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Home My WebLink About0.0_AgendaCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 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. Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda October 20, 2022 2 of 4 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2022 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 OCTOBER 6, 2022 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 ALCHEMY 43 MED-SPA (PA2022-0156) Site Location: 906 Avocado Avenue Summary: A request for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to operate an approximately 1,150-square-foot medical office (i.e., med-spa) within an existing shopping center known as the Corona del Mar Plaza. The med- spa will provide aesthetic treatments for up to 12 patients per day with the potential for walk-in patients, dependent on the availability of staff. The med-spa will operate Monday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with up to five employees. Recommended Action: 1.Conduct a public hearing; and 2.Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and 3.Adopt Resolution PC2022-024 approving the Conditional Use Permit submitted as PA2022-0156. Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda October 20, 2022 3 of 4 ITEM NO. 3 NONCONFORMING CODE AND LCP AMENDMENTS (PA2022-076) Site Location: Citywide Summary: The City is proposing amendments to the Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan). The amendments include: 1) clarifying development allowances for residential uses that are nonconforming due to density; and 2) reinstating a side setback allowance for properties in the R-1-6,000, R-1-7,200, R-1-10,000, R-2-6,000, and the RM- 6,000 zoning and coastal zoning districts. The side setback allowance would allow additions in line with the existing side setback of the principal structure regardless of the current minimum side setbacks 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 and pursuant to Section 15265(a)(1), which exempts local governments from the requirements of CEQA in connection with the adoption of a Local Coastal Program; 3.Adopt Resolution No. PC2022-026 recommending the City Council approve Zoning Code Amendment No. CA2022-004; and 4.Adopt Resolution No. PC2022-027 recommending the City Council approve Local Coastal Program Amendment No. LC2022-002 and authorize staff to submit Local Coastal Program Amendment No. LC2020-0Amendment California Coastal Commission. VIII.STUDY SESSION ITEM NO. 4 PARKING CODE UPDATE PART 1 (PA2021-104) Site Location: Citywide Summary: Discussion of parking requirements with the goal to refresh nonresidential parking standards to bring them in line with current best practices. This report includes an overview of the effort to develop several potential code amendments. Recommended Action: Discuss and provide input and direction to staff. IX.NEW BUSINESS ITEM NO. 5 MUNICIPAL CODE AND CITY COUNCIL POLICY REVIEW (PA2022-0219) Site Location: Not Applicable Summary: Establish an ad hoc committee of Planning Commissioners to assist the City Council in reviewing the Municipal Code and City Council Policies. Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda October 20, 2022 4 of 4 Recommended Action: 1.Find the recommended action not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3; and 2.Form an ad hoc committee and authorize the Chair to appoint up to three Planning Commissioners to assist City staff in reviewing the Municipal Code and City Council Policies related to planning and zoning activities. ITEM NO. 6 CODE UPDATE RELATED TO FRACTIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP (PA2022-0202) Site Location: Not Applicable Summary: Establish an ad hoc committee of Planning Commissioners to assist City staff and the City Council in reviewing the issue of fractional homeownership. Recommended Action: 1.Find the recommended action not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3; and 2.Form an ad hoc committee consisting of Commissioners Lowrey, Harris, and Rosene to assist City Staff and the City Council in reviewing and potentially regulating fractional homeownership. X.STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 7 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ITEM NO. 8 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM NO. 9 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES XI.ADJOURNMENT