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City Council Staff Report
September 14, 2021
Agenda Item No. 20
HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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 September 9, 2021
ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF AUGUST 19, 2021
SUMMARY: Draft minutes from the August 19, 2021, meeting of the Planning Commission.
The Planning Commission considered the draft minutes and suggested edits from
a member of the public. The amended minutes were approved by the following
vote.
AYES: Ellmore, Kleiman, Koetting, Lowrey, Rosene, and Weigand
NOES: None
ABSENT: Klaustermeier
ABSTAIN: None
ACTION: Approved as amended.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS:
ITEM NO. 2 HOAG DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 10 -YEAR EXTENSION (PA2021-184)
Site Location: 1 Hoag Drive
SUMMARY: The City and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian ("Hoag") entered into a
Development Agreement ("Agreement") in 1994 to ensure the orderly development
of the hospital over time. Hoag requests a fifth amendment to extend the Term of
the Agreement an additional 10 years to September 15, 2040, in exchange for
certain community public benefits. The Agreement grants Hoag the vested right to
develop the hospital campus consistent with an extensive set of regulations and
mitigation measures, all of which would remain unchanged by this proposed fifth
amendment.
The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and took the recommended
action to recommend approval of the amendment to the City Council by the
following vote.
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AYES:
Kleiman, Koetting, Lowrey, Rosene, and Weigand
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
Klaustermeier
ABSTAIN:
None
RECUSAL:
Ellmore
ACTION: Recommend approval
ITEM NO. 3 BSP BRISTOL, LLC MEDICAL OFFICES (PA2020-052)
Site Location: 1400 and 1420 North Bristol Street
SUMMARY: A condominium conversion in conjunction with a tentative parcel map to convert
two existing two-story office buildings to medical office condominiums, creating
between 22 to 30 ownership units. The applicant is also requesting a modification
permit for the use of car lifts and a conditional use permit for the reduction of 21
on-site parking spaces to accommodate the conversion to medical office.
The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and continued this item to
the next meeting.
AYES: Ellmore, Kleiman, Koetting, and Rosene
NOES: Lowrey and Weigand
ABSENT: Klaustermeier
ABSTAIN: None
ACTION: Continued
STUDY SESSION ITEMS:
ITEM NO. 4 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (PA2021-113)
Site Location: Citywide
SUMMARY: Staff will provide the Planning Commission an overview of the existing Accessory
Dwelling Unit (ADU) regulations and explain how ADUs can be used as a
strategy to meet the City's Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
allocations. Per City Council's direction to promote the permitting of ADUs, staff
is asking for the Planning Commission's input on potential amendments to
facilitate and encourage new ADU development within the City.
ACTION: The Planning Commission received a presentation by staff and comments from
the public. The Commission indicated the need to establish an ad-hoc committee
to review the matter in more detail given the highly complex topic.
The Planning Commission adjourned the meeting to October 7, 2021, by a unanimous vote.
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Agenda Item No. 20
NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
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 AUGUST 19, 2021
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 HOAG DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 10 -YEAR EXTENSION (PA2021-184)
Site Location: 1 Hoag Drive
Summary:
The City and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian ("Hoag") entered into a Development Agreement
("Agreement") in 1994 to ensure the orderly development of the hospital over time. Hoag requests a fifth
amendment to extend the Term of the Agreement an additional 10 years to September 15, 2040, in
exchange for certain community public benefits. The Agreement grants Hoag the vested right to develop
the hospital campus consistent with an extensive set of regulations and mitigation measures, all of which
would remain unchanged by this proposed fifth amendment.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find all significant environmental concerns for the proposed project have been addressed in a
previously certified Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Supplemental EIR, and that
the City of Newport Beach intends to use said document for the above noted project, and further
that there are no additional reasonable alternative or mitigation measures that should be
considered in conjunction with said project; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2021-026 approving recommending City Council adoption of
Development Agreement No. DA2021-001 amending Amended and Restated Development
Agreement No. 5 to extend the Term of the Agreement by an additional ten (10) years.
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ITEM NO. 3 BSP BRISTOL, LLC MEDICAL OFFICES (PA2020-052)
Site Location: 1400 and 1420 North Bristol Street
Summary:
A condominium conversion in conjunction with a tentative parcel map to convert two existing two-story
office buildings to medical office condominiums, creating between 22 to 30 ownership units. The applicant
is also requesting a modification permit for the use of car lifts and a conditional use permit for the reduction
of 21 on-site parking spaces to accommodate the conversion to medical office.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. This project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section
15301 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations,
Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment;
and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2021-027 approving Condominium Conversion No. CC2020-002,
Tentative Parcel Map No. NP2020-003, Conditional Use Permit No. UP2020-185, Modification
Permit No. MD2021-002, and Traffic Study No. TS2021-001.
VIII. STUDY SESSION:
ITEM NO. 4 CODE UPDATE RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (PA2021-113)
Site Location: Citywide
Summary:
Staff will provide the Planning Commission an overview of the existing Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
regulations and explain how ADUs can be used as strategy to meet the City's Regional Housing Needs
Assessment (RHNA) allocations. Per City Council's direction to promote the permitting of ADUs, staff is
asking for the Planning Commission's input on potential amendments to facilitate and encourage new
ADU development within the City.
Recommended Action:
Receive presentation and provide staff direction regarding proposed amendments.
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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