Title
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORONA DEL MAR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR STUDY (PA2024-0002)
Site Location: Properties Along East Coast Highway, from Avocado Avenue to Hazel Drive, Properties Along the western side of Newport Boulevard, from Short Street to 32nd Street
Recommendation
Summary:
On September 26, 2023, the City Council directed staff to study the Corona del Mar Commercial Corridor (Project Area) and research opportunities for creating an active environment that invites more walkability and connectivity to other villages while balancing the parking needs of businesses, visitors, and others so that residents are not unfairly burdened. Over the previous three years, City staff prepared the Corona del Mar Commercial Corridor Land Use and Mobility Study (CdM Study), which includes recommendations for implementation.
To implement the recommendations of the CdM Study, the following legislative amendments (Amendments) and actions are required:
· General Plan Amendment (GPA). To update Table LU-1 (Anomaly Locations) to establish a new Anomaly for the Project Area; to cap development within the Anomaly at 30 new dwelling units and 18,700 square feet of new nonresidential floor area created through lot consolidation; and to create goals that reinforce the Project Area as a pedestrian-oriented village serving as the center of community commerce, culture, and social activity.
· Amendment to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) (ZCA). To establish the Corona del Mar Incentive Overlay Zoning District (CdM Overlay), which will streamline permit review for eating and drinking establishments, permit mixed-use development, offer an increased FAR for lot consolidation, amend the allowances for nonconforming structures and uses, adopt objective design standards, and update parking provisions. Additionally, the ZCA will prohibit certain automobile-centric and animal boarding uses within the base Commercial Corridor zoning district.
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