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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS— 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 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:
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.
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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.
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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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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS— 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 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 SEPTEMBER 19,2019
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 THE GARDEN OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE (PA2019-023)
Site Location: 215 Riverside Avenue
Summary:
A coastal development permit to demolish an existing restaurant/office building and associated surface
parking lot, and to construct a new 41-space, two-level parking structure and a 2,744-square-foot office
building. A conditional use permit is required to authorize the parking structure adjacent to residentially
zoned property. The project includes hardscape, drainage, and landscape improvements. The proposed
development complies with all applicable development standards including height, setbacks, and floor
area limits.
Recommended Action:
1. Remove from calendar to allow for re-noticing in compliance with the Coastal Act.
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ITEM NO. 3 HORNBLOWER OFF-SITE PARKING (PA2019-143)
Site Location: 2527 West Coast Highway
Summary:
A conditional use permit and coastal development permit to allow the addition of two charter boat vessels
for Hornblower Yachts with up to 192 combined passengers/crew located at 2527 West Coast Highway.
No physical alterations to the project location are proposed. The application includes with the use of off-
site parking located at Newport Harbor Lutheran Church at 798 Dover Drive on weekdays and 2201 and
2241 West Coast Highway during evenings and weekends.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section
15323 under Class 23(Normal Operations of Facilities for Public Gatherings)of the CEQA Guidelines,
because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-030 approving Conditional Use Permit No. UP2019-044 and Coastal
Development Permit No. CD2019-036.
Vill. DISCUSSION ITEMS
ITEM NO. 4 Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
Summary:
Staff will provide a presentation providing an update regarding the Regional Housing Needs Assessment
(RHNA) process.The presentation will include the regional determination made by the State Department
of Housing and Community Development and current draft allocation methodology recommended by the
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG).
IX. 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
X. ADJOURNMENT
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