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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 5 — Business Licenses and Regulations

Newport Beach Municipal Code Ch. 5.11 Special Regulations

Newport Beach Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Newport Beach

Cite as: Newport Beach Municipal Code Chapter 5.11 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 5.11.010. Signs on Watercraft.

Any person having a license for the business of U-drive boats or watercraft for hire and who pursuant thereto rents any paddleboard, kayak, pedalo or similar type of craft shall as a condition of maintaining such license and doing such business install and maintain on all such craft in sight of the operator a sign stating that the use of the craft is prohibited in the entrance channel of Newport Harbor.

(Ord. 1368 § 4 (part), 1970)

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§ 5.11.030. Selling Food Products on the Streets Prohibited.

No person shall engage in the business of selling any beverage, food or food product of any kind intended for immediate consumption on the public streets or sidewalks in the following areas within the City:

Area 1. That area bounded on the west by the westerly city limits, on the north by the northerly right-of-way line of Pacific Coast Highway, on the east by the eastern most right-of-way line of Newport Boulevard, on the southeast by 20th Street, and on the south by the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean.

Area 2. That area bounded on the west by the westernmost right-of-way line of 20th Street, on the north by the line of ordinary high tide of Newport Bay, on the east by the easternmost right-of-way line of G Street, and on the south by the line of ordinary high tide of the Pacific Ocean.

This section shall not be construed to restrict the sale of food products in any of the above described areas of the City when delivered to private premises.

(Ord. 1368 § 4 (part), 1970)

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§ 5.11.040. Sale of Food Products on Public Beaches Prohibited.

No person shall sell, solicit orders for or deliver any beverage, food or food product on any Newport Bay beach or oceanfront beach open to the public.

(Ord. 86-21 § 1, 1986)

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§ 5.11.070. Exception.

This chapter shall not apply to sidewalk vendors to the extent their activity is regulated under Chapter 5.97, or any successor chapter.

(Ord. 2018-19 § 1, 2018)

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