ON THE AGENDA Here are a few...

ON THE AGENDA

Here are a few of the items the council will consider tonight.

SPORTS MUSEUM

The council will consider a general plan amendment to increase the

area the Newport Sports Museum can develop by 1,550 square feet.

Museum officials are requesting the amendment to accommodate the

enclosure of a yet-to-be developed, 780-square-foot patio and an

already-built 770-square-foot second-floor addition, built without

permits.

On Thursday, the Planning Commission unanimously approved the

change to the general plan.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Planning staff members recommend approving the change.

RECOVERY HOME ZONING

The council will consider adopting changes to a law that the

council already approved concerning drug and alcohol recovery homes.

Because some significant changes are being introduced, the council

will conduct another first reading of the law.

The law would more heavily regulate the city’s drug and alcohol

recovery homes. Residents have complained that the homes generate

noise, litter and other problems in their neighborhoods.

The changes are: adding legislative findings to clarify the

purpose and intent of the law; modifying the definition of a term to

eliminate “transiency” as a criteria, except in the case of group

living homes in certain areas; and incorporating standard conditions

that would address the concerns expressed by residents who live

adjacent to some group living homes.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Staff members recommend approval since they believe the new law

gives the city the means to protect the character of residential

areas by treating transient group living uses in the same manner as

short-term lodgers, since they both are characterized by frequent

turnover of occupants.

-- Compiled by

Deirdre Newman