HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-18 - Amending Chapter 20.66 of the NBMC to Increase the Minimum Parking Requirement for R-2 Properties not Located within the Coastal Zone or Old Corona del Mar from 1.5 spaces per unit to 2 spaces per unit (Code Amendment No. 2005-010).ORDINANCE 2005 -18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING CHAPTER 20.66 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM PARKING
REQUIREMENT FOR R -2 PROPERTIES NOT LOCATED
WITHIN THE COASTAL ZONE OR OLD CORONA DEL MAR
FROM 1.5 SPACES PER UNIT TO 2 SPACES PER UNIT
(CODE AMENDMENT NO. 2005 -010).
WHEREAS, Chapter 20.66 of the Municipal Code currently requires properties
within the R -2 zoning district to provide a minimum of 1.5 parking spaces per unit, with the
exception of R -2 properties located with the Coastal Zone or within the area of Old Corona
del Mar, where a minimum of 2 spaces per unit must be provided; and
WHEREAS, at the June 28, 2005 City Council meeting, the Council directed the
Planning Commission to review potential amendments to Title 20 of the Municipal Codeto
establish a consistent parking requirement for all duplexes and evaluate the condominium
conversion parking regulations of Title 19 applicable to duplexes; and
WHEREAS, on August 4, 2005, the Planning Commission of the City of Newport
Beach held duly noticed public hearings regarding this Code Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval
of this Code Amendment to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council on September 27, 2005, held duly noticed public
hearings regarding this Code Amendment; and
WHEREAS, by simplifying the parking standards of Chapter 20.66 of the Municipal
Code to require that all R -2 zoned properties provide a minimum of 2 spaces per unit, an
equitable and consistent application of parking standards for R -2 properties will be
achieved: and
WHEREAS, the proposed action is not defined as a project under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves general policy and procedure
making activities not associated with a project or a physical change in the environment
(Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines).
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code shall be amended to revise
Section 20.66.030 (Off- Street Parking and Loading Spaces Required), specifically related to
the minimum parking requirements for Two - Family Residential uses as follows:
Off- Street Parking and Loading Spaces Required
Use Classification
RESIDENTIAL
Off - Street Parking Spaces Off- Street
Loading Spaces
TW 0- FAMfLY RESIDENTIAL R -LS District: 2 per unit with a - --
minimum of 2 enclosed per site.
All other districts: 2 per unit,
including 1 covered.
All other provisions of Chapter 20.66 shall remain unchanged.
SECTION 2: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of
this Ordinance. This Ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the
City, and the same shall become effective one hundred - eighty (180) days afterthe date of
its adoption.
SECTION 3: Completed applications submitted to and accepted by the Building
Department for the issuance of building permits prior to the effective date of this ordinance
shall not be subject to this amendment.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting ofthe City Council ofthe Cityof
Newport Beach held on September 27, 2005, and adopted on the 11th day of October,
2005, by the following vote, to wit:
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
AYES: Selich, Webb, Ridgeway, Mayor Heffernan
NOES: Daigle
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN:Rosansky, Nichols
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MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
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
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2005 -18 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 11th
day of October 2005, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Selich, Webb, Ridgeway, Mayor Heffernan
Noes: Daigle
Absent: None
Abstain: Rosansky, Nichols
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 12th day of October 2005.
(Seal)
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City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
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 Ordinance No. 2005 -18 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the
order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a daily
newspaper of general circulation on the following date, to wit: October 15, 2005.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed name this day of O
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City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California