HomeMy WebLinkAbout1530 - RECOMMEND APPROVAL TS_EXPANSION OFFICE SITE B KOLL CENTER NEWPORTRESOLUTION NO. 1530
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL APPROVE TRAFFIC STUDY NO. 119
REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF OFFICE SITE B
IN KOLL CENTER NEWPORT.
WHEREAS, Kell Center Newport Number A, 1900 Main Street, Suite 350,
Irvine, California, has applied to the City of Newport Beach for a General Plan
Amendment and a Planned Community Amendment for "Office Site B" of the Kell
Center Newport (KCN) Planned Community in order to allow future additional
development on Parcel 1 of PMB 114/22 -24 and Parcels 1, 2, and 7 of PMB 181/13 -19;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed General Plan Amendment would increase the
allowable building floor area of KCN Office Site B by 250,000 gross square feet, to a
maximum of 1,310,898 gross square feet; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Amendment to the Kell Center Newport Planned
Community text would increase the maximum allowable building floor area in KCN
Office Site B; and
WHEREAS, a traffic study, entitled Office Site B — Koll Center Newport Planned
Community (WPA Traffic Engineering, Inc., March 2000), was prepared for the project
in compliance with Chapter 15.40 of the Municipal Code (Traffic Phasing Ordinance)
and incorporated into the Environmental Impact Report for the project (SCH
499091120); and
WHEREAS, the traffic study indicated that the project will increase traffic on
nine primary intersections by one percent (1 %) or more during Peak Hour periods one
year after the completion of the project; and
WHEREAS, utilizing the Intersection Capacity Utilization (ICU) analysis
specified by the Traffic Phasing Ordinance, the traffic study determined that eight of the
preceding nine primary intersections will operate at satisfactory levels of service as
defined by the Traffic Phasing Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, utilizing the Intersection Capacity Utilization (ICU) analysis
specified by the Traffic Phasing Ordinance, the traffic study determined that one primary
intersection, MacArthur /Jamboree, presently operates at an unsatisfactory level of service
during the a.m. peak hour and that the project will further impact the intersection unless
mitigation measures are implemented. The traffic study identified the following
mitigation measures, in the form of intersection improvements, the costs of which are to
be shared by the project and other projects impacting the same intersection via mandatory
conditions of approval: addition of a second northbound left turn lane, a second
southbound left turn lane and a northbound right turn lane; and
WHEREAS, the above - described improvements will reduce the identified short-
range traffic impacts from the project to a less- than - significant level; and
WHEREAS, based on the weight of the evidence in the administrative record,
including the traffic study, the Planning Commission finds:
a. Construction of the project will be completed within 60 months of project approval;
and
b. With planned intersection improvements, contributed to by the project, the project
will neither cause nor make worse an unsatisfactory level of traffic service at any
impacted primary intersection.
WHEREAS, on August 3 and September 7, 2000 and June 7, 2001, the Planning
Commission held public hearings, at which time the proposed General Plan Amendment
and Zoning Amendment were considered. A notice of time, place and purpose of the
public hearing was duly given and testimony was presented to and considered by the
Planning Commission at the public hearing.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission of the
City of Newport Beach does hereby recommend that the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach approve Traffic Study 119 based on the weight of the evidence in the
administrative record, including the traffic study and with the a fair share contribution to the
costs of the identified improvements.
ADOPTED this 7b day of June 2001, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: McDaniel, Kiser, Agajanian, Selich
Kranzley and Tucker
NOES: None
ABSENT: Gifford
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BY:
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Edward Selich, Chairman
BY:
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Steven Kiser, Secretary