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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, MARCH 07, 2024
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
JAIME MURILLO, Acting 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 6:00
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.
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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.
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become effective until 14 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance
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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, MARCH 7, 2024
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 FEBRUARY 22, 2024
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 GENESIS AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP APPEAL (PA2023-0094)
Site Location: 2607 Ocean Boulevard
Summary:
An appeal of the Zoning Administrator’s February 1, 2024, decision to approve a minor use
permit, minor site development review, modification permit, and tentative parcel map to allow
the demolition of the existing on-site structures, and the construction and operation of an
automobile dealership. The proposed automobile dealership consists of an approximately
19,952-square-foot, two-story, 25-foot tall, building that includes a showroom, sales office,
storage area, electric vehicle (EV) repair area (i.e., EV Lab), and employee areas. The
dealership will involve the sale and minor repairs of EVs only. Parking is provided within a
surface parking lot and at-grade enclosed parking at the rear of the property. The request
includes a modification permit to allow the structure to encroach up to 6-inches into the 5-foot
rear setback. The tentative parcel map is requested to merge 11 underlying legal lots into a
single lot. Lastly, the project includes removal of two above ground utility poles and relocation
of the curb along the project frontage on West Coast Highway to allow smoother flow of traffic
from the intersection at Dover Drive.
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Recommended Actions:
1. Conduct a de novo public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Section 15332 under Class 32 (In-Fill Development Projects), pursuant to
Section 15301 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities), and pursuant to Section 15303 under
Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the CEQA
Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it
has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2024-004 denying the appeal and upholding and affirming
the Zoning Administrator’s approval for a Minor Use Permit, Minor Site Development
Review, Modification Permit and Tentative Parcel Map filed as PA2023-0094
(Attachment No. PC 1).
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
ITEM NO. 3 GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT (PA2007-195)
Site Location: Citywide
Summary:
Annual progress report on the status and implementation of the General Plan and Housing
Element as required by State law and General Plan Implementation Program 1.3.
Recommended Action:
1. Find the preparation, review and submission of the 2023 General Plan Annual Progress
Report and Housing Element Report not subject to the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA), as the actions are not a project as defined by Section 15378(b)(2) of the
Public Resources Code;
2. Review and comment on the 2023 General Plan Progress Report, including the Housing
Element Annual Progress Report; and
3. Recommend the City Council review and authorize the submittal of the 2023 General
Plan Progress Report to the California Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and the
submittal of the Housing Element Annual Progress Report to the State Department of
Housing and Community Development (HCD).
IX. 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
X. ADJOURNMENT