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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M.
PETER KOETTING
Chair
ERIK WEIGAND LEE LOWREY
Vice Chair Secretary
CURTIS ELLMORE
SARAH KLAUSTERMEIER
LAUREN KLEIMAN
MARK ROSENE
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:
httl)://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.
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 prior to 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 Code. General Plan and Zoning Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action.
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CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
11. 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 AUGUST 22, 2019
Recommended Action: Approve and file
ITEM NO. 2 KIM RESIDENCE ENCROACHMENTS (PA2019-146)
Site Location: 104 Via Orvieto
Summary:
A request to waive City Council Policy L-6 to retain the existing non -compliant private improvements
consisting of a step and two planter walls located within the Via Orvieto public right-of-way.
Recommended Action:
1. Find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) (Preliminary Review) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it
has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
2. Waive City Council Policy L-6, Encroachments in Public Rights -of -Way, to retain noncompliant
private improvements consisting of a step and planter walls that encroach into the Via Orvieto
public right-of-way, contingent upon all conditions of the Encroachment Permit process being met;
and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-027 waiving City Council Policy L-6 and approving Encroachment
Permit No. N2019-0337.
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.
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ITEM NO. 3 THE GARDEN OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE (PA2019-023)
Site Location: 215 Riverside Avenue
Summary:
A coastal development permit to demolish an existing restaurantloffice building and associated surface
parking lot, and to construct a new 47-space, two -level parking structure and a 2,830-square-foot office
building. A conditional use permit is required to authorize the parking structure adjacent to residentially
zoned property. A modification permit is required for 12 tandem parking spaces on the first and second
floor levels. The project includes hardscape, drainage, and landscape improvements. The proposed
development complies with all applicable development standards including height, setbacks, and floor
area limits.
Staff requests a two -week continuance to October 3, 2019, in order to complete additional biological
resources analysis on the project.
Recommended Action:
1. Continue the item to the October 3, 2019, Planning Commission Meeting.
ITEM NO. 4 VERIZON MONO -EUCALYPTUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY (PA2018-010)
Site Location: 1600 Newport Center Drive
Summary:
The applicant requests a conditional use permit and a coastal development permit to install 12 panel
antennas, 12 radio units and 3 raycaps on a new 43.5-foot-tall telecommunications mono -eucalyptus for
Verizon Wireless. The mono -eucalyptus will exceed the 32-foot height limit by 11.5 feet. The associated
telecom support equipment will be ground -mounted and screened within a new 225-square-foot
enclosure. (This application was continued from the May 17, 2018, Planning Commission meeting.)
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15303 (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. PC2019-028 approving Conditional Use Permit No. UP2018-005 and
Coastal Development Permit No. CD2018-004.
ITEM NO. 5 APPEAL OF SHEEHY RESIDENCE CDP (PA2017-179)
Site Location: 2495 Ocean Boulevard
Summary:
An appeal of the Zoning Administrator's July 11, 2019, decision to approve Coastal Development Permit
No. CD2017-076 related to the demolition of an existing single-family residence and detached one -car
garage, and the construction of a new 6,630-square-foot, single-family residence with an attached 656-
square-foot, three -car garage located at 2495 Ocean Boulevard. The proposed development also includes
accessory elements such as walls, fences, patios, hardscape, swimming pool, drainage devices and
landscaping. The proposed project complies with all applicable development standards and no deviations
are requested. The appeal was filed by a neighboring resident property owner.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a de novo public hearing;
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2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15303 - Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the State CEQA
(California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant
effect on the environment, and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-029, upholding and affirming the Zoning Administrator's approval
of Coastal Development Permit No. CD2017-076.
Vill. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 6 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
IX.
ITEM NO. 7 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS
WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE
AGENDA.
ITEM NO. 8 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
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