March 11, 2025
Agenda Item No. 4
TO:
HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:
David Miner, Chief of Police - 949-644-3701, [email protected] PREPARED BY:
Eric Little, Lieutenant - 949-644-3660, [email protected] TITLE:
Ordinance No. 2025-3: Designating a Portion of Corona del Mar as a Safety Enhancement Zone and Expanding West Newport Safety Enhancement Zone to Include Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day Holidays ABSTRACT:
For the City Council’s consideration is the adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-3, designating a portion of Corona del Mar as a Safety Enhancement Zone during the Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day holidays. The ordinance also proposes expanding the West Newport Safety Enhancement Zone to include Memorial Day and Labor Day. The ordinance was introduced and considered at the City Council’s February 25, 2025, regular meeting.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
a) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly; and b) Conduct second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 2025-3: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Designating a Portion of Corona del Mar as a Safety Enhancement Zone During the Memorial Day, Fourth of July Independence Day, and Labor Day Holidays and Expanding the West Newport Safety Enhancement Zone to Include the Memorial Day and Labor Day Holidays by Amending Section 1.04.060 (Safety Enhancement Zone), Chapter 10.58 (Police Services at Large Parties, Gatherings or Events on Private Property), and Section 10.66.060 (Violation-Penalty-Civil Fine) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code.
DISCUSSION:
At its February 25, 2025, meeting, the City Council introduced and passed to second reading Ordinance No. 2025-3: Designating a Portion of Corona del Mar as a Safety Enhancement Zone and Expanding the West Newport Safety Enhancement Zone to include Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day Holidays.
Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 1.04.060 allows certain areas of the city to be designated as Safety Enhancement Zones to further deter municipal code violations during specific times of the year. Within these zones, fines for infractions and civil fines are tripled.
The proposed Safety Enhancement Zone in Corona del Mar area mirrors Newport Beach Police Department Reporting District 44 of Area 4 as depicted in Figure 1 below. The designation includes Pirate’s Cove, Corona del Mar State Beach, and Little Corona.
Figure 1
The attached ordinance also extends the Safety Enhancement Zone in West Newport to cover Memorial Day and Labor Day in addition to the Fourth of July.
Communication to Residents
The City of Newport Beach will notify residents within the Safety Enhancement Zones before the three holidays. Letters outlining the designation, associated fines, penalties, and affected provisions will be sent on or before April 15, June 15, and August 15 to each address and each owner of property (ownership determined based on the most recent property tax information available to the City) within the Corona del Mar and West Newport Safety Enhancement Zones.
If adopted, the ordinance would become effective on April 10, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost of providing notices to residents three times per year in two locations of the City will increase from $5,611 to approximately $36,000 per year. This cost will be expensed to the City Manager’s Office budget account number: 01020201-811008. Costs for Memorial Day noticing will be absorbed in the current budget and the full cost for the three holidays will be included future budgets.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
Staff recommends the City Council find this action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
NOTICING:
The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of the meeting at which the City Council considers the item).
ATTACHMENT:
Attachment A – Ordinance No. 2025-3
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Designating a Portion of Corona del Mar as a Safety Enhancement Zone and Expanding West Newport Safety Enhancement Zone to Include Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day Holidays
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