NEWPORT BEACH, CA-Two-thirds of the city’s voters approved Measure S–the so-called GreenLight initiative–in November’s general election. The city council Tuesday approved the final version of guidelines to be used to determine when a project must face voter approval.

The slow-growth initiative’s purpose, in effect, is intended to force developers and city officials to determine when a project is large enough to have an adverse effect on traffic, causing unwelcome gridlock and directly impacting the quality-of-life in this upscale coastal community.

Under the guidelines adopted Tuesday, Section 423, an amendment to the Newport Beach City Charter titled Protection from Traffic and Density, requires voter approval for any major amendments to the city’s General Plan. As defined by the section, a major amendment would be one that “significantly increases the maximum amount of traffic that allowed uses could generate.” Such a significant increase is defined as over 100 peak-hour trips. Peak hours in the city are from 7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. The number of hours will be calculated based on the manual published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

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