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RESOLUTION NO. 92 -96
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO
THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE NEWPORT BEACH
GENERAL PLAN FOR BAYVIEW LANDING (GENERAL
PLAN AMENDMENT 92-2 (C)]
• WHEREAS, as part of the development and implementation of the Newport
Beach General Plan the Land Use Element has been prepared; and
WHEREAS, said element of the General Plan sets forth objectives, supporting
policies and limitations for development in the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, said element of the General Plan designates the general
distribution and general location and extent of the uses of land and building intensities in
a number of ways, including residential land use categories and population projections and
the floor area ratio ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use and Circulation Elements are correlated as
required by California planning law; and
WHEREAS, the provisions and policies of the Land Use and Circulation
Elements are further implemented by the traffic analysis procedures of the Traffic Phasing
Ordinance and the implementation programs of that Ordinance and the Fair Share Traffic
Contribution Fee Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 707 of the Charter of the City of Newport
Beach, the Planning Commission has held a public hearing to consider a certain amendment
to the Land Use Element of the Newport Beach General Plan, and recommended approval
of this amendment to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has held a duly noticed public hearing on this
amendment to the Newport Beach General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the circulation system will not be significantly impacted by the
proposed project; and
• WHEREAS, the proposed addition of a senior citizen housing option is
compatible with the surrounding community; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach prepared an Environmental Impact
Report for the Circulation Improvement and Open Space Agreement in compliance with
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the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Land Use Element change was studied as an
alternative to the proposed project in that Environmental Impact Report; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommended to the City Council that
• this alternative be adopted; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the information
contained in the environmental document in making its decision on the proposed
amendment to the Land Use Element of the Newport Beach General Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Newport Beach that an amendment to the General Plan Land Use Element is approved,
as follows:
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4. "Bayview Landing. This site is located adjacent to the Newport Dunes
site, on the northwesterly corner of Jamboree Road and East Coast
Highway. The higher level of the site which is on the comer of Coast
Highway and Jamboree Road is designated for Recreational and
Environmental Open Space. It is proposed that this site be dedicated
to the City when the balance of the site is approved for development,
and used for a view park, with a trail staging area for bicyclists and
pedestrians, restrooms. picnic areas, drinking fountains and bicycle
racks.
The lower level of the site which is on the comer of Jamboree Road
and Back Bay Drive is designated for Retail and Service Commercial
land use, and is allocated 10,000 sq.ft. for restaurant use, or 40,000
sq.ft. for athletic club use, excluding parking. Use of the site for
affordable senior citizen housing facilities is also permitted as an
optional land use (instead of restaurant or athletic club). If the site is
used for senior citizen housing, 30,000 sq.ft. of general retail use may
be transferred to Newport Center - Fashion Island."
ADOPTED this 14th day of -September. 1992.
• ATTEST:
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