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Brad Avery, Council Member Joy Brenner, Council
Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Duffy Duffield, Council Member Jeff Herdman,
Council Member Kevin Muldoon
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 111h day of March, 2020.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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