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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018
REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M.
PETER KOETTING
Chair
PETER ZAK
Vice Chair
ERIK WEIGAND
Secretary
BILL DUNLAP
LAUREN KLEIMAN
KORY KRAMER
LEE LOWREY
Planning Commissioners are citizens of Newport Beach who volunteer to serve on the Planning Commission.
They were appointed by the City Council by majority vote for 4-year terms. At the table in front are City staff
members who are here to advise the Commission during the meeting. They are:
SEIMONE JURJIS, Community Development Director
JIM CAMPBELL, Deputy Community Development Director
MICHAEL TORRES, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
BRITTANY RAMIREZ, Administrative Support Specialist
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Regular meetings of the Planning Commission are held on the Thursdays preceding second and fourth Tuesdays of
each month at 6:30 p.m. The agendas, minutes , and staff reports are available on the City's web site at:
http://www.newportbeachca.gov and for public inspection in the Community Development Department, Planning
Division located at 100 Civic Center Drive, during normal business hours. If you have any questions or require copies
of any of the staff reports or other documentation, please contact the Community Development Department, Planning
Division staff at (949) 644-3200.
This Commission is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Among other things, the Brown Act requires that the
Commission’s agenda be posted at least 72 hours in advance of each meeting and that the public be allowed to
comment on agenda items before the Commission and items not on the agenda but are within the subject matter
jurisdiction of the Commission. The Commission may limit public comments to a reasonable amount of time, generally
three (3) minutes per person. All testimony given before the Planning Commission is recorded.
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APPEAL PERIOD: Use Permit, Variance, Site Plan Review, and Modification Permit applications do not become
effective until 14 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in
accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. Tentative Tract Map, Tentative Parcel Map , Lot
Merger, and Lot Line Adjustment applications do not become effective until 10 days following the date of approval,
during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code. General Plan and Zoning Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action.
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018
REGULAR MEETING – 6:30 P.M.
I.CALL TO ORDER
II.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III.ROLL CALL
IV.ELECTION OF OFFICERS
ITEM NO. 1 ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Summary:
The Planning Commission’s adopted rules require the election of officers at its annual meeting, which
occurs at the first meeting of July each year. Officers include the Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary and
they would serve for a one-year term.
Recommended Actions:
1.Find this action not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to
15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines,
California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3;
2.Nominate Planning Commission officers consisting of Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary; and
3.Appoint the officers by majority approval of a motion.
V.PUBLIC COMMENTS
Public comments are invited on non-agenda items generally considered to be within the subject matter jurisdiction
of the Planning Commission. Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes. Before speaking, please state
your name for the record and print your name on the blue forms provided at the podium.
VI.REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES
VII.CONSENT ITEMS
ITEM NO. 2 MINUTES OF JUNE 21, 2018
Recommended Action: Approve and file
VIII.PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes on all items. Before speaking, please state your name for
the record and print your name on the blue forms provided at the podium. If in the future, you wish to challenge
in court any of the matters on this agenda for which a public hearing is to be conducted, you may be limited to
raising only those issues, which you (or someone else) raised orally at the public hearing or in written
correspondence received by the City at or before the hearing.
ITEM NO. 3 HINTON AND MALONEY RESIDENCE (PA2017-208)
Site Location: 3200 Ocean Boulevard
Summary:
A request for a coastal development permit to allow the construction of a new 7,421-square-foot, single-
family residence and a 694-square-foot three car garage. The application also includes a request for a
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variance to allow the residence to encroach 5 feet into the required 10-foot rear setback and exceed the
maximum floor area limit.
Recommended Action:
1.Continue item to August 9, 2018
ITEM NO. 4 TOMMY BAHAMA (PA2018-156)
Site Location: 854 Avocado Avenue
Summary:
The applicant requests approval of a second amendment to Use Permit No. 3623 to allow alterations to
an existing restaurant. Interior alterations include reconfiguring the restaurant dining room and bar areas.
Exterior alterations include removing the existing front patio, enlarging the rear patio and providing a trellis
and awning cover over the patio and, exterior façade improvements. No increase to the gross floor area
or net public area is proposed and the parking requirement does not change. No changes to the allowed
hours of operation are proposed. The request includes the retention of the existing Type 47 (On Sale
General - Eating Place) Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license and the allowance of live entertainment.
If approved, this approval would supersede Use Permit No. 3623 (Amended).
Recommended Action:
1.Conduct a public hearing;
2.Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section
15301 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to
have a significant effect on the environment; and
3.Adopt Resolution No. PC2018-022 approving a second amendment to Use Permit No.3623 and
re-numbering UP2018-007.
IX.STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Update on City Council Items
ITEM NO. 7 ANNOUNCEMENTS ON MATTERS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS
WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION, OR REPORT
ITEM NO. 8 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
X.ADJOURNMENT
Planning Commission - July 19, 2018