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Home My WebLink About0.0_Agenda CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2023 REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M. CURTIS ELLMORE Chair MARK ROSENE Vice Chair SARAH KLAUSTERMEIER Secretary BRADY BARTO TRISTAN HARRIS JON LANGFORD LEE LOWREY 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 BRAD SOMMERS, 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. Under the Levine Act, Section 84308 of the Government Code, a party to a proceeding before the City involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use is required to disclose on the record of the proceeding any contribution in an amount of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) made within the preceding 12 months by the party or the party’s agent to any elected or appointed officer of the City. If you have made a qualifying contribution, please ensure to make this disclosure on the record. 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 Clarivel Rodriguez, Administrative Assistant, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible (949-644-3232 or crodriguez@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 3 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2023 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 MARCH 9, 2023 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 TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CLUB AT NEWPORT BEACH PROJECT AMENDMENT (PA2021-260) Site Location: 1602 East Coast Highway Summary: A legislative amendment to the 2012-approved Tennis Club at Newport Beach project to: 1) reduce the number of future tennis courts from seven (7) to four (4) courts and add 14 pickleball courts, 2) increase the number of future hotel rooms from 27 to 41 rooms, 3) increase the gross floor area of the ancillary hotel uses by 4,686 square feet, and 4) provide three (3) attached condominium units and two (2) detached single-family residences in-lieu of five (5) detached single-family residences. The proposed changes to the 2012-approved project requires the considerations of the following: • General Plan Amendment: An amendment to Anomaly No. 46 of Table LU2 of the 2006 Newport Beach General Plan Land Use Element to amend the allowable development limits for the tennis club site; • Local Coastal Program Amendment: An amendment to Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan Section 21.26.055.S.2 (Newport Beach Country Club Planned Community Coastal Zoning District Development Standards) to amend land use regulations for the tennis club site; • Planned Community Development Plan Amendment: An amendment to Planned Community Development Plan No. 47 (Newport Beach Country Club Planned Community) to amend land use regulations and development standards on the tennis club site; • Development Agreement: A Development Agreement between the applicant and the City pursuant to Section 15.45 of the Municipal Code, which would provide vested right to develop the proposed 3 of 3 project while also providing negotiated public benefits and extend the term of Agreement for an additional 10 (ten) years; and • Addendum to the 2010 Mitigated Negative Declaration: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), the addendum addresses reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts resulting from the proposed development. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; 2. Find that the Proposed Project will not result in any new significant impacts that were not previously analyzed in the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration No. ND2010-008 (SCH 2010091052) for the Approved Project, and the addendum has been prepared to address reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts resulting from the Proposed Project; and 3. Adopt Resolution PC2023-014, recommending the City Council approval of PA2021-260, which includes adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration Addendum, and approval of a General Plan Amendment, Local Coastal Program Amendment, Planned Community Development Plan Amendment, and Development Agreement for The Tennis and Pickleball Club at Newport Beach Project located at 1602 East Coast Highway. VIII. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 3 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ITEM NO. 4 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM NO. 5 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES IX. ADJOURNMENT