Public hearing for The Nice Guy restaurant's conditional use permit on March 5, 2026.

CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, March 
05, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter 
shall be heard, a public hearing will be conducted in the 
Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport 
Beach. The Planning Commission of the City of Newport 
Beach will consider the following application:
The Nice Guy Restaurant – A request for a conditional 
use permit (CUP) to operate a restaurant known as The 
Nice Guy with a Type 47 (On-Sale General – Eating Place) 
Alcoholic Beverage Control license, late hours, and live 
entertainment. Proposed hours of operation are 11:00 
a.m. to 12:00 a.m., Monday to Saturday, and 9:30 a.m. to 
12:00 a.m. on Sunday. A CUP is required to authorize a 
restaurant with alcohol service and late-hour operations 
(defined as service provided after 11 p.m.). No dancing is 
proposed. In accordance with Chapter 5.25 (Operator 
License for Establishments Offering Alcoholic Beverages 
for On-Site Consumption in Combination With Late 
Hours, Entertainment, and/or Dance) of the Newport 
Beach Municipal Code, the restaurant operator must 
also obtain an operator's license from the Newport 
Beach Police Department as they intend to offer 
alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in 
combination with live entertainment and late hours. If 
approved, this CUP would supersede the minor use 
permit filed as PA2023-0119 and staff approval no. 
SA2018-010.
The project is categorically exempt under Section 
15301 – Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the State CEQA 
(California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines.
All interested parties may appear and present testimony 
regarding this application. If you challenge this project in 
court, you may be limited to raising only those issues 
you raised at the public hearing or in written 
correspondence delivered to the City, at, or before, the 
public hearing. Administrative procedures for appeals 
are provided in the Newport Beach Municipal Code 
Chapter 20.64 (Appeals). The application may be 
continued to a specific future meeting date; if such an 
action occurs, additional public notice of the 
continuance will not be provided.
The agenda, staff report, and corresponding documents 
will be available by end of business day on the Friday 
preceding the public hearing and may be reviewed at 
the Community Development Department Permit 
Center (Bay C-1st Floor), at 100 Civic Center Drive, 
Newport Beach, California, CA 92660 or the City of 
Newport Beach website          at   
www.newportbeachca.gov/planningcommission Indivi- 
duals not able to attend the meeting may contact the 
Planning Division or access the City's website after the 
meeting to review the action on this application. All mail 
or written communications (including email) from the 
public, residents, or applicants regarding an agenda 
item must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the business 
day immediately before the meeting. This allows time 
for the Planning Commission to adequately consider the 
submitted correspondence.
For questions regarding this public hearing item 
please contact Laura Rodriguez, Assistant Planner, at 
949-644-3216 and lrodriguez@newportbeachca.gov, 
or at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA.
NOTICE OF POLICE DEPARTMENT DECISION
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pending 
approval of the conditional use permit (CUP) 
mentioned above, an operator license application is 
scheduled for review by the Chief of Police of the City 
of Newport Beach on or after Tuesday, March 17, 
2026. The Chief of Police of the City of Newport 
Beach will consider the following application:
The Nice Guy Operator License - A request for the 
issuance of an operator license under Chapter 5.25 
(Operator License for Establishments Offering 
Alcoholic Beverages for On-Site Consumption in 
Combination with Late Hours, Live Entertainment, 
and/or Dance) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to 
permit The Nice Guy to operate as a restaurant with a 
Type 47 (On-Sale General Eating Place) ABC license, 
late hours (past 11:00 p.m.), and live entertainment. 
The Operator License is required in conjunction with 
a request for a CUP (PA2025-0252) scheduled for 
review by the Planning Commission on March 5, 
2026.
The project applications are categorically exempt 
under Section 15301 – Class 1 (Existing Facilities), of 
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 
Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities).
All interested parties may submit written comments 
regarding the requested operator license to Civilian 
Investigator, Wendy Joe, at 870 Newport Center 
Drive, Newport Beach, California, 92660. Comments 
will be accepted until Monday, March 16, 2026. If 
you challenge this project in court, you may be 
limited to raising only the issues you or someone else 
raised in written correspondence delivered to the 
City, on, or before, the date of the decision. The draft 
action letter and project file may be reviewed at the 
Community Development Department Permit Center 
(Bay C-1st Floor), at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport 
Beach, CA 92660. For questions regarding details of 
the operator license please contact Civilian 
Investigator, Wendy Joe, Special Investigations Unit at 
949-644-3705 or by email at wjoe@nbpd.org.
Project File No.:    Activity:    Conditional Use
PA2025-0252                              Permit and Operator License
Zone: Mixed-Use Water     Genera Plan: Mixed-Use           
(MU-W1)                                       Water 1 (MU-W1)
Location:  2607 West             Applicant: Adam Koral
Coast Highway
Jon Langford, Secretary, Planning Commission,
City of Newport Beach