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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 pRCGnir �ni ini�n nncnnRcDC None 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. (Seal) r City Clerk Newport Beach, California