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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
REGULAR MEETING - 6:00 P.M.
CURTIS ELLMORE
Chair
MARK ROSENE
Vice Chair
TRISTAN HARRIS
Secretary
BRADY BARTO JON LANGFORD
LEE LOWREY
DAVID SALENE
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, Assistant City Manager/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.
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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.
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
REGULAR MEETING – 6:00 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 AUGUST 17, 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 THE HOUSE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (PA2023-0143)
Site Location: 2601 West Coast Highway
Summary:
An amendment to a conditional use permit to remove the condition of approval that limits the use of boat
slips at all times for exclusive use by patrons for an existing eating and drinking establishment (restaurant)
with late hours, live entertainment, alcohol sales, outdoor dining, and delivery. The current restaurant
operator, The House Restaurant, will continue to comply with a previously approved parking management
plan which addressed off-site parking, valet, and an adjustment to the off-street parking requirements, and
includes other related conditions. This item was continued from the August 3, 2023, Planning Commission
meeting.
Recommended Actions:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this review 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 No. PC2023-032 approving a Conditional Use Permit.
Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda
September 7, 2023
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ITEM NO. 3 TRACY SETBACK AMENDMENT (PA2023-0089)
Site Location: 1020 White Sails Way
Summary:
A request for an amendment to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code
(NBMC) to change a front setback established on Setback Map No. S-11A, “Harbor View Hills/Spyglass”
from 50-feet to 21-feet for the property located at 1020 White Sails Way.
Recommended Actions:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15305 under Class 5 (Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations) of the CEQA Guidelines,
because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment and the exceptions
under Section 15300.2 are not applicable; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2023-033 recommending City Council adoption of this Code
Amendment to revise Setback Map No. S-11A.
VIII. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 4 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 5 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS
WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE
AGENDA
ITEM NO. 6 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
IX. ADJOURNMENT