Title
Newport Harbor Farmers Market Coastal Development Permit and Limited Term Permit More than 90 Days (PA2025-0194)
Site Location: 798 Dover Drive
Recommendation
Project Summary
The applicant requests a 12-month duration Limited Term Permit and Coastal Development Permit to allow for the temporary operation of a weekly farmers market. The market will feature a maximum of 25 vendors staged within a portion of the Newport Harbor Lutheran Church (NHLC) surface parking lot with all temporary infrastructure to be removed at the end of each market. A total of 150 on-site parking spaces will serve the market, with 100 spaces available to customers and 50 spaces reserved for vendors and market operators. The market will operate on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., outside of worship hours, with additional holiday markets in the month of December, on Sunday afternoons.
Recommended Action
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15304 under class 4 (Minor Alterations of Land) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Draft Zoning Administrator Resolution No. _ approving a Limited Term Permit and Coastal Development Permit filed as PA2025-0194 (Attachment No. ZA 1).