HomeMy WebLinkAbout1519 - RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF GPA, LC, AND CA, PC AND DA_101 N BAYSIDE DRIVE AND 1131 BACK BAY DRIVERESOLUTION NO. 1519
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THE CITY
COUNCIL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND, USE ELEMENT OF
THE NEWPORT BEACH GENERAL PLAN [GPA 97 -3 (F)], THE
LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM LAND USE PLAN [LCP 51], AND
TITLE 20 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE [AMENDMENT 878] AND
RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL OF A PLANNED COMMUNITY
DISTRICT PLAN [PC -48], A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT [DA 12],
AND A CONCEPTUAL PRECISE PLAN
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Newport Beach finds as follows:
1. The City of Newport Beach has received an application for a 600
room/unit hotel and time -share project on property identified on Lease
Parcels A, B, and C and Irvine Parcel of Newport Dunes Aquatic Park
located at 101 North Bayside Drive and 1131 Back Bay Drive; and
2. The application for a project consists of the following:
a. Redesignation of Planning Unit 1 of the Newport Dunes Resort
from Recreation and Environmental Open Space to Retail and
Service Commercial and an amendment to the Land Use Element
text to increase in the authorized number of rooms/units from 275 to
the proposed 600 and authorized square footage of the hotel from
500,000 square feet to the proposed 700,000 square feet.
b. Amendment to Section 20.65.040 and Section 20.65.050 of the
Newport Beach Municipal Code to establish a new height
limitation zone for the property.
c. A Planned Community District Plan to establish land use and
property development regulations, administrative procedures, and
design guidelines for the property.
d. A Development Agreement pursuant to Chapter 15.45 of the
Newport Beach Municipal Code.
e. A conceptual precise plan for the development of a hotel/time -share
project in Planning Unit 1 of the Newport Dunes Resort.
3. Following the direction of the Planning Commission at the public hearings,
the following revisions have been have been required in or incorporated into
the project:
a. Reduction of the number of hotel rooms to 370.
b. Reduction of the number of time - shares to 75 units and the number of
time -share units with lock -off rooms to 25 units, for a total of 100
rentable units.
c. Reduction of the floor area of conference rooms, meeting rooms,
banquet facilities, and other function areas to 31,000 square feet.
d. Elimination of the fifth level of the hotel.
e. Elimination of one of three West Time -Share Buildings.
f. Limiting time -share buildings located along the marina bulkhead to
two- stories.
g. Lowering the proposed pad height from 12 feet above mean sea level
(MSL) to 10 feet MSL for the hotel and parking structure and 9 feet
MSL for the time -share buildings.
h. Increasing the setback along the western property line south of Bayside
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Drive to a minimum of 85 feet and providing a minimum 15 -foot wide
landscaped buffer.
i. Relocation and reorientation of the loading dock away from
Mayflower Drive residences.
j. Requiring all delivery and employee traffic to access to the site via Back
Bay Drive.
k. Limiting the use and maximum occupancy levels of the function areas
during Sumner Weekends and during peak weekday traffic hours.
4. The revised project is consistent with the General Plan and Local Coastal
Program Land Use Plan for the following reasons:
a. The project provides visitor - serving facilities of the hotel and time-
share, recreational, retail, dining, entertainment, meeting facilities, and
employment opportunities that are centrally located within the
community.
b. The land use intensities of the project will be established by the Land
Use Element and further controlled through the Planned Community
District Plan and the Development Agreement.
c. The project is a visitor - serving use that provides public access to the
water in the form of hotel, time - share, and recreational vehicle
facilities, recreational areas, boat launching facilities, and coastal
access trails. These facilities will be open to residents and visitors.
d. The project will maintain the existing marina, boat launching facilities,
dry boat storage facilities, and other marine- related facilities to
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continue the City's historical and maritime atmosphere, and the charm
and character such businesses have traditionally provided the City.
5. A fiscal impact analysis was conducted for the project that evaluated potential revenues
against potential service costs. The analysis estimates that the project will result in
$1,446,488.00 more each year in recurring revenues than it will cause each year in
recurring costs; and
6. The Planning Commission of the City of Newport Beach held a duly noticed public
hearing regarding the project on January 20, 2000 and continued public hearings on
February 3, February 17, March 9, March 23, April 6, and April 20, 2000; and
7. A draft environmental impact report was prepared and the Planning Commission
reviewed and considered the information contained in the draft environmental impact
report.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Planning Commission of the City of Newport
Beach does hereby recommend:
1. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach approve General Plan Amendment 98 -1
(A) to amend the Land Use Element of the General Plan and Local Coastal Program
Amendment Number 51 to amend the Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan to designate
Planning Unit 1 of the Newport Dunes Resort to to Retail and Service Commercial.
2. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach amend the Land Use Element of the
General Plan to read as provided in for "Exhibit A."
3. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach amend the Local Coastal Program Land
Use Plan to read as provided for in "Exhibit B."
4. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach amend Section 20.65.040 and Section
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20.65.050 of the Municipal Code as provided for in "Exhibit C."
5. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach amend the Height Limitation Zone Map
of Chapter 20.65 of the Municipal Code as provided for in "Exhibit D."
6. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach approve the Newport Dunes Resort
Planned Community District Plan PC -48 as provided for in "Exhibit E" and revised by
"Exhibit E -1."
7. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach approve Development Agreement No.
12 as provided for in "Exhibit F."
8. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach approve the conceptual precise plan for
the development of Planning Unit 1 of the Newport Dunes Resort as provided for in
"Exhibit G" and subject to the conditions contained in "Exhibit G -1."
ADOPTED this 20th day of April, 2000, by the following vote, to wit:
BY
Larry Tucker, Secretary
AYES Kiser, Ashley, Selich, Gifford
Kranzley and Tucker
NOES None
ABSENT None