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HomeMy WebLinkAbout30 - Planning Commission Agenda 6-17-04PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, June 17, 2004 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. EARL MCDANIEL Chairman MICHAEL TOERGE JEFFREY COLE BARRY EATON City Council Meeting June 22, 2004 Agenda Item No. 30 ED SELICH STEVE KISER LARRY TUCKER 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: PATRICIA TEMPLE, Planning Director JAMES CAMPBELL, Senior Planner GINGER VARIN, Planning Commission Secretary RICH EDMONSTON, Transportation & Development Services Manager ROBIN CLAUSON, Assistant City Attorney 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. Staff reports or other written documentation have been prepared for each item of business listed on the agenda. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the staff reports or other documentation please contact the Planning Department staff at (949) 644 -3200. The agendas, minutes and staff reports are also available on the City's web site. The address is: http://www.city.newport-beach.ca.us/. 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 at 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 Ginger Varin, Planning Commission Secretary at (949) 644 -3232, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible. APPEAL PERIOD: Use Permit, Variance, Site Plan Review, Resubdivision, and Modification applications do not become effective until 14 days after the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Council. General Plan and Zoning Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action. 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. NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Council Chambers - 3300 Newport Boulevard June W, 2004 CALL TO ORDER 6:30 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: 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 3- minutes. Before speaking, please state your name for the record. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES: CONSENT CALENDAR Notice to the Public All matters) listed under CONSENT CALENDAR (Item 1 and 1 B) is considered by the Commission to be routine and will all be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. The Planning Commission Members have received detailed staff reports on each of the items recommending an action. There will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the time the Commission votes on the motion unless members of the Commission, staff or the public request specific items to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Members of the public who wish to discuss a Consent Calendar item should come forward to the lectern upon invitation by the Chairman, state their name and Consent Calendar Item number. ITEM NO. 1. SUBJECT: Minutes of the adjourned and regular meeting of June 3, 2003. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT Group Homes in Residential Zones (PA2004 -102) SUMMARY: The proposed amendment will establish new definitions applicable to group homes and amends where and how group homes may locate and operate within residential zones. ACTION: Conduct the public hearing and recommend approval of Code Amendment No. 2004 -005 to the City Council. ALL TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS TAPE RECORDED. SPEAKERS MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES ON ALL ITEMS. (Red light signifies when three minutes are up; yellow light signifies that the speaker has one minute left for summation.) ITEM NO. 3. SUBJECT: Carty Residence (PA 2004 -079) 1306/1308 South Bay Front SUMMARY: An appeal of the Modifications Committee's denial of a request for approval of a Modification Permit to allow the addition of an elevator that will reduce the depth of the existing carport parking space. The proposal includes a request to allow the carport parking space to encroach 4 feet into the required 5 -foot rear yard setback at the alley. ACTION: Conduct a public hearing and uphold the decision of the Modification Committee to deny Modification Permit No. 2004 -028. ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club (PA2004 -002) 1601 Bayside Drive SUMMARY: An amendment to Use Permit No. 1437, to allow the reduction of required on -site parking from 122 to 95 spaces and to increase the dry storage boat capacity from 100 to 200 boats. The request requires consideration of a parking waiver per Section 20.66.100 of the Municipal Code. ACTION: Conduct a public hearing, and deny Use Permit No. 2004 -001 by adopting the draft resolution attached to the staff report. ITEM NO. 5. SUBJECT: Mariner's Mile Landscape Amendment (PA2004 -104) Commercially designated properties fronting on Coast Highway between MacArthur Boulevard and the Bay Bridge SUMMARY: An amendment to Chapter 20.42 (Mariner's Mile Specific Area Plan) related to landscape requirements. ACTION: Conduct a public hearing and recommend approval of Code Amendment 2004- 006 to the City Council by adopting the draft Resolution attached to the staff report. ITEM NO. 6. SUBJECT: St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Expansion (PA2002 -265) 600 St. Andrews