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  Newport Beach City Council provided feedback and direction to staff over the weekend on a few specific projects and efforts, including adding some code enforcement staffing. About 60 people gathered in the community room at the Civic Center on a rainy Saturday morning for...

In discussing the General Plan update, Newport Beach city staff, Council members, and residents all emphasized transparency, inclusiveness, and public engagement at a meeting this week. During Tuesday’s Council study session, city staff presented an overview of the process and...

Newport Beach City Council appointed a new member to the Planning Commission during their meeting Tuesday. On Sept. 25, former Commissioner Bill Dunlap resigned. An ad-hoc Appointments Committee consisting of several Council members was created and reviewed applications for the...

The Planning Commission Study Session for the Koll Center Residences project, previously scheduled for Nov. 8, has been postponed and due to an unscheduled vacancy on the Commission, Newport Beach city officials announced this week. In a message shared on Wednesday, city...

There won’t be any room for tasting alcoholic beverages in West Newport Mesa anytime soon following a unanimous Newport Beach City Council meeting last week. Council voted 7-0 on May 8 to deny an amendment to the Zoning Code revising some of the city’s regulations regarding craft...

Locals in West Newport Mesa may soon find themselves “tasting” drinks in the upcoming craft alcoholic beverage manufacturing business following a city commission vote last week. The Newport Beach Planning Commission on March 22 approved a recommendation, with conditions, to City...

Newport Beach City Council this week formally adopted the direction they gave staff during the annual planning session last month, with one distinct change regarding the general plan update process. While the Jan. 29 meeting included a fiscal, harbor, and public safety updates,...

City Council and staff met this week to set goals and plan for the future of Newport Beach. About 75 people attended the annual Council planning session held Monday at Marina Park on the Balboa Peninsula. The big item of the night was the general plan update. An update to the...

Parking, an evergreen topic in Newport Beach, once again reached the City Council dais this week, but this time it brought a private dispute between two companies along with it. In October, the Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit submitted by DJM Capital...

The Newport Beach Planning Commission was scheduled to hold a public hearing last week on the planned renovations for the 90-year-old Balboa Theater, but the item was unexpectedly removed from the agenda. Discussion of the proposal, submitted by the Balboa Theater Company, LLC,...

NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the NB Independent during 2017. This week, we cover January through June. (click the first line of text in each brief to read the full, original story)   January   A Huntington Beach man was...

Anna Grayhek has joined Newport Beach-based interior architecture and planning firm H. Hendy Associates as a workplace strategist. With more than 20 years of experience, Grayhek specializes in the planning and design of commercial offices and retail spaces for clients like...

Peninsula Trolley Options Also on Agenda The Balboa Village Advisory Committee may seek to reallocate up to $40,000 in leftover funds originally earmarked for the Commercial Facade Improvement Program in coming months. The program is currently still ongoing. Associate Planner...

Recently completed, upcoming and potential city projects in the near and distant future were all on the agenda during an early morning presentation this week. About 40 people attended the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Wake Up! Newport meeting on Thursday with guest...

  A property in Cannery Village on the Balboa Peninsula that has been home to sail makers since the 1960s is on its way to becoming something new, yet still historically familiar. Newport Beach Planning Commission on July 20 unanimously approved Ullman Sails Lofts mixed-use...

After working on the Mariners’ Mile Revitalization Master Plan for approximately one year, the city has backed off following public outcry. In a notice sent out to the community on Tuesday, Newport Beach city staff explained that the draft plan for the stretch of Pacific Coast...

Newport Beach Planning Commission learned more about the potential senior living project near Bristol Street and Bayview Place during a study session last week. The hour of discussion during the study session on Feb. 23 about the Centerpointe Senior Living, LLC, proposed project...

The Newport Beach City Council denied an appeal by residents in Santa Ana Heights to overturn the Planning Commission’s unanimous approval of the Santa Ana Avenue Cottages project Tuesday night by a vote of 6-1, with Diane Dixon voting against it. The plan for a small...

The Newport Beach Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a café and a poolside cocktail lounge with specific residents-only Alcoholic Beverage Control license at the Villas Fashion Island. Commissioners voted 4-1 with Bill Dunlap dissenting and Peter Zak...

Newport Beach City Council voted 7-0 on Tuesday to direct city staff to start filming Planning Commission meetings. Staff asked the Council to reconsider their Feb. 23 decision, when they voted 4-2 against the idea. There was a bit of community backlash over the decision. It...