Attachment A
Ordinance No. 2026-03
ORDINANCE NO. 2026-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SUBSECTION
12.68.060(B) (PREFERENTIAL PARKING ZONES—
LOCATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS) OF CHAPTER 12.68
(RESIDENTS’ PREFERENTIAL PARKING) OF THE
NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE
RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM FOR
NEWPORT HEIGHTS AND CLIFF HAVEN
WHEREAS, residents and property owners on St. James Road and Snug Harbor Road have requested a change to the permit parking zone and hours on their streets to address the regular overflow of school parking and the related trash impacts on their street;
WHEREAS, Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 12.68.060 (Preferential Parking Zones—Locations and Restrictions)authorizes the City Council to designate certain residentialstreets or any portion thereof as preferentialparking zones for the benefitof residentsadjacent thereto,thereby allowingvehicles displaying a permit insuch zones to be exempt from parking prohibitions orrestrictionsotherwise posted, marked, or noticed:
WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find that parking impacts exist on St.
James Road and Snug Harbor Road, which are caused by students attending Newport Harbor High School during the week, or visitorsattending special events, such as sports games; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to address the parking conditions on St.
James Road and Snug Harbor Road by limitingthe parking of vehicles as hereinafter provided.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach ordains as follows;
Section 1; Subsection 12.68.060(B) (PreferentialParking Zones—Locations and Restrictions)of Chapter 12.68 (Residents’ PreferentialParking) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code isamended to read as follows;
B. Zone “2” - Newport Heights and CliffHaven. Parking on the following streets shall be limited to two hours’ duration on school days between the hours of 8;00 a.m. and 6;00 p.m., except by permit, unless otherwise indicated below.
Attachment A
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Clay Street- South side from St.Andrews to 15th Street.1.
FullertonAvenue - From 15th Street to and including542 on the east side and 543 on the west side of Fullerton Avenue.
2. Haven Place - From St. Andrews Road to Irvine Avenue.3.
4. Holly Lane - From IrvineAvenue to and including 2328 on the north side and 2321 on the south side of Holly Lane.
Irvine Avenue - West side from 15th Street to Laurel Place.5.
Laurel Place - From IrvineAvenue to westerly terminus of Laurel Place.6.
Margaret Drive - From IrvineAvenue to and including2322 on the north side and 2323 on the south side of Margaret Drive.One-hour limit 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. every day, except holidays.
7. 8. Michael Place - From 15th Streetto and including601 on the west side and 620 on the east side of Michael Place.
Pirate Road - From Clay Street southerly to and including424 on the east side and 427 on the west side of Pirate Road.
9. St. Andrews Road - From 15th Street to Haven Place on the west side; from Clay Street to alleysouth of Clay Street on the west side;from Clay Street to and including400 on the east side of St.Andrews Road.
St. James Road - From 15th Street to and including 633 on the north side and on the south side from 15th Streetto and including636 St. James Road.
Signal Road - From 15th Street southerlyto and including418 on the east side and 419 on the west side of Signal Road.
10. 11.
12. 13. Snug Harbor Road - From Clay Street southerly to and including406 on the east side and 401 on the west side of Snug Harbor Road. One-hour limit on school days between 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
15th Street - North side from Irvine Avenue to Michael Place; from Clay Street to Kings Place; south side from alleywest of Irvine Avenue to Irvine Avenue; from two hundred ten (210) feet east of IrvineAvenue to three hundred ten (310) feet east of IrvineAvenue; from St. Andrews Road to Kings Place.
14. The recitalsprovided in thisordinance are true and correct and are incorporated intothe substantive portionof thisordinance.
Section 2:
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If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is,forany reason, held to be invalidor unconstitutional, such decision shall not affectthe validityor constitutionalityof the remaining portionsof thisordinance. The City Council hereby declares that itwould have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespectiveof the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3;
The CityCouncil findsthe introductionand adoption of this ordinance is not subject to the CaliforniaEnvironmental QualityAct (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activitywillnot result in a director reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activityis not a projectas defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, CaliforniaCode of Regulations, Title 14, Division6, Chapter 3, because ithas no potentialfor resultingin physical change to the environment, directlyor indirectly.
Section 4:
The Mayor shallsign and the City Clerk shallattestto the passage of thisordinance. The City Clerk shallcause the ordinance, or a summary thereof,to be published pursuant to City Charter Section 414. This ordinance shallbe effectivethirty (30) calendar days afteritsadoption.
Section 5:
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Section 6: This ordinance was introducedat a regularmeeting of the City Council of the Cityof Newport Beach, held on the 14h day ofApril,2026, and adopted on the 28th day of April,2026, by the followingvote,to wit:
AYES;
NAYS:
ABSENT:
Lauren Kleiman, Mayor
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
Aaror\ C. Harp, CityAttorney