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Home My WebLink About09 - Planning Commission Agenda and Action ReportTO: FROM: CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH City Council Staff Report July 23, 2019 Agenda Item No. 9 HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Seimone Jurjis, Community Development Director - 949-644-3232, sjurjis@newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: Jim Campbell, Deputy Community Development Director, 0cam pbell(c)-newportbeachca.gov PHONE: 949-644-3210 TITLE: Planning Commission Agenda Report for July 18, 2019 ITEM NO. 1 ELECTION OF OFFICERS SUMMARY: Election of Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary to serve for one year. The Planning Commission continued this item to the next regular meeting because two commissioners were absent. AYES: Ellmore, Klaustermeier, Lowrey, Rosene, and Weigand NOES: None ABSENT: Koetting and Kleiman ABSTAIN: None ACTION: Continue to August 8, 2019. ITEM NO.2 MINUTES OF JUNE 20, 2019 SUMMARY: Approval of the meeting minutes from the June 20, 2019, meeting of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission considered the draft minutes and approved the minutes as presented. AYES: Ellmore, Lowrey and Weigand NOES: None ABSENT: Koetting and Kleiman ABSTAIN: Klaustermeier and Rosene ACTION: Approved. 9-1 Planning Commission Agenda Report for July 18, 2019 July 23, 2019 Page 2 PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 3 VIVANTE SENIOR HOUSING (PA2018-185) Site Location: 850 and 856 San Clemente Drive SUMMARY: The project consists of the demolition of the existing Orange County Museum of Art (23,632 square feet) and associated administrative office building (13,935 square feet) to accommodate the development of a 183,983 -square -foot, six -story combination senior housing (90 -unit residential dwelling units) and memory care facility (27 beds). The approximately 2.9 -acre site is located on San Clemente Drive opposite the intersection with Santa Maria road. The application includes the considerations: • General Plan Amendment — To change the land use category of the project site from PI (Private Institutions) to MU -H3 (Mixed -Use Horizontal). Additionally, the amendment would modify Anomaly No. 49 to add 90 dwelling units and reduce the non-residential floor area from 45,208 -sq -ft to 16,000 square feet in Statistical Area L1. • Planned Community Text Amendment — To modify the San Joaquin Plaza Planned Community Development Plan (PC -19) to include development and design standards to allow for 90 senior dwelling units and 27 memory care beds. The applicant also requests an increase in the height limit from 65 feet to 69 feet with 10 feet for rooftop and mechanical appurtenances. • Development Agreement — To provide public benefits should the project be approved pursuant to Section 15.45.020 (Development Agreement Required) of the Municipal Code because the requested General Plan Amendment includes 50 or more dwelling units and adds dwelling units within Statistical Area L1. • Conditional Use Permit — To allow the operation of the proposed senior housing and memory care facility, alcohol service for dining hall and lounge areas in the form of a Type 47 (On Sale General) and Type 57 (Special On Sale General) Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) license, and ensure use compatibility. • Major Site Development Review — To allow the construction of 90 senior dwelling units and a 27 bed memory care facility and to ensure the site is developed in accordance with the applicable planned community and zoning code development standards and regulations pursuant to Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) Section 20.52.080 (Site Development Reviews). • Lot Merger — To merge the two existing parcels into one development site. • Addendum to the Museum House Environmental Impact Report (SCH#2016021023) for California Environmental Quality Act compliance. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and approved the project as recommended while correcting scrivener's errors to the draft resolution and including an additional change to General Plan Land Use Element Table LU1 in the description of the MU -H3 land use category to add 90 dwelling units as proposed by the General Plan Amendment. AYES: Ellmore, Klaustermeier, Lowrey, Rosene and Weigand NOES: None ABSENT: Koetting and Kleiman ABSTAIN: None ACTION: Approve as amended. 9-2 July 23, 2019 Agenda Item No. 9 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2019 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 Action: 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 20, 2019 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. 1 of 3 ITEM NO. 3 VIVANTE SENIOR HOUSING (PA2018-185) Site Location: 850 and 856 San Clemente Drive Summary: The project consists of the demolition of the existing Orange County Museum of Art (23,632 square feet) and associated administrative office building (13,935 square feet) to accommodate the development of a 183,983 -square -foot, six -story combination senior housing (90 residential dwelling units) and memory care facility (27 beds). The approximately 2.9 -acre site is located on San Clemente Drive opposite the intersection with Santa Maria road in the Newport Center area. In order to implement the project, the applicant requests the following approvals from the City of Newport Beach ("City'): • General Plan Amendment — To change the land use category of the project site from PI (Private Institutions) to MU -H3 (Mixed -Use Horizontal). Additionally, the amendment would modify Anomaly No. 49 to add 90 dwelling units and reduce the non-residential floor area from 45,208 to 16,000 square feet in Statistical Area L1. • Planned Community Development Plan Amendment — To modify the San Joaquin Plaza Planned Community Development Plan (PC -19) to include development and design standards to allow for 90 senior dwelling units and 27 memory care beds. The applicant also requests an increase in the height limit from 65 feet to 69 feet with 10 feet for rooftop and mechanical appurtenances. • Development Agreement — To provide public benefits should the project be approved pursuant to Section 15.45.020 (Development Agreement Required) of the Municipal Code because the requested General Plan Amendment includes 50 or more dwelling units and adds dwelling units within Statistical Area L1. • Conditional Use Permit — To allow the operation of the proposed senior housing and memory care facility, alcohol service for dining hall and lounge areas in the form of a Type 47 (On Sale General) and Type 57 (Special On Sale General) Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license, and ensure use compatibility. • Major Site Development Review — To allow the construction of 90 senior dwelling units and a 27 -bed memory care facility and to ensure the site is developed in accordance with the applicable planned community and zoning code development standards and regulations pursuant to Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) Section 20.52.080 (Site Development Reviews). • Lot Merger — To merge the two existing parcels into one development site. • Addendum to Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH#2016021023) — To address reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts resulting from the legislative and project specific discretionary approvals, the City has determined that an addendum to a previously certified EIR is warranted pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). If approved, Project approval would revoke and replace Use Permit No. UP2005-017 (PA2005-086) and Modification Permit No. MD2004-059 (PA2004-184). Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; and Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-021 (Attachment No. PC 1) and attached Exhibits recommending the City Council: • Certify the addendum to Environmental Impact Report No. ER2016-002; • Approve General Plan Amendment No. GP2018-003, Planned Community Development Plan No. PC2018-001, Development Agreement No. DA2018-005, Lot Merger No. LM2018-004, Site Development Review No. SD2014-003, and Conditional Use Permit No. UP2018-019; and • Rescind Modification Permit No. MD2004-059 (PA2004-184) and Use Permit No. UP2005-017 (PA2005-086). 2 of 3 IX. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 4 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ITEM NO. 5 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM NO. 6 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES X. ADJOURNMENT 3 of 3