NEWPORT BEACH — Nearly three months has passed since properties associated with Ardell Investments on Mariners Mile were sold to a real estate investor yet Newport Beach city planners are still unsure how to restore the nautically themed stretch of Coast Highway.
City officials hope a revitalized Mariners Mile would promote several waterfront uses, such as a hotel, visitor-serving retail and restaurants, and mixed-use residential, according to a presentation made to the Newport Beach Harbor Commission on March 9.
A city planner who spoke with commissioners at the meeting said he was unclear how the redevelopment of the Ardell properties and Mariners Mile as a whole would take shape, although any plans would have to be holistic.
“I think this is exactly what Newport Beach needs,” said Harbor Commission Chair David Girling.
Three zoning districts define Mariners Mile: highway-oriented commercial corridor, commercial village, and harbor-oriented uses.
The recent Ardell sale included two parcels of land on either side of Coast Highway. The land use zoning of the two properties are split, according to city staff. Harbor zoning applies to the property alongside the waterfront while the inland parcel is zoned for village uses.
The Newport Beach General Plan shows the land parcels where Ardell Yacht and...
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