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Newport Beach council adopts safety enhancement zones, keeps mandatory revocation for specific crimes
Summary
The council unanimously approved new safety enhancement zones focused on short‑term rental enforcement after clarifying that mandatory revocation language applies only to specified serious crimes and that notice timing will be corrected.
The Newport Beach City Council on Feb. 10 unanimously adopted an ordinance creating temporary safety enhancement zones intended to strengthen enforcement against egregious behavior tied to some short‑term rentals.
City Attorney Harp told the council the ordinance’s mandatory revocation language — the contested word 'shall' — applies only to a limited set of serious crimes and would be enforced only after a preponderance‑of‑the‑evidence finding. 'It was basically inserted so that it'd be mandatory, to revoke a short term lodging permit, but only a certain, crimes are committed,' Harp said during the dais discussion. He…
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