From: Sheryl Vanlandingham <[email protected]>
Sent: October 05, 2026 1:12 PM
To: [email protected]; City Clerk's Office; Planning Commission Subject: Commercial Corridor- Corona Del Mar, CA
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October 5, 2025
Subject: Corona Del Mar- Commercial Corridor
Dear City Council, Planning Commissioners and Community Development Manager Murillo, Thank you for the important work you do for the city of Newport Beach and its residents.
I am a resident of Corona Del Mar and I ask you not to approve the proposed re-zoning of the CdM commercial corridor to allow new 2nd-and 3rd-floor mixed-use dense apartments, reduced or waived parking, excessive alcohol use permits, and rooftop amenities with extended late night hours.
Residents participated in community outreach sessions by the city. The majority of neighborhood feedback presented to the city planners opposed re-zoning for mixed-use housing, code changes and added extended hours amenities.
The CdM Village was designed as a small, walkable commercial area intended to serve the nearby residents and visitors.
Adding housing apartments in an already highly dense area with traffic and parking issues plus late rooftop uses is not conducive to maintaining its character and charm we have come to know, expect and love.
It would push traffic, noise, and overflow parking onto the streets of nearby neighborhoods.
That is not “preserving existing character” nor does it add any benefit to the neighborhood. It changes the Village into something residents already rejected and we don’t need it looking like or becoming the
We ask when doing your diligent review you:
Drop proposed allowance for new residential units above storefronts along the CdM corridor.
Keep parking requirements to serve customers and neighbors and increase those requirements by adding city parking solutions and round-the-year Red Trolley services.
Do not allow rooftop amenities which would become night-time entertainment next to homes and increase alcohol and drug-related crimes.
Honor the resident outreach record instead of advancing the one recommendation the community is most opposed to.
Respectfully, I urge you to listen to the recommendations of the CdM residents.
Thank you
Sincerely,
Sheryl Vanlandingham
308 Narcissus
Corona Del Mar, CA
[email protected]
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Sent: October 01, 2026 4:55 PM
To: City Clerk's Office; [email protected]; Planning Commission Subject: Public Comment - Planning Case PA2024-0002 | Prioritizing Existing Residential Quality of Life, Pedestrian Safety, Parking, & Public-Safety Analysis Attachments: CDM_CorridorPublicCommentLetter_KeithRicker_FinalDraft_20260930.pdf [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Report phish using the Phish Alert Button above.
Good Day To You, City of Newport Beach City Clerk, City Council & Planning Commission:
Please find attached a .PDF file containing a document that I respectfully request to be included on record for Public Comment regarding Planning Case PA2024-0002.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated assistance regarding my above request… Keith W. Ricker
315 Dahlia Place;
[email protected]
Corona del Mar Commercial Corridor | Public Comment
September 30, 2026
CORONA DEL MAR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR STUDY
Public Comment • Planning Case PA2024-0002
Via City Clerk — for distribution to the Newport Beach Planning Commission and City Council Re: Public Comment - Planning Case PA2024-0002 | Prioritizing Existing Residential Quality of Life, Pedestrian Safety, Parking, & Public-Safety Analysis
Dear City Clerk, Planning Commissioners & Members of the City Council:
I am submitting these comments concerning the Corona del Mar Commercial Corridor Study and its proposed implementing amendments. I support practical pedestrian-safety improvements, accessibility, and more effective visitor and employee parking. My position is that the project’s overarching goal should be to preserve and improve the existing quality of life for residents living in and around the corridor. I oppose rezoning and additional business-use expansion that would increase commercial intensity without a demonstrated need and documented protections for nearby neighborhoods.
Pedestrian Safety and Parking Improvements
Please identify improvements that can proceed independently under existing land-use regulations, such as safer crossings and sidewalks, appropriate traffic-calming measures, clearer parking information, coordinated use of existing parking, and strategies to reduce visitor and employee parking spillover onto residential streets. Evaluate these measures against existing conditions before coupling them with additional development or commercial-use permissions.
Rezoning and Additional Commercial Activity
I oppose the proposed rezoning (mixed-use, high density residential development) and expansion of permitted commercial uses because of the potential to intensify existing problems involving traffic congestion, limited parking, neighborhood noise, nighttime activity, and public safety.
Rezoning that permits additional businesses, expanded restaurants, rooftop entertainment, extended operating hours, or increased alcohol-related activity would create opportunities for greater commercial intensity. My concern is that these changes could exacerbate existing conditions and negatively affect the quality of life of residents living in and around the corridor.
Before considering such amendments, I request that the City demonstrate a documented need for additional commercial development and provide evidence that the anticipated increases in activity can be accommodated without worsening existing neighborhood conditions.
Specifically, I ask the City to explain why rezoning and expanded commercial activity are necessary to accomplish the project's objectives when improvements to pedestrian safety, parking Corona del Mar Commercial Corridor | Public Comment
management, accessibility, and existing infrastructure could potentially be implemented under current land-use regulations.
The project's overarching objective should be to preserve and improve the existing quality of life for Corona del Mar residents, rather than increase commercial activity without demonstrating a corresponding residential benefit.
Existing Police Department Findings on Crime and Alcohol-License Concentration The Newport Beach Police Department memorandum dated April 3, 2025, prepared for a proposed Type 47 restaurant at 3025–3027 East Coast Highway (PA2024-0231), presents relevant baseline information. It reports a Crime Count of 299 in Reporting District 44, versus a citywide reportingdistrict average of 112—approximately 167% above that average. The memorandum identifies RD44 as a high-crime area for the applicable Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) review. It further reports that DUI, public-intoxication, and liquor-law violations represented 32% of arrests in that district; the memo also identifies drug offenses as the largest arrest category. These figures are from the memo’s reporting period and statutory methodology, not a current citywide crime-rate comparison.
