HomeMy WebLinkAbout9933 - General Plan Amendment 79-2 Circulation ElementRESOLUTION NO. 9933
Milk A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE
q=r CIRCULATION ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND
ACCEPTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT
(GPA 79 -2)
WHEREAS, Section 707 of the Charter of the City of
Newport Beach provides that the City Council, upon recommendation
of the Planning Commission, may amend the General Plan or any
part thereof; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan of the City of Newport Beach
contains a Circulation Element which serves as a guide for the
future planning and development of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has held a public hear-
ing at which it considered an amendment to the Circulation
Element and adopted Resolution No. 1058 recommending to the City
Council certain changes in said Element; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has certified the
Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared in conjunction
with these proposed amendments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered
the certified Finald EIR in making its decision on the proposed
amendment, and has further determined that the EIR has been pre-
pared in compliance with and satisfies the requirements of the
• California Environmental Quality Act and the State EIR guide-
lines,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach that the following described amendments
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to the Circulation Element Master Plan of Streets and Highways of
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the General Plan be adopted:
(1) Coast Highway westerly of the Santa Ana River be
designated as primary road, four lane divided;
(2) Brookhurst Street be designated major road, six
lane divided;
(3) 19th Street westerly from Santa Ana River to
Brookhurst be designated a primary road, four_
lane divided;
(4) Seventeenth Street between Placentia Avenue and
Balboa Boulevard extended by designated as
secondary road, four lane undivided;
(5) Seventeenth Street between Newport Boulevard and
Placentia Avenue be designated a primary road,
four lane divided;
(6) Orange Avenue, between 17th Street and 19th
Street be designated secondary road, four lane
undivided;
(7) Nineteenth Street, between Irvine Avenue and
Tustin Avenue be designated secondary road, four
lane;
(8) Del Mar Avenue, between Irivne Avenue and
Newport Boulevard be designated primary road,
four lane divided;
• (9) North
Bristol
Street,
between University Drive
North
and Red
Hill be
designated primary
couplet;
(10) University Drive, easterly of MacArthur
Boulevard be designated major road, six lane
divided;
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(11) San Miguel Drive, north of Ford Road be
realigned to more closely conform to alignment
shown on the Master Plans of Orange County, and
City of Irvine;
(12) Bonita Canyon Road, easterly of MacArthur Boule-
vard be designated a major road, six lane
divided;
(13) San Joaguin Hills Transportation Corridor -
extend "Routes that require further considera-
tion" designated easterly and show the name;
(14) Avocado Avenue /MacArthur Boulevard Primary
Couplet be extended to show the couplet begin-
ning northerly of San Joaquin; MacArthur
Boulevard, between Avocado Avenue and Coast
Highway be designated primary couplet, Avocado
Avenue between MacArthur Boulevard and San
Joaquin Hills Road be designated primary
couplet;
(15) Spy Glass Hill Road, between San Joaquin Hills
Road and Coast Highway be deleted.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that:
The number of lanes to be included in the various cate-
gories of one -way couplet be defined in the Circulation Element
as follows:
a. Secondary couplet - 2 lanes for each leg.
b. Primary couplet - 3 lanes for each leg.
C. Major couplet - 4 lanes for each leg.
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The number of lanes would be considered to be through
lanes with added turning lanes being provided, where necessary,
AdMIL at intersections amd drive entrances.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the environmental document
is hereby accepted.
ADOPTED this 8th day of .December , 1980.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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