HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-13 - PA 2005-047 - Elevation Datum ReferenceRESOLUTION NO. 2005- 13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO TITLE
20 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO
CHANGE THE ELEVATION DATUM REFERENCE (PA 2005-
047)
WHEREAS, Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code authorizes the City
Council to adopt a resolution initiating amendments to the Zoning Code of the City of
Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the Fire and Building Codes of the Newport Beach Municipal Code are
slated to be revised to change the elevation datum reference from the National Geodetic
Vertical Datum (NGVD) to the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) to be consistent with
the datum used in the revised Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood
Insurance Study (FIS) and related Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMS) for Orange County;
and
WHEREAS, numerous sections of the Zoning Code of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code contain height regulations that are referenced to National Geodetic Vertical
Datum; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Code should be amended to change the elevation
datum reference from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum to the North American Vertical
Datum to be consistent with the pending changes in the Fire and Building Codes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby initiates an
amendment to Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to change the elevation datum
reference from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum to the North American Vertical Datum.
This resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach held on March 8, 2005, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS Heffernan, Rosansky, Webb,
Ridgeway, Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Bromberg
NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS None
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
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. 2005 -13 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 8th
day of March 2005, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Heffernan, Rosansky, Webb, Ridgeway, Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Bromberg
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 9th day of March 2005.
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City Clerk
Newport Beach, California