HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-81 - Initiating Amendments to Table LU2 of the General Plan Land Use Element and the Castaways Marina Planned Community (PC-37) Development Plan to Increase the Development Limit and Allow a Community Recreational Facility at Lower Castaways Park (PARESOLUTION NO. 2024-81
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING
AMENDMENTS TO TABLE LU2 OF THE GENERAL
PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT AND THE CASTAWAYS
MARINA PLANNED COMMUNITY (PC-37)
DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO INCREASE THE
DEVELOPMENT LIMIT AND ALLOW A COMMUNITY
RECREATIONAL FACILITY AT LOWER CASTAWAYS
PARK (PA2024-0138)
WHEREAS, Council Policy K-1 (General Plan and Local Coastal Program)
requires amendments to the City of Newport Beach General Plan to be initiated by the
City Council,
WHEREAS, a City Council Planning Session was held on February 3, 2024,
where the City's Long Range Planning Capital Improvement Projects were presented to
the City Council based on projects identified in the various City Master Plans, including
the Pavement Management Plan, Harbor & Beaches Master Plan, Facilities Financing
Plan, Park Maintenance Master Plan, Bicycle Master Plan, Water Master Plan, and Sewer
Master Plan (collectively, "Master Plans");
WHEREAS, the City's Lower Castaways Park, located at 100 Dover Drive ("Lower
Castaways"), is not included in the Capitol Improvements Plan and the City Council
expressed a desire to explore possible improvements to provide a community benefit and
enhance the City's facilities at Lower Castaways;
WHEREAS, the City Council established the Lower Castaways Ad Hoc
Committee ("Ad Hoc Committee") and confirmed the appointments of Mayor Pro Tern
Stapleton, Councilmember Grant, and Councilmember Blom on February 27, 2024,
pursuant to Resolution No. 2024-12;
WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Committee's purpose and responsibility includes working
with City staff in evaluating additional capital improvements, harbor and beach uses,
and/or recreational opportunities for Lower Castaways;
WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Committee met several times with City staff and on -call
consultants between March and September, 2024, to review potential options for
improvements, and ultimately determined the best use of Lower Castaways to be a
community recreational pool facility with rich amenities, including a 50 meter pool, therapy
pool, splash pad, hand boat launch, and meeting rooms ("Recommendations");
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WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Committee presented the Recommendations to the full
City Council at a study session on October 8, 2024, and at the conclusion of the
presentation, including public comments and City Council discussion, the City Council
unanimously supported the Recommendations;
WHEREAS, Lower Castaways is designated Recreational and Marine
Commercial (CM) including Anomaly No. 54 by the City of Newport Beach General Plan
Land Use Element with a development limit of 2,000 square feet of gross floor area;
WHEREAS, Lower Castaways is located within the Castaways Marina Planned
Community (PC-37) Zoning District, which limits permitted uses to a commercial marina,
parking facilities intended to serve marina users, accessory structures normally
associated with a commercial marina, temporary structures and uses, and signs;
WHEREAS, the Recommendations are consistent with the purpose and intent of
the Recreational and Marine Commercial (CM) General Plan Land Use Category;
however, the proposed building would exceed the 2,000 square -foot development limit
identified in Anomaly No. 54 within Table LU2; and
WHEREAS, to move forward with the Recommendations an amendment to
Anomaly No. 54 within Table LU2 of the General Plan Land Use Element and the
Castaways Marina Planned Community (PC-37) Development Plan are necessary.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby initiate amendments to Anomaly No.
54 within Table LU2 of the General Plan Land Use Element and the Castaways Marina
Planned Community (PC-37) that would modify the development limits to facilitate the
Recommendations.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
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Section 3: 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 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is exempt from
environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQK) pursuant
to Section 15262 of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14,
Division 6, Chapter 3, because it involves feasibility or planning studies for possible future
actions which the agency, board, or commission has not approved or adopted.
Section 5: 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 121h day of November, 2024.
Will O'Neill
Mayor
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 Attorney
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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. 2024-81 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 12th day of November, 2024; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Brad Avery,
Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember
Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 13th day of November, 2024.
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