Public hearing on condominium project appeal scheduled for April 28, 2026.

CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 28, 2026, at 4:00 p.m., or soon thereafter as the matter shall be heard, a public hearing will be conducted in the City Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach will consider the following application:

300 Newport Center Drive Condominiums Appeal – An appeal of the Planning Commission's March 5, 2026, approval of a project to demolish all improvements on a 4.17-acre site, including an existing movie theater (Regal Edwards Big Newport) and a health/fitness facility (Body Design), to allow for the construction of two 22-story residential buildings (approximately 270 feet high) consisting of 150 condominium units, on-site amenities, for-sale home offices, retail/café space, and 343 off-street parking spaces. The non-residential home office spaces would be sold individually to owners of the residential condominium units. Each residential building is nearly identical and is connected through a podium that contains the home offices, retail/café, amenities, parking, and building support facilities. The project includes publicly accessible open space (PAOS) that is provided in courtyards accessible via 8-foot-wide walkways along the public right-of-way. The project includes private residential amenities such as pools, exercise facilities, and entertainment spaces. Vehicular access to the site is through a driveway on Newport Center Drive, which leads to a guardhouse and motorized gate restricting access to the motor court and valet drop off. The proposed project requires the following approvals:

    • Major Site Development Review to allow a new residential development with five or more units and a tentative tract map, and to waive certain requirements of the Multi-Unit Objective Design Standards; 
    • Conditional Use Permit to waive the required off-street parking spaces for the proposed home office and retail/café components. If approved, this Conditional Use Permit would supersede Use Permit filed as PA2016-020; and
    • Vesting Tentative Tract Map to consolidate four lots into one parcel and to allow for an airspace subdivision of the individual residential units and nonresidential units for condominium purposes.

The project is consistent with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15183, which provides an exemption for projects that are consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified. The City's Housing Implementation Program Final Program EIR (State Clearinghouse SCH Number 2023060699) was certified by the City Council on July 23, 2024. Copies of the previously prepared environmental document are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Division or the City of Newport Beach website at www.newportbeachca.gov/ceqa.

All interested parties may appear and present testimony in regard to 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 prior to, the public hearing. Administrative procedures for appeals are provided in the Newport Beach Municipal Code Chapters 19.12.050 (Review of Tentative Tract Maps) and 20.64 (Appeals). The application may be continued to a specific future meeting date, and if such an action occurs additional public notice of the continuance will not be provided. Prior to the public hearing the agenda, staff report, and documents may be reviewed at the City Clerk's Office, 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, California, 92660 or at the City of Newport Beach website at www.newportbeachca.gov. Individuals 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.

For questions regarding details of the project please contact Liz Westmoreland, Principal Planner, at lwestmoreland@newportbeachca.gov or 949-644-3234.

Project File No.:	Activities:
PA2025-0102	Major Site Development
	Review, Vesting
	Tentative Tract Map,
	and Conditional Use
	Permit

Zone:	General Plan:
Office – Regional (OR)	Regional Commercial
	Office (CO-R)

Overlay Zoning District:
Housing Opportunity (HO)
Overlay, HO-4 (Newport
Center Area) Subarea

Location:	Applicant:
210 and 300 Newport	Related California
Center Drive and
Unaddressed Parcels
Identified as Accessor
Parcel Numbers
442-091-12 and 442-161-16

/s/ Lena Shumway, City Clerk,
City of Newport Beach