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Home My WebLink About13 - Planning Commission Agenda and Action ReportQ SEW Pp�T CITY OF z NEWPORT BEACH c�<,FORN'P City Council Staff Report March 23, 2021 Agenda Item No. 13 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Seimone Jurjis, Community Development Director - 949-644-3232, sjurjis@newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: Jim Campbell, Deputy Community Development Director, jcampbell@newportbeachca.gov PHONE: 949-644-3210 TITLE: Planning Commission Agenda Report for March 18, 2021 ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF MARCH 4, 2021 SUMMARY: Draft minutes from the March 4, 2021 meeting of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission considered the draft minutes and suggested edits, and the amended minutes were approved by the following vote. AYES: Ellmore, Kleiman, Koetting, Lowrey, Rosene, and Weigand NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Klaustermeier ACTION: Approved as amended. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2 COLLINS RESIDENCE APPEAL AND AMENDMENT (PA2020-215) Site Location: 413 and 413 % Edgewater Place SUMMARY: An amendment to a coastal development permit previously approved by the Zoning Administrator on October 15, 2020, allowing the demolition of a duplex and the construction of a new single-family residence. The project was appealed by the California Coastal Commission (CCC) on October 29, 2020, due to density concerns from the net loss of one unit (duplex to a single family). The applicant requests to amend the project and now proposes a three-story, 29 -foot -tall, 2,234 -square -foot single-family residence with a 421 - square -foot JADU located above the attached 424 -square -foot, 2 -car garage. The revised project would no longer result in a loss of density. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and approved the project as recommended. 13-1 Planning Commission Agenda Report for March 18, 2021 March 23, 2021 Page 2 The Planning Commission approved the project as recommended. AYES: Ellmore, Klaustermeier, Kleiman, Koetting, Lowrey, Rosene, and Weigand NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ACTION: Approved ITEM NO. 3 WESTCLIFF PLAZA PARKING WAIVER (PA2019-266) Site Location: 1000 - 1150 Irvine Avenue SUMMARY: A conditional use permit for the reduction of 139 on-site parking spaces to accommodate the future construction of 9,641 square feet of new commercial pad for future eating and drinking establishments within Westcliff Plaza, as well as 2,312 square feet of new outdoor dining area. The applicant also is re -purposing two existing retail suites and restaurant (approximately 18,000 square feet) by converting it into a restaurant, a gym, and medical office uses The application was withdrawn by the applicant. ACTION: None STUDY SESSION ITEM: ITEM NO. 4 CIRCULATION ELEMENT UPDATE Site Location: Citywide SUMMARY: Presentation and discussion of the initial draft of the General Plan Circulation Element Update. ACTION: A general discussion occurred, and comments from commissioners and the public were provided to staff and the consultant. No action was taken. 13-2 March 23, 2021 Agenda Item No. 13 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2021 REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 P.M. CALL TO ORDER 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. Please call 949-270-8165 during the meeting to provide public comments on non -agenda items. V. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES VI. CONSENT ITEMS ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF MARCH 4, 2021 To comment on this item during the meeting, please call 949-270-8165. 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 COLLINS RESIDENCE APPEAL AND AMENDMENT (PA2020-215) Site Location: 413 and 413'/2 Edgewater Place To comment on this item during the meeting, please call 949-270-8165. Summary: An amendment to a coastal development permit previously approved by the Zoning Administrator on October 15, 2020, allowing the demolition of a duplex and the construction of a new single-family residence. The project was appealed by the California Coastal Commission (CCC) on October 29, 2020, due to density concerns from the net loss of one unit (duplex to a single family). The applicant requests to amend the project and now proposes a three-story, 29 -foot -tall, 2,234 -square -foot single- family residence with a 421 -square -foot JADU located above the attached 424 -square -foot, 2 -car garage. The revised project would no longer result in a loss of density. If the revised Project is approved by the Planning Commission, CCC will have the ability to withdraw its appeal of the project, consistent with Section 21.64.035 (Appeal to the Coastal Commission) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC). 1 of 2 Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda March 18, 2021 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. PC2021-008 approving Coastal Development Permit No. CD2020- 130 and Zoning Clearance No. ZC2021-009. ITEM NO. 3 WESTCLIFF PLAZA PARKING WAIVER (PA2019-266) Site Location: 1000 - 1150 Irvine Avenue To comment on this item during the meeting, please call 949-270-8165. Summary: The applicant has withdrawn the application. Recommended Action: Receive and file VIII. STUDY SESSION ITEM NO. 4 CIRCULATION ELEMENT UPDATE Site Location: Citywide To comment on this item during the meeting, please call 949-270-8165. Summary: A Study Session presentation and discussion of the Initial Draft of the General Plan Circulation Element Update. Recommended Action: Review and provide input and direction to staff. 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 2 of 2