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HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, October 22, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter shall
be heard, a public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach. The
Planning Commission of the City of Newport Beach will consider the following application:
Pour Vida Restaurant – A conditional use permit to establish a 3,027-square-foot restaurant with 1,830 square feet
of net public area (839 square feet interior and 991 exterior) in an existing 10-story office building within Koll Center
Planned Community Office Site B (KCN Site B). The restaurant includes a Type 41 (On-Sale Beer and Wine)
Alcoholic Beverage License, with no late hours. The proposed hours of operation are 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday
through Friday and 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. There will be no live entertainment or dancing. Also
included is a request to waive 21 parking spaces.
The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301- Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the State CEQA (California
Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines.
All interested parties may appear and present testimony in regard to this application. If you challenge this project in court,
you may be limited to raising only those issues you raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered
to the City, at, or prior to, the public hearing. Administrative procedures for appeals are provided in the Newport Beach
Municipal Code Chapter 20.64. The application may be continued to a specific future meeting date, and if such an action
occurs, additional public notice of the continuance will not be provided.
SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING COVID-19
Given the Declaration of a State Emergency and Proclamation of Local Emergency related to COVID-19, we recommend
that you submit your questions and comments in writing for Planning Commission consideration by sending them to the
Community Development Department at PlanningCommissioners@newportbeachca.gov. To give the Planning
Commission adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments by
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. In addition, members of the public will have the ability to participate in this
meeting telephonically. Please review the Planning Commission Agenda for further instructions. The Agenda, staff report
and corresponding documents will be posted to the City’s website at www.newportbeachca.gov/planningcommission,
by end of business day on Friday, October 16, 2020. While the City does not expect there to be any changes to the
above process for participating in this meeting, if there is a change, the City will post the information as soon as possible
to the City’s website. The City of Newport Beach thanks you in advance for continuing to take precautions to prevent the
spread of the COVID-19 virus. If you are unable to participate in the meeting via the process set forth in the agenda,
please contact the Planning Division at 949-644-3200 or CDD@newportbeachca.gov and our staff will attempt to
accommodate you.
For questions regarding this public hearing item please contact Melinda Whelan, Assistant Planner, at 949-644-3221 or
mwhelan@newportbeachca.gov.
Project File No.: PA2019-259 Activity No.: UP2019-056
Zone: PC-15 (Koll Center Office Site B) General Plan: MU-H2 (Mixed Use Horizontal)
Location: 5000 Birch Street Applicant: John Hancock Life Insurance Company
(USA)
Lauren Kleiman, Secretary, Planning Commission, City of Newport Beach