HomeMy WebLinkAbout3c_Additional Materials_Non-Agenda Items_VariousFrom:Elizabeth Hallett
To:Housing Element Update Advisory Committee; Dept - City Council; Dixon, Diane; Duffield, Duffy; Muldoon, Kevin;Blom, Noah; Brenner, Joy; O"Neill, William; Avery, Brad
Subject:RHNA Development in Corporate Plaza, Newport Center
Date:Monday, March 15, 2021 8:23:02 PM
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Dear Chair Tucker, Members of the HE Update Advisory Committee, Mayor
Avery and Newport Beach City Council Members,
Our Harbor View Hills Community Association is made up of 146 homes. Our
homeowners, along with residents of 100 homes in Harbor View Broadmoor, have, for
more than 60 years, enjoyed the height limit protection of the City’s Sight Plane
Ordinance (#1596). The ordinance limits the height of all buildings and landscaping toa maximum height of 32 feet and it forbids invasion of the Sight Plane.
Please note the historical basis for this ordinance: In 1960, The Irvine Company
began selling homes in Harbor View Hills with views of the Bay, Ocean and City. TheIrvine Company also owned most of the vacant land in Newport Center. The Irvine
Company recognized that the company could not sell the same view twice, so it
agreed to the Sight Plane Ordinance to protect the views from Harbor View Hills
across the land that is now Corporate Plaza, Corporate Plaza West, CdM Plaza andthe Library and City Hall sites. For more than 60 years, hundreds of residents of
Harbor View Hills have purchased their homes and paid a very substantial premium
for this protected view.
We understand that the HE Update Advisory Committee and the City Council have a
difficult task to accommodate the demands of the state in the RHNA numbers.
However, we ask that you respect the long-established height limits reflected in the
Sight Plane Ordinance.
Thank you for your consideration.
Best regards,
Beth Hallett
Housing Element Update Advisory Committee - March 17, 2021 Item III 3 - Additional Materials Received Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items
From:Bruce Hallett
To:Housing Element Update Advisory Committee; Dept - City Council; Dixon, Diane; Duffield, Duffy; Muldoon, Kevin;Blom, Noah; Brenner, Joy; O"Neill, William
Subject:Please Stop RHNA Development in Corporate Plaza, Newport Center!
Date:Tuesday, March 16, 2021 2:51:03 PM
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Dear Chair Tucker, Members of the HE Update Advisory Committee, Mayor Avery and
Newport Beach City Council Members,
Our Harbor View Hills Community Association is made up of 146 homes. Our homeowners,
along with residents of 100 homes in Harbor View Broadmoor, have, for more than 60years, enjoyed the height limit protection of the City’s Sight Plane Ordinance (#1596). The
ordinance limits the height of all buildings and landscaping to a maximum height of 32 feet
and it forbids invasion of the Sight Plane.
Please note the historical basis for this ordinance: In 1960, The Irvine Company beganselling homes in Harbor View Hills with views of the Bay, Ocean and City. The Irvine
Company also owned most of the vacant land in Newport Center. The Irvine Companyrecognized that the company could not sell the same view twice, so it agreed to the Sight
Plane Ordinance to protect the views from Harbor View Hills across the land that is nowCorporate Plaza, Corporate Plaza West, CdM Plaza and the Library and City Hall sites.
For more than 60 years, hundreds of residents of Harbor View Hills have purchased theirhomes and paid a very substantial premium for this protected view.
We understand that the HE Update Advisory Committee and the City Council have a
difficult task to accommodate the demands of the state in the RHNA numbers. However,we ask that you respect the long-established height limits reflected in the Sight Plane
Ordinance.
Thank you for your consideration.
Bruce Hallett
Housing Element Update Advisory Committee - March 17, 2021 Item III 3 - Additional Materials Received Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items