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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2019
REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M.
ERIK WEIGAND LEE LOWREY
Vice Chair Secretary
CURTIS ELLMORE
SARAH KLAUSTERMEIER
LAUREN KLEIMAN
PETER KOETTING
MARK ROSENE
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
YOLANDA SUMMERHILL, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
AMANDA LEE, Administrative Support Technician
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.newi)ortbeachca.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.
Please Note: All mail or written communications (including email) from the public, residents, or applicants regarding
an agenda item must be submitted by 5 p.m. on the business day immediately prior to the meeting. This allows
time for the Planning Commission to adequately consider the submitted correspondence.
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If, as an attendee or a participant of this meeting, you will need special assistance beyond what is normally provided,
the City of Newport Beach will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner. Please contact Leilani Brown,
City Clerk, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation
is feasible (949-644-3005 or (brown@newportbeachca.gov).
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, AUGUST 8, 2019
REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 P.M.
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 JULY 18, 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.
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ITEM NO. 3 THE DOCK CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (PA2019-075)
Site Location: 2816 Lafayette Avenue
Summary:
A conditional use permit to allow a Type 47 (On -Sale General — Eating Place) alcoholic beverage control
license at an existing food service establishment. The Dock currently operates with a Type 41 (On -Sale
Beer and Wine) alcoholic beverage control license with hours of operation from 6:00 a.m. through 11:00
p.m., daily. The existing establishment consists of 1,060 square feet of net public area, including a 597-
square-foot covered outdoor patio fronting the Rhine Channel. No change to hours of operation and no
physical interior or exterior alterations are proposed. The Applicant also requests a continuation of
historical parking reductions. If approved, this use permit would supersede Use Permit No. UP3578.
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. PC2019-022 approving Conditional Use Permit No. UP2019-023.
ITEM NO. 4 SAGEMODERN LIVE -WORK DEVELOPMENT (PA2018-232)
Site Location: 502 and 504 West Balboa Boulevard
Summary:
The applicant requests a coastal development permit and a minor site development review to demolish
an existing two-story, mixed -use building and surface parking lot and construct two new live -work units.
As part of the project, the applicant also requests approval of a variance to waive or modify Newport Beach
Municipal Code (NBMC) Section 20.48.130 to allow reduction of the required 25-foot depth of
nonresidential uses on the ground floor to a depth of 18 feet 4 inches. The project includes hadscape,
landscape, and subsurface drainage facilities and the design complies with other applicable development
standards.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15303 under Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the
CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment;
and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-023 approving Coastal Development Permit No. CD2018-105,
Minor Site Development Review No. SD2018-006, and Variance No. VA2018-007.
IX. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 6 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS
WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE
AGENDA.
ITEM NO. 7 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
X. ADJOURNMENT
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