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HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at 6:00 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 matter:
Housing Element Implementation Program Amendments – As background, the Housing Element is one of the seven mandatory elements of the Newport Beach General Plan. Every eight years, state law requires the City of Newport Beach (City) to update its Housing Element to plan for projected housing needs. As required by state law, the City adopted the 6th Cycle Housing Element for the 2021-2029 planning period (Housing Element) on September 13, 2022, which was certified by the California Department of Housing and Community
Development on October 5, 2022. To implement the Housing Element, the Planning Commission will consider a recommendation to the City Council of the amendments and actions described below which must take effect by the statutory deadline of February 2025:
• General Plan Amendment. Amend the General Plan Land Use Element to support housing production in the focus areas identified by the Housing Element;
• Zoning Code Amendment. Amend Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) to implement the Land Use Element's policy changes by allowing housing development through new Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Zoning Districts, establish appropriate development standards, and create objective design and development standards for multi-unit residential and mixed-use development projects; and
• Local Coastal Program Amendment. Amend the Newport Beach Coastal Land Use Plan and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) of the NBMC to include new Housing Opportunity (HO) Overlay Coastal Zoning Districts to support housing production in the focus areas identified by the Housing Element within the Coastal Zone.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that a draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) (SCH No. 2023060699) has been
prepared in connection with the Housing Element Implementation Program Amendments identified above in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.), the CEQA Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations Section 15000 et seq) and Council Policy K-3. The deadline to provide the City with comments on the adequacy of the Draft EIR ended on March 28, 2024. However, the City encourages members of the public to review the Draft EIR that addresses significant environmental issues associated with the Housing Element Implementation Program Amendments. Copies of the Draft EIR and supporting documents are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Division or the City of Newport Beach website at www.newportbeachca.gov/ceqa.
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, at, or before, the public hearing. The Planning Commission’s action will consist of a recommendation to the City Council, such that the Planning Commission’s action is not the final public hearing on this matter. The matter may be continued to a specific future meeting date; if such an action occurs, additional public notice of the continuance will not be provided.
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 Benjamin M. Zdeba, AICP, Principal Planner, at 949-644-3253 or bzdeba@newportbeachca.gov, at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Project File No.: PA2022-0245 Activities: General Plan Amendment, Zoning Code Amendment, Local Coastal Program Amendment
Zone/Coastal Zone: Various General Plan/Coastal Land Use: Various
Location: Citywide Applicant: City of Newport Beach
Tristan Harris, Secretary, Planning Commission, City of Newport Beach