HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-63 - General Plan Amendment 98-3D• RESOLUTION NO. 99- 63
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CIRCULATION
ELEMENT OF THE NEWPORT BEACH GENERAL PLAN TO
RECLASSIFY THE SEGMENT OF SANTIAGO DRIVE BETWEEN IRVINE
AVENUE AND TUSTIN AVENUE AS A COMMUTER ROADWAY ON THE
MASTER PLAN OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS [GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT 98 -3(D)]
WHEREAS, as part of the development and implementation of the Newport Beach
General Plan the Circulation element has been prepared; and
WHEREAS, said element of the General Plan sets forth objectives and supporting
policies for the design and implementation of an adequate circulation system, which will
provide an adequate level of service for the development envisioned by the Newport
Beach Land Use Element; and
• WHEREAS, the Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) was revised on July 12,
1999, to classify the segment of Santiago Drive between Irvine Avenue and Orange
Avenue to a collector arterial; and
WHEREAS, the reclassification of this segment of Santiago Drive is in the best
interests of the City in that a commuter roadway is adequate to accommodate current and
projected traffic demands; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 707 of the charter of the City of Newport Beach,
the Planning Commission and City Council have each held a public hearing to consider
the amendment to the Circulation Element; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that this reclassification is categorically
exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act under Class 5
• (Minor alterations in land use limitations); and
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• WHEREAS, the Circulation Element provides for a balance between anticipated
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development and the capacity of the circulation system; and
WHEREAS, approval of this amendment will assure consistency between the
Orange County Transit Authority MPAH and the City Master Plan of Streets and
Highways.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach that an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element reclassifying the
segment of Santiago Drive between Irvine Avenue and Tustin Avenue as a Commuter
Roadway on the Master Plan of Streets and Highways is adopted.
ADOPTED this 13th day of September, 1999
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CITY CLERK
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MAYOR
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• STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
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I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 99 -63, was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 131h day
of September, 1999, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Adams, Glover, Thomson, Debay, Ridgeway, Noyes, Mayor O'Neil
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 14th day of September, 1999.
(Seal)
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California