The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About0.0_Agenda 1 of 4 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE TELECONFERENCE LOCATION PURSUANT TO GC§54953(B): 2253 POIPU RD UNIT #21, KOLOA, HI 96756 THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022 REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M. LAUREN KLEIMAN Chair CURTIS ELLMORE Vice Chair MARK ROSENE Secretary TRISTAN HARRIS SARAH KLAUSTERMEIER LEE LOWREY ERIK WEIGAND 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 four-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 CLARIVEL RODRIGUEZ, Administrative Assistant 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 website 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. This Commission is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Among other things, the Brown Act requires that the 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. Please Note: You can submit your questions and comments in writing for the Planning Commission to consider by mailing or delivering them to the City of Newport Beach Planning Commission at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach CA, 92660. Alternatively, you can send them by electronic mail directly to Commissioners at planningcommissioners@newportbeachca.gov. Each Commissioner and staff will receive your message directly. Pursuant to Planning Commission procedures, please submit your written comments no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday the day before the meeting in order to give Commissioners adequate time to review your submission. It is the intention of the City of Newport Beach to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant of this meeting, you will need special assistance beyond what is normally provided, the City of Newport Beach will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner. Please contact Leilani Brown, City Clerk, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible (949-644-3005 or lbrown@newportbeachca.gov). APPEAL PERIOD: Use Permit, Variance, Site Plan Review, and Modification Permit applications do not become effective until 14 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. Tentative Tract Map, Tentative Parcel Map, Lot Merger, and Lot Line Adjustment applications do not become effective until 10 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. General Plan, Zoning, and Local Coastal Program Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action. 2 of 4 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022 REGULAR MEETING – 6:30 P.M. TELECONFERENCE LOCATION PURSUANT TO GC§54953(B): 2253 POIPU RD UNIT #21, KOLOA, HI 96756 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 JULY 7, 2022 Recommended Action: Approve and file VII. DISCUSSION ITEMS ITEM NO. 2 BAJA SHARKEEZ CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REVIEW (PA2017-255) Site Location: 110 and 114 Mc Fadden Place Summary: A one-year review will be conducted for Conditional Use Permit No. UP2017-034, which authorizes the operation of an eating and drinking establishment with late hours and a type 47 (On-Sale General Eating Place) Alcoholic Beverage control (ABC) License. The purpose of this review is to determine compliance with the conditions of approval of the conditional use permit with a focus on alcohol sales in the morning between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Recommended Action: 1. Receive public comments; 2. Find this project review categorically exempt under Section 15321, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines – Class 21 – Enforcement Actions by Regulatory Agencies; and 3. Accept and file the one-year review for Conditional Use Permit No. UP2017-034. VIII. 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 Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda July 21, 2022 3 of 4 ITEM NO. 3 LIDO HOUSE HOTEL EXPANSION (PA2020-068) Site Location: 3300 Newport Boulevard, 475 32nd Street Summary: The Applicant requests to add 15,103 square feet to the previously approved 130-room Lido House Hotel. The additional floor area would allow for the construction of five new cottages (i.e., “rooms”), increased storage space, enlarged pre-function/breakout meeting rooms, a new greenhouse seating room, expansion of three existing hotel rooms, and an enclosed area on the rooftop terrace. Also included is the demolition of the former Fire Station No. 2 building to create additional public and private parking spaces. To implement the project, the request requires the following approvals from the City of Newport Beach: • General Plan Amendment – To amend Anomaly No. 85 to increase the development limit to 118,573 gross square feet; • Local Coastal Program Amendment – To increase the development limit as described above; • Zoning Code Amendment – To increase the development limit as described above; • Site Development Review – To ensure the changes to the site are developed in accordance with applicable development standards; and • Conditional Use Permit – To allow the operational changes that result from the changed floor plan. If approved by the City, a coastal development permit amendment will also be required from the California Coastal Commission since it was the original review authority for the Lido House Hotel project. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. PC2022-020 recommending City Council approval of General Plan Amendment No. GP2020-004, Local Coastal Program Amendment No. LC2020-006, Zoning Code Amendment No. CA2020-003, Site Development Review No. SD2020-008, Conditional Use Permit No. UP2020-039, and Addendum No. 2 to the Certified Final Environmental Impact Report for the Lido House Hotel (SCH#2013111022). ITEM NO. 4 DENSITY BONUS ZONING CODE AND LCP AMENDMENTS (PA2020-032) Site Location: Citywide Summary: Amendments to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code updating standards and establishing an approval process for considering density bonuses with housing developments. These amendments are required to ensure the City’s regulations are in compliance with California Government Code Section 65915, et. Seq (Density Bonuses and Other Incentives). A housing development project that includes a minimum percentage of affordable units is eligible for additional units above the otherwise allowed City-established maximum density and it is also eligible for reduced parking requirements, incentives/concessions, and waivers of development standards. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; 2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3), the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects, which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment; 3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2022-018 recommending the City Council approve Zoning Code Amendment No. CA2020-004 to amend Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code pertaining density bonus to comply with State law; and Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda July 21, 2022 4 of 4 4. Adopt Resolution No. PC2022-019 recommending the City Council authorize submittal of Local Coastal Plan Amendment No. LC2020-004 to the California Coastal Commission to amend Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code pertaining density bonus to comply with State law. 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