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Home My WebLink About0.0 - Agenda CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS— 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 REGULAR MEETING —6:30 p.m. KORY KRAMER Chair PETER KOETTING PETER ZAK Vice Chair Secretary BILL DUNLAP BRADLEY HILLGREN RAYMOND LAWLER ERIK WEIGAND 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: BRENDA WISNESKI Deputy Community Development Director MICHAEL TORRES,Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer JENNIFER BIDDLE, Administrative Support Specialist 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. The agendas, minutes, and staff reports are available on the City's web site at: http://www.newportbeachca.gov and for public inspection in the Community Development Department, Planning Division located at 100 Civic Center Drive, during normal business hours. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the staff reports or other documentation, please contact the Community Development Department, Planning Division staff at (949) 644-3200. This Commission is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Among other things, the Brown Act requires that the Commission's agenda be posted at least 72 hours in advance of each meeting and that the public be allowed to comment on agenda items before the Commission and items not on the agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. The Commission may limit public comments to a reasonable amount of time, generally three (3) minutes per person. All testimony given before the Planning Commission is recorded. 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 of 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 Leilani Brown, City Clerk, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible (949-644-3005 or(brown@newportbeachca.gov). APPEAL PERIOD: Use Permit, Variance, Site Plan Review, and Modification Permit applications do not become effective until 14 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. Tentative Tract Map, Tentative Parcel Map, Lot Merger, and Lot Line Adjustment applications do not become effective until 10 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. General Plan and Zoning Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action. 1 of 4 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 REGULAR MEETING—6:30 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. 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 1, 2016 Recommended Action: Approve and file VII. 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. 2 COYOTE CANYON GAS RECOVERY FACILITY DEMOLITION AND TELECOM UPDATE (PA2016-091) Site Location: 20662 Newport Coast Drive (Between Newport Coast Drive and State Highway 73, south of Sage Hill School) Summary: The proposed project would allow the demolition of the existing gas-to-energy facility structures and the construction of both temporary and permanent collocated wireless telecommunication facilities at the closed Coyote Canyon Landfill gas-to-energy facility site. The project site is located at the top of a hill in an open space area near Sage Hill School. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless all maintain existing facilities at the project site with antennas collocated on a 105-foot-high exhaust stack. The exhaust stack will be demolished, which necessitates the removal of existing wireless telecommunications facility antennas attached to it. A conditional use permit is requested to allow the construction of two collocated 65-foot-high faux eucalyptus trees, which will serve as permanent wireless telecommunications facilities for the four carriers. A limited term permit is requested to construct two collocated temporary wireless telecommunications facilities during construction of the faux trees to avoid a disruption in service. CEQA Compliance: An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared by the City of Newport Beach in connection with the application noted above.The Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration states that, with mitigation measures incorporated, the subject development will not result in a significant effect on the environment. It is the present intention of the City to accept the Mitigated Negative Declaration and supporting documents. This is not to be construed as either approval or denial by the City of the subject application. The City encourages members of the general public to review and comment on this 2of4 Planning Commission September 22, 2016 documentation. Copies of the Mitigated Negative Declaration and supporting documents are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Division or at the City of Newport Beach website at www.newportbeachca.gov/cegadocuments. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. adopting Mitigated Negative Declaration No. ND2016-002 and approving Conditional Use Permit No. UP2016-024 and Limited Term Permit No. XP2016- 007. ITEM NO. 3 GELSON'S SUPERMARKET CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (PA2015-214) Site Location: 1660 San Miguel Drive Summary: A conditional use permit to allow the establishment of a new wine and tapas food service with a Type 41 (On-Sale Beer and Wine, Eating Place) Alcoholic Beverage Control license, a Type 86 (Instructional Tasting) Alcoholic Beverage Control license, and a waiver of the required parking. The food service includes a 636-square-foot interior net public area and a 700-square-foot outdoor dining patio at an existing grocery store, Gelson's. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15303, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines - Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures). Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; 2. Find this project categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines ("CEQA") pursuant to Section 15303 (Class 3 - New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures)of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulation; and 3. Adopt Resolution No. _approving Conditional Use Permit No. UP2015-048. ITEM NO.4 3700 NEWPORT BOULEVARD ROOF SCREEN SYSTEM (PA2016-151) Site Location: 3700 Newport Boulevard Lido Village Summary: Site Development Review to allow the installation of a rooftop mechanical screen enclosure on the roof of an existing building that is nonconforming to the building height limit. Additionally, a Modification Permit to allow rooftop mechanical screen areas to exceed 30%of the area of the roof. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines- Class 1 (Existing Facilities). Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; 2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, 3of4 Planning Commission September 22, 2016 Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment, and 3. Adopt Resolution No. approving Site Development Review No. SD2016-006 and Modification Permit No. MD2016-013. VIII. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ITEM NO. 6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT 1. Update on the General Plan/Local Coastal Program Implementation Committee 2. Update on City Council Items 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 IX. ADJOURNMENT 4 of 4