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City Council Staff Report
July 26, 2022
Agenda Item No. 10
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,
jampbell@newportbeachca.gov
PHONE: 949-644-3210
TITLE: Planning Commission Agenda Report for July 21, 2022
CONSENT ITEMS:
ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF JULY 7, 2022
SUMMARY: Draft minutes from the July 7, 2022, meeting of the Planning Commission.
The Planning Commission considered the draft minutes and suggested edits from
a member of the public. The edited minutes were approved by the following vote:
AYES: Ellmore, Harris, Kleiman, Lowrey, Rosene and Weigand
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Klaustermeier
ACTION: Approved with edits
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
ITEM NO.2 BAJA SHARKEEZ CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REVIEW (PA2017-255)
Site Location: 110 and 114 McFadden 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.
ACTION: The Planning Commission received public comments, accepted and received for file,
the one-year review for Conditional Use Permit No. UP2017-034.
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PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS:
ITEM NO. 3 LIDO HOUSE HOTEL EXPANSION (PA2020-068)
Site Location: 3300 Newport Boulevard, 475 32"d 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.
ACTION: The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and recommended to City
Council approval of the application as recommended by the following vote:
AYES: Ellmore, Harris, Klaustermeier, Kleiman, Lowrey, Rosene and
Weigand
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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.
ACTION: The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and recommended to City
Council approval of the application as recommended by the following vote:
AYES: Ellmore, Harris, Klaustermeier, Kleiman, Lowrey, Rosene and
Weigand
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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Agenda Item No. 10
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 McFadden 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.
Vill. 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
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ITEM NO. 3 LIDO HOUSE HOTEL EXPANSION (PA2020-068)
Site Location: 3300 Newport Boulevard, 475 32"d 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;
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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
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
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