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HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, May 04, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter shall be heard, a public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach. The Planning Commission of the City of Newport Beach will consider the following application:
Park Newport Landslide and Rockfall Mitigation Project - A request for a coastal development permit to allow
the installation of anchored mesh, temporary tarps, and k-rails to help mitigate the potential for rockfall from the sloped area adjacent to the Park Newport community onto Back Bay Drive. The project also includes the installation of soldier piles within the Park Newport site near two existing residential buildings to further mitigate against landslide risk. As the k-rails are located in the public right-of-way, the applicant is requesting a waiver of
Council Policy L-6 and an encroachment permit to retain the existing non-compliant improvements, consisting of three sections of temporary k-rail that encroach up to 12 feet, 8 inches into the 40-foot-wide public right-of-way at the property.
The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301 and Section 15303 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities)
and Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines.
All interested parties may appear and present testimony regarding this application. If you challenge this project
in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the City or before the public hearing. The application may be continued to a specific future meeting date; if such an action occurs, additional public notice of the continuance will not be provided. Administrative procedures for appeals are provided in the Newport Beach Municipal Code Chapter 21.64 (Appeals and Calls for Review). A fee is required to appeal any final action on a coastal development permit to
the City Council. The project site is located within the appeal area of the coastal zone; therefore, final action by the City may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission.
The agenda, staff report, and corresponding documents will be available by end of business day on the Friday
preceding the public hearing and may be reviewed at the Community Development Department Permit Center (Bay C-1st Floor), at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660 or the City of Newport Beach website at www.newportbeachca.gov/planningcommission. Individuals not able to attend the meeting may contact the Planning Division or access the City’s website after the meeting to review the action on this application. All mail or written communications (including email) from the public, residents, or applicants regarding an agenda item
must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the business day immediately before the meeting. This allows time for the Planning Commission to adequately consider the submitted correspondence.
For questions regarding this public hearing item please contact Liz Westmoreland, Senior Planner, at 949-644-
3234 or lwestmoreland@newportbeachca.gov, at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Project File No.: PA2023-0034 Activity No.: Coastal Development Permit and Waiver of Council Policy L-6
Zone: Planned Community 7 (PC-7) -Park Newport General Plan: RM (Multiple Residential)
Coastal Land Use Plan: RM-D (Multiple Unit Residential) - (20.0 -29.9 DU/AC) Filing Date: February 7, 2023
Location: The bluff and residential areas near 5000 Park Newport Drive and Back Bay Drive at the bottom of the slope Applicant: Park Newport Land LTD
Sarah Klaustermeier, Secretary, Planning Commission, City of Newport Beach