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Home My WebLink About12 - Planning Commission Agenda and Action Report for July 23, 2015(9) 111611 FROM: CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH City Council Staff Report PREPARED BY: hil l July 28, 2015 Agenda Item No. 12 : [eP►[67:7_1 LTA /\Ye7:719[7 LTA I :4 L170 awe] a1I.IxN111 i'LK011111 [all I Community Development Department Kimberly Brandt, AICP, Director 949 - 644 - 3226, kbrandt(d).newportbeachca.cov Brenda Wisneski, Deputy Director Community Development 949 - 644 -3297; bwisneski(aDnewportbeachca.gov Planning Commission Agenda Report for July 23, 2015 ITEM NO. 1 ELECTION OF OFFICERS 1. The Commission elected the officers to serve for the year. • Chair — Kory Kramer • ViceChair — TimBrown • Secretary — Peter Koetting 2. Chair Kramer reappointed himself and Commissioner Hillgren to the General Plan /LCP Committee, and appointed Commissioner Keotting. ITEM NO. 2 MINUTES OF JUNE 18, 2015 The minutes were amended and approved. AYES: Brown, Hillgren, Kramer, Lawler NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Koetting, Weigand, Zak ITEM NO. 3 MINUTES OF JULY 9, 2015 The minutes were amended and approved. AYES: Brown, Hillgren, Koetting, Kramer, Lawler NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Weigand, Zak City Council Staff Report Page 2 PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 4 VERIZON WIRELESS FACILITY (PA2014 -125) Site Location: 1501 Superior Avenue SUMMARY: A Conditional Use Permit to allow 12, eight -foot antennas, one microwave dish, 12 RRU's, and support equipment cabinets behind a new 12 -foot tall parapet screen wall on the roof of an existing office building. The new parapet screen wall would exceed the maximum height limits of 50 feet by 5 feet. The proposed support equipment will include three equipment cabinets, two battery cabinets, three fiber demarcation boxes, two GPS antennas, and one generator all within the existing office building. CEQA COMPLIANCE: The project is categorically exempt under Sections 15301 and 15303, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities) and Class 3 (New Construction). Principal Planner Jim Campbell provided a staff report, and discussion ensued. Because of conflicts with the applicant's testimony and the submitted plans, the Planning Commission voted to continue the item to August 20, 2105 to allow staff to work with the applicant to clarify the design details as well as other questions. AYES: Brown, Hillgren, Koetting, Kramer, Lawler, Weigand, and Zak NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 p.m. CALL TO ORDER July 28, 2015 Agenda Item No. 12 II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. RECOGNITION OF JAY MYERS FOR HIS DEDICATION AND YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION V. ELECTION OF OFFICERS ITEM NO. 1 The Commission will elect officers to serve for the year. • Chair • Vice Chair • Secretary 2. Appoint three Commissioners to the General Plan /LCP Committee • Chair to appoint one additional member, and confirm or replace existing appointments. VI. 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. VII. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES VIII. ITEM NO.2 MINUTES OF JUNE 18, 2015 Recommended Action: Approve and file ITEM NO. 3 MINUTES OF JULY 9, 2015 Recommended Action: Approve and file IX. 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. ITEM NO.4 VERIZON WIRELESS FACILITY (PA2014 -125) Site Location: 1501 Superior Avenue 1 of 2 0 XI Summary: A Conditional Use Permit to allow 12, eight -foot antennas, one microwave dish, 12 RRU's, and support equipment cabinets behind a new 12 -foot tall parapet screen wall on the roof of an existing office building. The new parapet screen wall would exceed the maximum height limits of 50 feet by 5 feet. The proposed support equipment will include three equipment cabinets, two battery cabinets, three fiber demarcation boxes, two GPS antennas, and one generator all within the existing office building. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Sections 15301 and 15303, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities) and Class 3 (New Construction). Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. approving Conditional Use Permit No. UP2014 -033. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION 1194Pj12lex- t0101 'd Lrd 11k,11Vid11A94K0 1:2Jd41!1119a]I:7x011[*].43N:1101:41 1. Update on the General Plan /Local Coastal Program Implementation Committee 2. Update on City Council Items 3. Review of City's Residential Building Reports 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 ADJOURNMENT 2of2