HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-16 - Amending Chapter 20.64 of Newport Beach Municipal Code, Santa Ana Heights Specific Plan, SP-7, to Establish an Alignment for Connection of Mesa Drive to Birch Street. (Planning Commission Amendment No. 676)•
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ORDINANCE NO. 89 -16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW-
PORT BEACH AMENDING CHAPTER 20.64
OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE, THE SANTA ANA HEIGHTS SPEC-
IFIC PLAN, SP -7, TO ESTABLISH AN
ALIGNMENT FOR THE CONNECTION OF
MESA DRIVE TO BIRCH STREET. (Planning
Commission Amendment No 676)
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES ORDAIN as
SECTION 1. Section 20.64.070 (A) (2) of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Circulation Improvements.
The area has been heavily impacted by nonresidential traffic attempting to avoid
congested conditions on surrounding arterials. Thus, a primary consideration in the
development of the plan was reduction of through traffic within residential areas. The
planned development of business park uses adjacent to residential uses requires a circu-
lation plan that separates business park and residential traffic. Street improvements and
modifications are intended to achieve these objectives are illustrated in Exhibit 10 and
described as follows:
Improvement Feature 1: Installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of
Irvine Avenue and Orchard Drive.
Improvement Feature 2: Construction of a cul -de -sac on Cypress Street south
of South Bristol Street. Implementation of the cul -de -sac will include a design
study to determine configuration of Cypress Street north of the cul -de -sac. The
cul -de -sac will be designed to allow for access to South Bristol Street from the
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northernmost property on the west side of Cypress Street within the Residential
Equestrian District.
Improvement Feature 3: Implementation of a circulation improvement test
program to study and develop a method to control any potential through traffic
• in the Bayview tract. The program's objective shall be development of an optimal
solution, one that minimizes through traffic along Mesa Drive and in the Bayview
tract without significantly inconveniencing a large number of residents. The test
program methodology will include extensive monitoring of traffic before any
improvements are installed and then systematic monitoring of a variety of test
alternatives. Each alternative would involve installation of temporary improve-
ments for a period of possibly thirty days. The alternatives to be tested could
include: 1) a cul -de -sac at the north end of Orchid Street, 2) the closure of
Spruce Avenue, 3) closure of Spruce Avenue only to traffic exiting the tract, 4)
cul -de -sacs at both the north end of Orchid Street and the south end of Bayview
Avenue and 5) the closure of both Spruce and Bayview Avenues just north of
. Azure Street to northbound traffic in tandem with the Orchid Street cul -de -sac.
Other alternatives might be tested in addition to or in lieu of those mentioned
above. The community shall be consulted both before and after the program is
implemented. Both traffic engineering criteria and community input shall be
considered in evaluating the results of the program.
Improvement Feature 4: Mesa Drive and Birch Street shall be realigned to
form a direct connection as illustrated on Exhibit 10.
These circulation improvements are to be implemented in a phased manner to best
achieve the plan's objectives. Implementation of Improvement Features 1 through 3
would be given priority because they are designed to provide an early reduction or
elimination of through and business park traffic in residential neighborhoods. Improve-
ment Feature 4 would be implemented once warranted by business park development on
Birch Street. Funding possibilities for these improvements include the Orange County
Development Agency, an assessment district and /or developer contribution.
SECTION 2. Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 20.64, Exhibits
No. 1, 2, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are also hereby amended to be consistent with the alignment
of Mesa Drive and Birch Street as shown on the attached Exhibit "A".
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be published once in the official
newspaper of the City, and the same shall become effective thirty (30) days after the
date of its adoption, subject to the terms and conditions contained in Ordinance 87 -7,
which adopted the Specific Area Plan as pre - annexation zoning.
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach, held on the 24th day of July, 1989, and adopted on the
141:h day of a,,g_ 1989, by the following vote, to wit:
• AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Strauss, Plummer,
Hart, Turner, Watt, Sansone, Cox
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEMBERS None
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