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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, MAY 23, 2019 REGULAR MEETING -6:30 P.M. PETER ZAK Chair ERIK WEIGAND LEE LOWREY Vice Chair Secretary CURTIS ELLMORE LAUREN KLEIMAN PETER KOETTING KORY KRAMER 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 AMANDA LEE, Administrative Support Technician 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.newi)ortbeachca.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 a.m. on the business day immediately prior to the meeting. This allows time for the Planning Commission to adequately consider the submitted correspondence. 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 3 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS— 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, MAY 23, 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 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 MAY 9,2019 Recommended Action: Approve and file ITEM NO. 2 TRIMAR PROPERTIES ENCROACHMENT (PA2019-064) Site Location: 2404 Cliff Drive Summary: A request to waive City Council Policy L-6 to install private improvements to be located within the Cliff Drive public right-of-way consisting of planter walls. Recommended Action: 1. Find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines pursuant to Section 15303 Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), because it has no significant effect on the environment; 2. Waive City Council Policy L-6, Encroachments in Public Rights-of-Way, to install noncompliant private improvements consisting of planter walls that encroach into the Cliff Drive public right-of- way, contingent upon all conditions of the Encroachment Permit process being met; and 3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-013 waiving City Council Policy L-6 and approving Encroachment Permit No. N2019-0211. 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. 2 of 3 Planning Commission - May 9, 2019 ITEM NO. 3 GOETZ RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS AND VARIANCE (PA2018-138) Site Location: 358 Dahlia Place Summary: The applicant requests a coastal development permit (CDP) to demolish an existing single-family residence and to construct a new two-unit residential condominium development. As part of the development, the applicant requests approval of a variance to reduce the required front setback along Bayside Drive from 20 feet to 8 feet and to increase the allowable floor area limit. The Tentative Parcel Map is required to allow each unit to be sold separately as residential condominiums. 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)of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and 3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-014 approving Coastal Development Permit No. CD2018-059, Tentative Parcel Map No. NP2018-023, and Variance No. VA2018-005. ITEM NO. 4 REED RESIDENTIAL VARIANCE (PA2019-060) Site Location: 1113 Kings Road Summary: A variance request to allow portions of a new single-family residence to exceed the allowed height limit due to the steep topography of the property. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; 2. Find this project categorically exempt under Section 15303, of the California Environmental Quality Act("CEQA")Guidelines-Class 3(New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), California Code of Regulations,Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and 3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-060 approving Variance No. VA2019-002. VIII. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS 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 IX. ADJOURNMENT 3 of 3