HomeMy WebLinkAbout1461 - RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AMEND KOLL CENTER PC DISTRICT REGULATIONSRESOLUTION NO.1461
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 867,
AMENDING THE KOLL CENTER NEWPORT PLANNED
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO INCREASE
THE PERMITTED HEIGHT WITHIN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
SITE 1, FROM 75 FEET TO 90 FEET FOR A SINGLE
VERTICAL COLUMN.
(PLANNING COMMISSION AMENDMENT NO. 867)
WHEREAS, as part of the development and implementation of the Newport Beach
General Plan the Land Use Element has been prepared; and
WHEREAS, Section 20.35.050 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code provides
that amendments to a Planned Community Development Plan must be approved by the Planning
Commission setting forth full particulars of the amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Newport Beach Municipal Code provides specific procedures for
the implementation of Planned Community zoning for properties within the City of Newport
Beach; and
WHEREAS, an amendment to the Koll Center Newport Planned Community is
necessary in order to allow increased height on the subject property; and
WHEREAS, the proposed change in the height limit from 75 feet to 90 feet for an
air separation column only, within Light Industrial Site 1, is compatible with the height of
surrounding office buildings since it will allow replacement of existing equipment of similar
function; and
WHEREAS, the project has been determined to be Categorically Exempt from the
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 5 (Minor Alterations
in Land Use Limitations).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission of the
City of Newport Beach does hereby recommend that the City Council approve Amendment No.
867 to change the height limit of "Light Industrial Site 1" of the Koll Center Newport Planned
Community District, to increase the height limit from 75 feet to 90 feet for a single air separation
column, not to exceed the height limits set by the Federal Aviation Authority and to amend the
Koll Center Newport Planned Community District Regulations Part I, Section IV C to read as
follows:
C. Building Height
Building heights of structures shall be limited to a height e€ seventy-five(75)feet.
The height of a single vertical column (15 feet wide by 15 feet deep)
associated with an Air Separation Plant (the function is to extract gas,
i.e., nitrogen, oxygen, etc., from air), which supports on -site
manufacturing activities, shall be limited to ninety (90) feet above
ground level and shall in no way exceed the height limits set by the
Federal Aviation Authority for Orange County Airport. Additionally,
this vertical column shall be set back a minimum of 650 feet from
Jamboree Road and 780 feet from Birch Street (property lines). The
facility shall be limited to one column on site, unless otherwise approved
in coniunction with a use permit approved by the Planning Commission
for the relocation or replacement of the air separation column with a
new column. Exception: existing non - conforming structures. (21)'(22)
ADOPTED this 22nd day of Janu 1998, by the following vote, to wit:
Michael C. Kranzley,
CHAIRMAN
B�d�
Thomas Ashley,
SECRETARY
AYES Fuller, Ridgeway, Selich, Kranzley
Gifford, Adams, Ashley
NOES
ABSENT