Road SUMMARY: Request for a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change and Use Permit for the replacement and construction of additional buildings and a below grade parking garage. The General Plan Amendment involves an increase the maximum allowable building area with no change to the existing land use designation. The Zone Change would change the zoning district from R -2 & R -1 to GEIF to be consistent with the existing General Plan, Land Use Element designation. The Use Permit involves the alteration of existing buildings, replacement of the existing fellowship hall and classroom building and the construction of a new multi - purpose gymnasium and youth center. The Use Permit also considers setting the maximum allowable building height of 40 feet for the two proposed buildings. ACTION: Conduct a public hearing and continue this item to July 22, 2004. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: a) City Council Follow -up - b) Oral report from Planning Commission's representative to the Economic Development Committee - c) Report from Planning Commission's representatives to the General Plan Update Committee - d) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting - e) Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a future agenda for action and staff report - f) Status Reports on Planning Commission requests - g) Project status - h) Requests for excused absences - ADJOURNMENT • CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT Agenda Item No. 30 June 22, 2004 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Planning Department Patricia L. Temple, Planning Director 949 - 644 -3228; ptemple @city.newport- beach.ca.us SUBJECT: Planning Commission Agenda —June 17, 2004 Report of the actions of the Planning Commission Meeting: Item 1: The minutes of June 3, 2004 were approved as amended. (5 Ayes, 2 Excused) • Item 2: The Group Homes in Residential Zones (PA2004 -102) Code Amendment was recommended to the City Council for approval. (4 Ayes, 1 No, 2 Excused) While the majority of the Planning Commission felt that the proposed Code amendment represent what was in the limits of the City's discretion to implement, concerns were still expressed about the preemption of City decision making for uses which have the characteristics of commercial land uses. In making its recommendation for approval, the Commission asked that further analysis be conducted on the terms of the proposed "campus" definition, including the magnitude of the geographic size of a campus. Item 3: Carty Residence (PA2004 -079) regarding appeal of the decision of the Modification Committee to deny Modification Permit No. 2004 -028, the decision of the Modification Committee was upheld. (4 Ayes, 1 No, 2 Excused) The requested Modification was a 4 foot, 6 inch encroachment into the required 5 foot alley setback for a required parking space, to allow for the installation of an elevator to the second floor unit of a duplex. Discussion focused on the constricted alley widths and tight turning radii in the alleys • on B alboa I Bland a nd t he n eed t o maintain c lear s etback t o p rovide for safe vehicle passage in these areas. After taking testimony the Planning Commission voted to sustain the action of the Modification Committee. Planning: shared - planningcommission - pcagendarpt Planning Commission Agenda June 22, 2004 Page 2 • Item 4: Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club (PA2004 -002) regarding an amendment to Use Permit No. 1437 was continued to July 22, 2004. (5 Ayes, 2 Excused) This Use Permit amendment was filed to authorize the existing site plan of the yacht club which was being operated in violation of the existing permit because the number of on -site parking spaces had been reduced to install additional dinghy storage, and control gates had been install without approval or permits. Because staff had recommended denial of the application, the applicant had requested a continuance to provide addition information by conducting a parking study and management plan. However, there were several neighbors in attendance who testified to the problems being created by the existing operation of the yacht club. With the agreement to make modifications to the operation of the parking lot in the interim, the item was continued to July 22, 2004. Item 5: Mariner's Mile Landscape Amendment (PA2004 -104) regarding an amendment to Chapter 20.42 (Mariner's Mile Specific Area Plan) related to landscape requirements was recommended for approval to the City Council. (5 Ayes, 2 Excused) This amendment is a proposal to make adjustment to the landscaping requirement in the Mariners Mile area. Suggested revisions were to increase the spacing requirements for the specified palm trees, and to • increase the number of species allowed for the hedge treatment at the back of sidewalk. The item was approved and sent to the City Council without comment. Item 6: St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Expansion (PA2002 -265) request for General Plan Amendment, Zone Change and Use Permit was continued to July 22, 2004. (5 Ayes, 2 Excused) Prepared and submitted by: Patricia Temple, PI nning Director •