RESOLUTION NO. 2025-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING
SIDEWALKS FOR RIDING BICYCLES AND ELECTRIC
BICYCLES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12.56.030 OF THE
NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AND RESCINDING
RESOLUTION NO. 82-148
WHEREAS, Section 200 of the City Charter, of the City of Newport Beach (“City”),veststhe CityCouncilwith the authorityto make and enforce alllaws, rules and regulationswith respect to municipal affairssubject only to the restrictionsand limitationscontained in the City Charter and the State Constitution,and the power to exercise,or act pursuant to any and allrights,powers, and privilegesor procedures grantedor prescribedby any law ofthe StateofCalifornia; WHEREAS, Section 12.56.030 (Operating on Sidewalks) of the Newport Beach MunicipalCode (“NBMC”) authorizesthe City Council to designate sidewalks where bicyclesare permitted;
WHEREAS, the City Council designated sidewalks where riding bicycles is permissiblein1982 pursuantto ResolutionNo. 82-148;
WHEREAS, Newport Beach has grown dramaticallysince 1982 thus warranting an update to the map identifyingsidewalks where cyclingis permissible (“Sidewalk Cycling Map”); and
WHEREAS, the City’sTrafficEngineer prepared an updated Sidewalk Cycling Map which isattachedheretoas Exhibit“A,”and incorporatedherein by thisreference to reflectthe sidewalks where cycling is permissible subject to compliance with all applicableprovisionsofthe NBMC and VehicleCode.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows:
Section 1: The City Council hereby rescinds Resolution No. 82-148 and approves the Sidewalk Cycling Map attached hereto as Exhibit“A,” updating the sidewalks where cyclingon sidewalks ispermissiblesubject to compliance with allother applicablelaws.
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Resolution No. 2025-
The City Council findsthe adoption of thisresolutionis not subject to the CaliforniaEnvironmental QualityAct (“CEQA”) pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2) of the CaliforniaCode of Regulations,Title14, Division6, Chapter 3, (“CEQA Guidelines”) because the adoption of this resolution will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable directphysicalchange to the environment.
Section 2:
The recitals in this resolution are true and correct and areSection 3:
incorporatedintothe operativepartof thisresolution.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolutionis,for any reason, held to be invalidor unconstitutional, such decision shall not affectthe validityor constitutionalityof the remaining portionsof thisresolution.The City Council hereby declares that itwould have passed this resolution, and each section,subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespectiveof the factthat any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4:
This resolutionshall take effect immediately upon itsadoption by the CityCouncil,and the CityClerk shallcertifythe vote adopting the resolution.
Section 5:
ADOPTED this4th day of November, 2025.
Joe Stapleton
Mayor
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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