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HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, December 07, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter shall be heard, a public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach. The Planning Commission of the City of Newport
Beach will consider the following application:
Residences at 1400 Bristol Street – The Applicant is requesting approval for the demolition of two existing office buildings and the development of 229 apartment units atop a 422-space parking structure and a pedestrian bridge that extends from the proposed project over the Spruce Street right-of-way to the approved residential apartment project at 1300 Bristol Street (Project). The following approvals are requested to implement the Project as proposed:
• General Plan Amendment (GPA) - A request to change the existing General Plan land use designation of subject property from General Commercial Office (CO-G) to Mixed Use Horizontal 2 (MU-H2) and add 64 dwelling units to Anomaly 16 of the General Plan Table LU2 (Anomaly Locations) to accommodate the Project; • Planned Community Development Plan Amendment - An amendment to the Newport Place Planned Community (PC-11) Development Plan (PC Text) to include the project site within the Residential Overlay;
• Major Site Development Review - A site development review in accordance with the Newport Place Planned Community and Section 20.52.80 (Site Development Reviews) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC), for the construction of the Project;
• Affordable Housing Implementation Plan - A plan specifying how the Project would meet the City’s affordable housing requirements, in exchange for a request of 50% increase in density. The Applicant seeks six development standard waivers related to park land dedication, building setbacks, building height, private open space for each residential unit, common open space for the entire Project, and overall residential project density pursuant to Chapter 20.32 (Density Bonus) of the NBMC and Government Code Section 65915 (Density Bonus Law), and two development concessions related to the mix of affordable units and partial park in-lieu fee payment, pursuant to Chapter 20.32 (Density Bonus) of the NBMC and Government Code Section 65915;
• Development Agreement – A Development Agreement between the Applicant and the City, pursuant to Section 15.45.020 (Development Agreement Required) of the NBMC, which would provide the Applicant with the vested right to develop the Project for a term of 10 years and to provide negotiated public benefits to the City;
• Traffic Study - A traffic study pursuant to Chapter 15.40 (Traffic Phasing Ordinance) of the NBMC; and
• Addendum to the 2006 General Plan Update Program Environmental Impact Report (Addendum) - Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Addendum addresses reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts resulting from the Project.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the City has prepared the Residences at 1400 Bristol Street EIR addendum to the previously certified General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report SCH# 2006011119. To address reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts resulting from the proposed development, the City has determined that an addendum to the previously certified EIR is warranted pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Once completed, the document will be made available at the Planning Division and may also be accessed online at www.newportbeachca.gov/ceqa.
All interested parties may appear and present testimony regarding this application. If you challenge this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the City, at, or before, the public hearing.
Administrative procedures for appeals are provided in the Newport Beach Municipal Code Chapter 20.64. The application may be continued to a specific future meeting date; if such an action occurs, additional public notice of the continuance will not be provided.
The agenda, staff report, and corresponding documents will be available by end of business day on the Friday preceding the public hearing and may be reviewed at the Community Development Department Permit Center (Bay C-1st Floor), at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660 or the City of Newport Beach website at www.newportbeachca.gov/planningcommission. Individuals not able to attend the meeting may contact the Planning Division or access the City’s website after the meeting to review the action on this application. All mail or written communications (including email) from the public, residents, or applicants regarding an agenda item must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the business day immediately before the meeting. This allows time for the Planning Commission to adequately consider the submitted correspondence.
For questions regarding this public hearing item please contact Liz Westmoreland, Senior Planner, at 949-644-3234 or lwestmoreland@newportbeachca.gov, at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Project File No.: PA2022-0296
Activity: General Plan Amendment, Planned Community Development Plan Amendment, Major Site Development Review, Affordable Housing Implementation Plan, Traffic Study, Development Agreement, Environmental Impact Report Addendum
Zone: Newport Place Planned Community (PC-11) General Plan: General Commercial Office (CO-G)
Location: 1400 and 1420 Bristol Street (North) Applicant: The Picerne Group
Tristan Harris, Secretary, Planning Commission, City of Newport Beach