SCH Number 2014081044

Project Info

Title

Balboa Marina West

Description

The Balboa Marina West project is comprised of a landslide restaurant, expansion of the existing private marina and a new public translent dock. MND 2013-002 analyzed a proposal by the project applicants to reconfigure the arrangement of uses on the project site to establish a new public boat dock in an area of Newport Harbor that currently lacks a public dock, and to improve the private Balboa Marina including its water-side and land-side areas. As analyzed, the new public boat dock would include a new gangway and approximately 12 public boat slips including eight new boat slips and four boat slips that would be relocated to the public dock from the existing private Balboa Marina. In the private Balboa Marina, 24 private boat slips accommodating a range of vessel sizes and a new gangway were proposed to be added. The MND analyzed a 19,400 sf marine commercial building with tuck under parking. The building was anticipated to house a restaurant with outdoor patio, marina restrooms and a yacht brokerage business displaced from the existing building that would be demolished. Following approval of the MND, the marine commercial building was reconfigured to eliminate the tuck-under parking and reduce the building height from approximately 35 ft to approximately 20 ft. The square footage was reduced by approximately 5,000 sf to 14,252 sf with 9,030 sf of new public area. A separate building housing private marina restrooms was included on the east of the project site near the marina gangways. The yacht brokerage business displaced from the existing building that would be demolished will be relocated to an adjacent commercial office building. A site development review was initiated to consider the project as revised and the city concluded that the MND adequately analyzed the project impacts and no additional environmental review was warranted.

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