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Home My WebLink About0.0_AgendaCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M. PETER KOETTING Chair ERIK WEIGAND LEE LOWREY Vice Chair Secretary CURTIS ELLMORE SARAH KLAUSTERMEIER LAUREN KLEIMAN 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: httl)://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. 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. It is the intention of the City of Newport Beach to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. 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. 1 of 4 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 P.M. CALL TO ORDER 11. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. 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. V. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES VI. CONSENT ITEMS ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF AUGUST 22, 2019 Recommended Action: Approve and file ITEM NO. 2 KIM RESIDENCE ENCROACHMENTS (PA2019-146) Site Location: 104 Via Orvieto Summary: A request to waive City Council Policy L-6 to retain the existing non -compliant private improvements consisting of a step and two planter walls located within the Via Orvieto public right-of-way. Recommended Action: 1. Find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) (Preliminary Review) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and 2. Waive City Council Policy L-6, Encroachments in Public Rights -of -Way, to retain noncompliant private improvements consisting of a step and planter walls that encroach into the Via Orvieto public right-of-way, contingent upon all conditions of the Encroachment Permit process being met; and 3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-027 waiving City Council Policy L-6 and approving Encroachment Permit No. N2019-0337. VII. 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. 2 of 4 Planning Commission - September 19, 2019 ITEM NO. 3 THE GARDEN OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE (PA2019-023) Site Location: 215 Riverside Avenue Summary: A coastal development permit to demolish an existing restaurantloffice building and associated surface parking lot, and to construct a new 47-space, two -level parking structure and a 2,830-square-foot office building. A conditional use permit is required to authorize the parking structure adjacent to residentially zoned property. A modification permit is required for 12 tandem parking spaces on the first and second floor levels. The project includes hardscape, drainage, and landscape improvements. The proposed development complies with all applicable development standards including height, setbacks, and floor area limits. Staff requests a two -week continuance to October 3, 2019, in order to complete additional biological resources analysis on the project. Recommended Action: 1. Continue the item to the October 3, 2019, Planning Commission Meeting. ITEM NO. 4 VERIZON MONO -EUCALYPTUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY (PA2018-010) Site Location: 1600 Newport Center Drive Summary: The applicant requests a conditional use permit and a coastal development permit to install 12 panel antennas, 12 radio units and 3 raycaps on a new 43.5-foot-tall telecommunications mono -eucalyptus for Verizon Wireless. The mono -eucalyptus will exceed the 32-foot height limit by 11.5 feet. The associated telecom support equipment will be ground -mounted and screened within a new 225-square-foot enclosure. (This application was continued from the May 17, 2018, Planning Commission meeting.) Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; 2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303 (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. PC2019-028 approving Conditional Use Permit No. UP2018-005 and Coastal Development Permit No. CD2018-004. ITEM NO. 5 APPEAL OF SHEEHY RESIDENCE CDP (PA2017-179) Site Location: 2495 Ocean Boulevard Summary: An appeal of the Zoning Administrator's July 11, 2019, decision to approve Coastal Development Permit No. CD2017-076 related to the demolition of an existing single-family residence and detached one -car garage, and the construction of a new 6,630-square-foot, single-family residence with an attached 656- square-foot, three -car garage located at 2495 Ocean Boulevard. The proposed development also includes accessory elements such as walls, fences, patios, hardscape, swimming pool, drainage devices and landscaping. The proposed project complies with all applicable development standards and no deviations are requested. The appeal was filed by a neighboring resident property owner. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a de novo public hearing; 3 of 4 Planning Commission - September 19, 2019 2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303 - Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment, and 3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-029, upholding and affirming the Zoning Administrator's approval of Coastal Development Permit No. CD2017-076. Vill. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 6 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION IX. ITEM NO. 7 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA. ITEM NO. 8 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES 4 of 4