HomeMy WebLinkAbout1693 - RECOMMEND TO APPROVE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF THE NEWPORT BEACH GENERAL PLAN.RESOLUTION NO. 1693
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF
THE NEWPORT BEACH GENERAL PLAN [PA2006-
159]
WHEREAS, Section 65300 et seq., of the California Government Code
requires cities and counties to prepare long- range, comprehensive guides known
as general plans; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach adopted a general plan consisting
of mandatory and optional elements in 1973 through 1975, consisting of text and
maps; and
WHEREAS, the last major revision of the City of Newport Beach General
Plan was accomplished in 1988, being comprehensive revisions to the Land Use
and Circulation Elements; and
WHEREAS, other elements have been amended and updated from time
to time, including the Housing, Noise, and Recreation and Open Space
Elements; and
WHEREAS, since its original adoption, two optional elements have been
added to the General Plan, being the Growth Management and Harbor and Bay
Elements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the existing General
Plan, as amended, must be revised to sufficiently address the range and breadth
of issues, technological, environmental, economic, and demographic changes,
within and outside the city, that have affected Newport Beach since the plan was
adopted; and
WHEREAS, Section 707 (a) of the Newport Beach Charter requires the
Planning Commission to recommend to the City Council the adoption,
amendment or repeal of a Master Plan, or any part thereof, for the physical
development of the City; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65353 requires that,
when local regulations have authorized a Planning Commission to review and
make recommendations on a proposed General Plan or amendments to a
General Plan, the Commission shall hold at least one public hearing before
making its recommendation; and
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WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a series of meetings to
make recommendations on the project description on which to base the
Environmental Impact Report on the following dates:
September 9, 2004
December 9, 2004
May 19, 2005
June 9, 2005
August 16, 2005 — Adjourned Meeting
August 30, 2005 —Adjourned Meeting
November 17, 2005
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission also conducted a series of
meetings to make recommendations to the City Council on the policies to be
included in the various elements of the General Plan on the following dates:
March 3, 2005
October 4, 2005 — Adjourned Meeting
October 20, 2005 — Adjourned Meeting
October 20, 2005
November 29, 2005 — Adjourned Meeting
December 6, 2005 — Adjourned Meeting
January 31, 2006 — Adjourned Meeting
March 9, 2006
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered public testimony in a
series of public hearings which were fully noticed as required by California
Government Code Section 65091 on the following dates:
April 6, 2006
April 20, 2006
May 4, 2006
May 18, 2006
June 1, 2006 —Adjourned Meeting
June 15, 2006 — Adjourned Meeting
June 22, 2006
July 6, 2006
July 13, 2006 — Adjourned Meeting
July 20, 2006
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of
the City of Newport Beach as follows:
Section 1. Adoption of Draft General Plan. The Planning Commission
recommends that the City Council adopt the comprehensive revision of the
Newport Beach General Plan (PA 2006 -195, GP2006 -005), including text,
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graphics, and land use map as presented at the public hearing of July 20, 2005.
The Planning Commission declares as follows:
a. Finding of Completeness and Adequacy. The recommended General
Plan contains a thorough and adequate treatment of land use and
development issues. The General Plan includes all elements mandated
by California planning and development law, and three optional elements:
Harbor and Bay, Historical Resources, and Arts and Cultural. The existing
Growth Management Element has been incorporated into the Circulation
Element.
b. Promotion of Public Health, Safety, and Welfare. The plan addresses
long -term planning needs for the City's public safety services,
incorporating new policies regarding police, fire and emergency services
protection, coastal hazards, seismic and geologic hazards, flood hazards,
fire hazards, hazardous materials, aviation hazards, and disaster
preparedness.
C. Based on Community Vision. The plan is based on input received from
residents and property and business owners during the visioning and
update processes, and the Vision Statement developed at the culmination
of the visioning process.
d. Good City Planning Practices. The plan calls for improvements in the
handling of new development by requiring a high level of architectural
design quality, traffic and transportation management, and other
initiatives. The plan increases open space and recreation opportunities,
recommends traffic calming and neighborhood protection strategies, and
offers new policies for the first time in the areas of historical resource
management, community arts and cultural resources and community
design. The plan also increases housing opportunities in close proximity to
and within employment centers, which will reduce traffic within the
community, reduce vehicle miles traveled and improve jobs /housing
balance. The plan provides a strong correlation between the Land Use
and Circulation Elements as required by law. It also strengthens
protections for environmental resources, including the Upper Newport Bay
and other sensitive habitats.
e. Improved Traffic Flow. The land use mix and circulation system
improvements in the plan result in the generation of fewer trips over the
life of the plan than the existing plan, and an improvement in traffic flow
and intersection performance.
f. Relationship to General Plan Environmental Determination. It is the intent
of the Planning Commission that the General Plan and the Final
Environmental Impact Report be seen as integrally related documents.
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1. The Planning Commission declares that the issues and concerns
analyzed in the Final EIR have been addressed in the General Plan as
policies designed to address those issues and concerns.
2. The Planning Commission declares that adoption of this General Plan
and Final EIR does not preclude the necessity or requirement for any
further environmental review which would normally be conducted in
conjunction with project approvals under the City of Newport Beach
policies regarding the implementation of the California Environmental
Quality Act.
Section 2. Consistency with Recent Statutes. In recommending adoption
this General Plan, the Planning Commission finds, determines and declares that
every reasonable effort has been made to incorporate recent legislation into the
General Plan. This includes the incorporation of specific provisions, goals,
objectives and policies as follows.
a. Water. This includes water supplies, stormwater management and
groundwater issues as required by recent legislation.
b. Social Services and the Homeless. The General Plan, as recommended
by the Planning Commission, contains a series of specific objectives and
policies with respect to the provision of social services, and the homeless
as provided by relevant provisions of State law.
C. Environmental Review. The recommended General Plan is consistent
with the provisions of Assembly Bill 3180 (1988) in that it directly
incorporates policies to address specific environmental effects. The
Planning Commission recommends that the Planning Director or his /her
designee shall be the primary party responsible for successful completion
of the policies specified in the plan. The Planning Department shall file an
annual report with the City Council demonstrating progress toward
implementation of the plan.
d. Housing. The General Plan, through its Housing Element, provides
objectives, quantified targets, and specific policies for development of
municipal housing programs consistent with State law. The Housing
Element has been previously certified by the California Department of
Housing and Community Development, and the updated element will be
submitted for their review. The updated Housing Element contains
substantially the same policies as the certified element, but significantly
increases the number of sites available for residential development, which
improves the City's ability to fulfill a level of housing production needed to
meet the existing and future RHNA goals for the term of the plan.
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Section 3. Consistency with Regional Plans. The Planning Commission
finds and declares that through its efforts to reduce vehicle trips, promote
walkability, preserve and protect critical watercourses and embrace sustainable
technologies, the plan is consistent with:
a. The regional Air Quality Management Plan of the South Coast Air Quality
Management District;
b. The Southern California Association of Governments Regional
Comprehensive Plan,
C. Airport Environs Land Use Plan for John Wayne Airport.
Section 5. Public Comment. The Planning Commission affirms that it
considered, to the best of its ability, all public testimony and all relevant
information provided to it; and that the General Plan recommended by this
resolution represents its best effort to accommodate the diverse and competing
needs of residents, property owners, and social and economic components of the
City's population and workforce.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of July, 2006, by the Planning
Commission of the City of Newport Beach, California.
AYES: Eaton Hawkins, Toerge, Cole,
Tucker McDaniel, Henn
NOES: None
BY: c
7obert GlIairman
BY:
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