HomeMy WebLinkAbout07 - Planning Commission Agenda 09-10-13NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
Item No. 7
September 24, 2013
ll. 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 SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
Recommended Action: Approve and file
VII. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
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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.
ITEM NO.2 216 CRYSTAL VARIANCE (PA2013 -118)
Site Location: 216 Crystal Avenue
Summary:
A request for a variance to allow the following improvements to an existing nonconforming duplex: 1)
a second story addition which would exceed the maximum allowed floor area; 2) an addition greater
than 10 percent of the existing square footage without providing the required number of parking
spaces (two garage spaces per unit); and 3) encroachment into the 4 -foot side yard setback along E.
Bay Front Alley.
CEQA Compliance:
The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301 of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the implementing Guidelines of the California
Environmental Quality Act as the project is an addition to an existing structure and is located on a
developed site with no environmentally significant resources present.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing; and
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2. Adopt Resolution No. _approving Variance No. VA2013 -005.
VIII. STUDY SESSION
ITEM NO. 3 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES ORDINANCE (PA2012 -057)
Site Location: City -wide
Summary:
An amendment to the Newport Beach Municipal Code ( "NBMC ") to update regulations regarding
wireless telecommunication facilities ( "Telecom Facilities "). Regulations currently contained in
Chapter 15.70 would be updated and relocated to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) and Chapter 15.70
would be rescinded in its entirety.
Recommended Action:
1. Review and comment on the proposed draft ordinance.
IX. OTHER BUSINESS
ITEM NO. 4 LAND USE ELEMENT AMENDMENT (PA2013 -098)
Site Location: City -wide
Summary:
Review of land use amendments as recommended by the Land Use Element Amendment Advisory
Committee. These recommended amendments will be included in the project description for the draft
environmental impact report. Formal Planning Commission public hearings on the proposed
amendments are anticipated to occur in the spring of 2014.
Recommended Action:
1. Review and comment on the potential land use changes.
X. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Committee Updates:
1. Land Use Element Amendment Advisory Committee
2. General Plan /Local Coastal Program Implementation Committee
ITEM NO. 7 ANNOUNCEMENTS ON MATTERS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS
WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION, OR
REPORT
ITEM NO. 8 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
XI. ADJOURNMENT
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