The Newport Beach City Council will consider two separate proposals for a new golf clubhouse for Newport Beach Country Club at its January 24 meeting.
If the council sides with NBCC Inc.'s golf clubhouse plan, an amendment to the city's general plan would need to be made, Kim Brandt, the city's community development director said. The current maximum square footage for the golf clubhouse is 35,000.
The Planning Commission has recommended NBCC Inc.'s golf clubhouse plan, and Golf Realty Fund's proposal for the tennis club, the bungalows and the single-family homes, said Brandt.
Even though planning commissioners recommended NBCC Inc.'s golf clubhouse, planning commissioner Robert Hawkins said in an e-mail that the City Council could consider and recommend Golf Realty Fund's plan for a new clubhouse.
NBCC's current property owner, Robert O Hill with Golf Realty Fund, seeks a remodeled 35,000 square-foot golf clubhouse as part of a larger renovation project that includes a new tennis clubhouse, 27 hotel units [a.k.a. bungalows], five single-family homes, and a spa and fitness center. Golf Realty Fund's proposal calls for the removal of 17 of the tennis club's current 24 courts.
The other proposal is from NBCC Inc., and seeks a 56,000 square-foot clubhouse. The exact square footage would be 54,819 feet with the parking lot and maintenance facility making up the rest, according to a city staff report presented to planning commissioners at their Nov. 17 meeting. The staff report is available on the city's website.
The earliest construction would start is March 2013. Wooten said construction would commence following that year's Toshiba Classic to have as minimal an impact on the annual tournament.
Parking a sticking point
