HomeMy WebLinkAbout96-93 - Circulation ElementRESOLUTION NO. 96 -93
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CONCERNING THE STATUS OF THE
CIRCULATION ELEMENT FOR THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
• WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach desires to maintain and improve
the streets within its jurisdiction, including those arterials included in
the Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has endorsed a definition of, and
a process for, determining consistency of the City's Traffic Circulation
Plan with the MPAH; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has adopted a General Plan
Circulation Element which does not preclude implementation of the MPAH within
its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the City is required every even numbered year to adopt a
resolution informing the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) that
the City's Circulation Element is in conformance with the Master Plan of
Arterial Highways and whether any changes to any arterial highways of said
Circulation Element have been adopted by the City during Fiscal Years 1994-
95 and 1995 -96; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to send every even numbered year to
the Orange County Transportation Authority all recommended changes to the
City's Circulation Element and the Master Plan of Arterial Highways for the
purpose of requalifying for participation in the Arterial Highway Financing
Program and Measure M's Streets and Roads Program; and
WHEREAS, several differences in the Master Plan of Arterial Highways
do exist in the unincorporated area adjacent to West Newport as follows:
WHEREAS, on June 25, 1990, the City Council initiated General Plan
Amendment proceedings to consider the Santa Ana River Mouth Local Coastal
Plan proposed by the County of Orange. A decision regarding the difference
City
County
Arterial
Classification
Classification
1.
Bluff
Rd.,
29th St.
to
17th St.
Primary
Modified
Primary
2.
15th
St.,
Bluff Rd.
to
17th St.
Primary
Proposed
Primary
3.
15th
St.,
Monrovia
to
Bluff
Primary
Proposed
Secondary
4.
17th
St.,
Bluff Rd.
to
15th St.
None
Proposed
Secondary
5.
•
17th
St.,
Placentia
to
Superior
Major
Primary
6.
17th
St.,
15th St.
to
PCH
None
Proposed
Primary; and
WHEREAS, on June 25, 1990, the City Council initiated General Plan
Amendment proceedings to consider the Santa Ana River Mouth Local Coastal
Plan proposed by the County of Orange. A decision regarding the difference
•
•
can be made when the studies associated with the General Plan Amendment are
completed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Newport Beach does
hereby inform the Orange County Transportation Authority that;
a) The arterial highway portion of the City's Circulation Element
is in general conformance with the Master Plan of Arterial
Highways.
b) The City attests that no unilateral reduction in through lanes
has been made on any MPAH arterials during Fiscal Years 1994-
95 and 1995 -96.
c) The City has adopted a uniform setback ordinance providing for
the preservation of rights -of -way consistent with the MPAH
arterial highway classification.
d) The City has adopted provisions for the limitation of access
to arterial highways in order to protect the integrity of the
system.
Adopted this 12th day of November
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
/ i1Ra
IF, fi
BY:
10 MUM .14
1996