HomeMy WebLinkAbout2.0_Alchemy 43 Med-Spa_Staff Presentation_PA2022-0156Alchemy 43 Conditional Use Permit
Planning Commission Public Hearing
October 20, 2022
Joselyn Perez, Assistant Planner
Planning Commission - October 20, 2022 Item No. 2a - Additional Materials Presented at the Meeting Alchemy 43 Med-Spa (PA2022-0156)
Vicinity Map
City Hall
Corona del Mar
Subject Property
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General Plan Land Use
Subject Property
Commercial Office
Commercial Corridor
Residential
Residential
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Corona del Mar Shopping Center
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Project Description
•1,150-square-foot medical office (i.e., med-spa)
•Aesthetic treatments -injectable fillers, microneedling, wellness shots
No massage services
•Up to five employees including one MD to supervise treatments
•Monday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
•12 patients per day with the potential for walk-in
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Floor Plan
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Newport Village Planned Community (PC-27) Allowed Uses
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Required Entitlement
Conditional Use Permit
•Consistent with the purpose and intent of the Zoning
District and General Plan Land Use designation
•Compatible with surrounding uses
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Parking
•PC-27 requires a minimum of 4.9 off-street parking spaces for
every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area
•PC-27 does not differentiate between types of uses
•Project does not involve an addition in floor area
•Med-spa has similar operational characteristics of retail and
personal services uses
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Conditions of Approval
Number 7
Any change in operational characteristics or expansion in area
shall require subsequent review by the Planning Division.
No massage.
Number 25
Future use of medical gas or services where patients are rendered unconscious or incapable of self-preservation shall require subsequent review by Fire/Life Safety.
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Revision to Conditions of Approval
Condition of Approval no. 7
Proposed:
Any change in operational characteristics, expansion in area, or other modification to the approved plans, shall require subsequent review by the Planning Division and an amendment to this Use Permit or the processing of a new Use Permit may be required. “Operational characteristics” include services offered. Any services considered “accessory massage service” or “massage establishment” are expressly prohibited.
Condition of Approval no. 8
Proposed:
Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the Applicant shall pay any applicable Fair Share Traffic Fees in accordance with Chapter 15.38 (Fair Share Traffic Contribution Ordinance) of the NBMC. The fees shall be consistent with those in effect at the time the building permit is issued.
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Recommended Action
•Conduct a public hearing;
•Find this project exempt from CEQA pursuant to
Section 15303 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities);
and
•Adopt Resolution No. PC2022-024 approving the
Use Permit.
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Questions and Discussion
Joselyn Perez, Assistant Planner
jperez@newportbeachca.gov
Planning Commission Public Hearing
October 20, 2022
Planning Commission - October 20, 2022 Item No. 2a - Additional Materials Presented at the Meeting Alchemy 43 Med-Spa (PA2022-0156)
Table 20.33 of the NBMC
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Excerpt from the 1995 iteration of the
Zoning Code
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MUP versus CUP
•PC-27 does not explicitly distinguish whether a MUP or a CUP is required toallowTable20.33 uses.
•PC text was originally written prior to the adoption of the current version of theZoningCode
•Pre-2010 Zoning Code did not provide for an MUP.Instead,it differentiatedbetweenaUsePermit(UP)and a Planning Director’s Use Permit (PD/U).
•Because the PC text specifically states that these Table 20.33 uses may beallowedsubjecttotheapprovalofaUPratherthan subject to the approval of aPD/U,it can reasonably be inferred that the PC Development Plan intended for aCUP
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