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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
REGULAR MEETING -6:30 P.M.
PETER ZAK, Chair
ERIK WEIGAND, Vice Chair LEE LOWREY, Secretary
CURTIS ELLMORE, Commissioner LAUREN KLEIMAN, Commissioner
PETER KOETTING, Commissioner KORY KRAMER, Commissioner
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:
SEIMONE JURJIS, Community Development Director
JIM CAMPBELL, Deputy Community Development Director
YOLANDA SUMMERHILL, Assistant City Attorney
TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
TIFFANY LIPPMAN, 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:
htto://www.newoortbeachca.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.
Please Note: All mail or written communications (including email) from the public, residents, or applicants regarding
an agenda item must be submitted by 5 p.m. on the business day immediately priorto the meeting. This allows
time for the Planning Commission to adequately consider the submitted correspondence.
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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 Cade. General Plan and Zoning Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action.
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
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 matterjurisdiction
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 JANUARY 17, 2019
Recommended Action: Approve and file
ITEM NO. 2 MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Recommended Action: Approve and file
ITEM NO. 3 Policy L-6 Waiver for Encroachment Permit(PA2019-013)
Site Location: 3100 Breakers Drive
Summary:
A request to waive City Council Policy L-6 to install private improvements within the Ocean
Boulevard/CdM Main Beach Ramp public right-of-way consisting of nine (9) sets of permanent
structural tie -backs in the slope below existing grade.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15303 under Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), because it
has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment;
3. Waive City Council Policy L-6, Encroachments in Public Rights -of -Way, to allow the
construction of nine sets of permanent below -grade structural tie -backs that encroach into the
Ocean Boulevard/CdM Main Beach Ramp public right-of-way, contingent upon all conditions
of the Encroachment Permit process being met; and
4. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-017 waiving City Council Policy L-6 and approving
Encroachment Permit No. N2017-0642
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VII. NEW BUSINESS:
ITEM NO. 4 Annual General Plan/Housing Element Progress Report for 2018 (PA2007-195)
Summary:
Annual progress report on the status and implementation of the General Plan and Housing Element as
required by State law and General Plan Implementation Program 1.3.
Recommended Action:
1. Find the preparation, review and submission of the 2018 General Plan Status Report not
subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as the actions are not a project as
defined by Section 15378(b)(2) of the Public Resources Code;
2. Review and comment on the 2018 General Plan Status Report, including the Housing Element
Annual Progress Report; and
3. Recommend the City Council review and authorize the submittal of the 2018 General Plan
Status Report to the California Office of Planning and Research and the submittal of the
Housing Element Annual Progress Report to the State Department of Housing and Community
Development.
VIII. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
IX.
ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 6 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS
WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE
AGENDA.
ITEM NO.7 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
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