HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-70 - Planning Commission Amendment 889RESOLUTION NO. 99 -70
• A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING AMENDMENT NO.
889 FOR A TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
(SQUARE FOOTAGE) WITHIN NEWPORT CENTER
CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL
PLAN.
WHEREAS, as part of the development and implementation of the Newport
Beach General Plan the Land Use Element has been prepared; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use Element of the General Plan sets forth objectives,
supporting policies and limitations for development in the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, The Irvine Company requests a transfer of development rights from
Fashion Island and Block 600 of Newport Center to Corporate Plaza Planned Community; and
WHEREAS, in the General Plan Land Use Element the ability to transfer
• development rights in Newport Center is permitted with the findings that the transfer is consistent
with the intent of the General Plan and that the transfer will not result in any adverse traffic
impacts; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the proposed transfer of development
rights is consistent with General Plan Policy B, since the transfer is within Newport Center and the
proposed additional office development would not result in significant changes to the long range
traffic service levels: and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the proposed transfer is consistent with
General Plan Policy C, since adequate on -site parking is available in Corporate Plaza for the
existing uses and proposed building; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the proposed transfer is consistent with
• General Plan Policy D, since the location of the new structure will not adversely affect public
views because it is within the height limit and sight plane requirements established by the Planned
• Community regulations, nor will it impact environmentally sensitive habitat since it is in an
urbanized area; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the proposed transfer is consistent with
General Plan Policy F, because the project conforms to all development standards including
landscape requirements, height, setbacks, lot coverage, and parking, and is consistent with the
requirements of the Corporate Plaza Planned Community; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the propose transfer is consistent with
General Plan Policy L, since development of an additional office building will improve the
prosperity of the overall Newport Center area by increasing the availability of quality office space in
the Corporate Plaza; and
• WHEREAS, it has been determined that the transfer of development rights is
consistent with the standards for transfer contained in the General Plan and will not result in any
adverse traffic impacts based on the traffic analysis prepared for the project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, an Initial
Study has been prepared for the project. Based upon information contained in the Initial Study,
it has been determined that if proposed mitigation measures are incorporated, the project would
not have a significant effect on the environment. A Negative Declaration has been prepared by
the City of Newport Beach in connection with the application noted; and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 1999, the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach conducted a public hearing regarding the transfer of development rights within Newport
Center, at which time Amendment No. 889 to the Corporate Plaza and Fashion Island Planned
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Community Texts was discussed and determined to be consistent with the goals and policies of
• the Newport Beach General Plan; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach does hereby find that the transfer of development rights within Newport Center
consistent with the intent of the General Plan and that the transfer will not result in any adverse
traffic impacts; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach does hereby direct City staff to revise and update the data for Statistical Area Ll, Newport
Center, of the Land Use Element of the General Plan to reflect the transfer of development rights
from Fashion Island and Block 600 to Block O- Corporate Plaza.
• ADOPTED this 25" day of October 1999, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS Adams, Ridgeway, Noyes, O'Neil
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS Glover
ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS Thomson, Debay
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• STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } as.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
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 -70, 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 25th day
of October, 1999, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Adams, Ridgeway, Noyes, Mayor O'Neil
Noes: Glover
Absent: Thomson, Debay
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
• official seal of said City this 26th day of October, 1999.
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City Clerk
Newport Beach, California