For the same restaurant application, the Police Department reported 15 active on-sale licenses and approximately 4,515 residents in Census Tract 627.02, or one on-sale license for every 301 residents, compared with one per 822 residents countywide. The memorandum concluded that this application location met the statutory undue-concentration criteria for alcohol licenses. It also stated that the Department had no objection to that particular restaurant application if specified conditions or similar safeguards were imposed. That qualification matters: the memorandum does not amount to a blanket objection to all future alcohol permits or prove that the corridor amendments will cause additional crime.
Given those documented conditions, I request that the City expressly address this question before considering broader restaurant, bar, rooftop, or alcohol-related permissions: What measurable benefit to existing residents would justify any additional alcohol-licensed activity in an area already identified under the applicable ABC criteria as having undue concentration, and how would potential public-safety and neighborhood impacts be evaluated and controlled? Residential Compatibility: Measurable Outcomes and Accountability Please publish the baseline measures, anticipated outcomes, monitoring methods, and response thresholds for neighborhood noise, nighttime activity, privacy, outdoor lighting, public safety, traffic, and parking spillover. The City should identify the geographic area, data sources, frequency of measurement, responsible department, public reporting schedule, and corrective steps to be considered if conditions worsen. Where relevant, this evaluation should distinguish existing problems from incremental impacts attributable to any newly authorized uses.
In particular, please specify whether monitoring would include evening and weekend residential parking occupancy; noise complaints and verified nighttime noise measurements; police calls for service and relevant incident or arrest categories; alcohol-related enforcement data; vehicle and pedestrian conditions at key intersections; and complaints concerning rooftop lighting and privacy.
Explain how residents could report issues, how trends would be assessed, and what enforceable permit conditions or review processes would be available when defined thresholds are exceeded.
Corona del Mar Commercial Corridor | Public Comment
Public Input and Transparent Review
Please publish complete available community survey results, clarify how resident and business feedback informed the amendments, and provide a side-by-side presentation of the proposed regulatory text and current standards. I request that the City place the April 2025 Police Department memorandum and any updated, geographically comparable public-safety and ABC-license concentration analysis into the corridor project record, and explain how staff considered this information. Residents should have an opportunity to review that analysis before decisions are made.
Please include this letter in the public record for PA2024-0002 and distribute it to the Planning Commission and City Council. Thank you for considering these comments and for distinguishing practical improvements to the existing corridor from proposals that would increase development or commercial activity.
Respectfully,
Keith W. Ricker
315 Dahlia Place
[email protected]
References
City of Newport Beach, Corona del Mar Commercial Corridor Study (official project page):
https://www.newportbeachca.gov/government/departments/community-development/planningdivision/current-projects-and-cases/corona-del-mar-commercial-corridor-study Newport Beach Planning Commission, September 17, 2026, Item 5, PA2024-0002:
https://newportbeach.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?GUID=316E64F8-B3D1-457A-9EF1- 0949D4186085&ID=8209387
Newport Beach Police Department, memorandum from Wendy Joe, April 3, 2025, Restaurant at 3025–3027 East Coast Highway, PA2024-0231, attached to City legislative file 25-1084:
https://newportbeach.legistar.com/View.ashx?GUID=E2AAF291-66CC-4404-9876- 684CBFA4802B&ID=14594528&M=F
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Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2026 10:03:48 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Schmillen, Justin <[email protected]>; Recreation <[email protected]>; Jurjis, Seimone <[email protected]>; Kleiman, Lauren <[email protected]>; City Clerk's Office <[email protected]>; PBR Commission <[email protected]>
Subject: Subject: Request for City Support � Modest Covered Wire Dog Run at Bayview Landing for Seniors
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Justin Schmillen, Recreation & Senior Services Director Seimone Jurjis, City Manager
Mayor Lauren Kleiman
Dear Director Schmillen and the Newport Beach Recreation & Senior Services team, I am a resident of Bayview Landing (1121 Back Bay Drive), the City�s affordable senior apartments. Many of us no longer drive and are confined to walking our pets around the planters on the property. Health challenges limit us to very short distances, so we never get to see our dogs run and play. We also have to carry sticks because of coyotes�one day while I was bending over to clean up after my pup, a coyote came up from behind and tried to get my dog. Newer tenants who are allergic to dogs have led management to post more restrictions on where dogs can go, making life even more confining and creating conflict.
There is available space in the back garden area for a modest dog run. We are asking the City to help donate and install a compact, fully enclosed stainless chain-link dog run with a basic roof covering, stainless front entry door, and benches along the sides. This would let seniors safely enjoy their pets, reduce coyote risk, and ease tension�supporting healthy senior living.
Please note that onsite managers do not have authority for this improvement; Related Companies managers must be contacted. Onsite maintenance works very hard and simply does not have the time to install something like this, so a quick, professional installation would also be important.
I would be glad to meet on-site or provide more details. Thank you for considering this practical request on behalf of Bayview Landing seniors and their companion animals.
I humbly ask the city clerk to please distribute this request to the city council.
Respectfully,
Pamela Crane and Spike the Wonder Doggie
Bayview Landing Resident
949-554-8150
[email protected]
Example of a simple dog run play yard.