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REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
PLACE: City Council Chambers
TIME: 7:30 P.M.
DATE: February 8, 1996
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Commissioner Gifford was excused, all other Commissioners were present
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EX- OFFICIO OFFICERS PRESENT:
Bob Burnham, City Attorney
Patricia Temple, Acting Planning Director
Rich Edmonston, Traffic Engineer
Ginger Vann, Executive Secretary
Pat Alford, Senior Planner
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Minutes of January 18, 1996:
Minutes
1/18/96
Motion
Motion was made and voted on to approve with correction, the January 18,
1996, Planning Commission Mmutes. MOTION CARRIED - 6 Ayes, 1
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Public Comments: None
Public
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Posting of the Agenda:
Posting
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Ms. Temple stated that the Corrected Planning Commission Agenda was
posted on Monday, February 5, 1996, outside of City Hall.
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SUBJECT: Ma' Ma Mia Restaurant i
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3408 Via Oporto
Use Permit No. 3576 (Continued from U
UP: No. 35
January 18, 1996)
withdrawn
Conversion of a take -out restaurant to a full service restaurant, with on-
sale alcoholic beverage service and the non - exclusive use of an outdoor
dining area.
Staff reported that the applicant Max Douk, has withdrawn this
application.
SUBJECT: Specialty Food Service, Alcoholic Beverage I
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of this chapter to address these concerns. On traffic and parking, these
issues have been addressed by strengthening the conditions relative to
findings so specialty food uses require parking and traffic characteristics
similar to retail uses. The language has been reinforced to enable the
Commission, when an issue is brought forward, to determine if this use
is compatible with the surrounding areas and be similar in intensity to a
retail use.
Chairperson Ridgeway asked staff about the review of the parking
requirements, if the Commission makes a specific finding at that point in
time.
Staff responded that there are specific findings for a specialty food
service use which must be made, including parking demand and traffic
generation characteristics similar to that of a retail use. This specific
finding is made by the Commission when dealing with an existing or a
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new specialty food use requesting alcoholic beverage or live
entertainment.
Staff continued on the issue of noise. The City has recently adopted a
Noise Ordinance that provides adequate protections to assure that the
adjoining properties are not legally impacted by the use. The issue of
bars and theater /nightclubs has been addressed by tightening up those
definitions, to assure a clearer distinction between these uses.
Commissioner Kranzley asked if specialty food service establishments
have the right to take advantage of the outdoor dining provisions.
Staff responded in the affirmative, and claifiried that the limit is 20 seats
plus 25 %.
Commissioner Adams asked about the provision for dancing in a
specialty food establishment. The criteria for specialty foods is quick
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consumption. Someone dancing and enjoying entertainment is not
consistent with the idea of quick consumption of food.
staff answered that in the code there has always been a linkage between
dancing and live entertainment. The purpose is to ensure that no one
can develop a loop hole by inferring "audience participation" or "this
person really isn't an entertainer". The act of dancing has been linked
with live entertainment in order to address these issues.
Commissioner Adams continued discussion relating to matters of
entertainment and dancing in an establishment that serves food that is
quickly consumed. He asked if there were any specific inquiries made
regarding providing a dance floor or three entertainers.
Staff indicated that the only request was for a single entertainer with no
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dancing in a coffee shop.
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Commissioner Pomeroy commented on specialty food use having
entertainment with three or two entertainers; restriction of entertainers,
etc. He opined that having entertainers adds to the ambiance of the
shop and enhances the business potential for the shop owner.
Commissioner Kranzley asked, if the Commission views this as an
intensification of the use, could the parking requirements be increased
on a specialty food establishment.
Staff answered that the required finding that was referenced in the
report states that the use has to have parking demand characteristics
similar to that of a retail use. If the Commission determines that the
parking demand is higher than a general retail establishment, the finding
could not be made. The use would, therefore, be defined as a full-scale
restaurant.
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Discussion ensued regarding determinations; parking issues;
waiver /denial; alternate sites of parking spaces; the limit of standees;
limit to occupancy of the public portion of the building and the
monitoring of receipts.
Staff stated that the structure of this ordinance places an additional
burden on staff to not just accept a specialty food application in any
event that happens to be 2,000 square feet and a 20 seat limit. Staff will
have to look at the operation proposed and make sure it meets all the
requirements for specialty food, including the parking demand
characteristics. Code enforcement may also be involved if it is
determined there is a violation.
Public Hearing was opened.
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Chairperson Ridgeway referenced a letter received from Mr. Tom
Hyans and pointed out an error and stated he will contact Mr. Hyans to
clarify the matter since Mr. Hyans was not present.
Dan Marchiano, President of Newport Beach Restaurant Association -
(spelling and address not given) spoke on the matter of use permit
abuse. If a use permit is issued to a specialty food use and the owner
turns the establishment into a nightclub, how long would it take to
cancel the use permit.
Staff answered that on all use permits, standard call up provisions are
maintained. If a use which violates the conditions of approval was
unresponsive to code enforcement process the use would then be
brought back to the Planning Commission for additional conditions or
consideration of possible revocation.
Chairperson Ridgeway stated that if there is a misuse, and code
enforcement does not bring about the appropriate operational
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characteristics, planning staff can agendize it for the next Planning
Commission meeting.
Attorney Burnham agreed that it could be agendized that quickly but
cautions that it takes a considerable amount of time if the applicant
contests the revocation.
Discussion continued regarding the definitions, clarifications and
possible criteria of specialty food uses:
• how fast it takes to prepare food items
• limitation of the number of items on the menu
food that is consumed quickly on the premises
• fairness issue of parking requirements between specialty food and
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Chairperson Ridgeway continued by stating that an appeal/revocation of
use permit is required for the Planning Commission. The Planning
Commission should have the ability to control any areas within the city
that are problematic. Commissioner Adams brings up a cumulative
impact argument and it is exacerbated by that one project.
City Attorney Burnham stated the grounds to revoke a specialty food
use permit by the Planning Director would be a violation of the
provisions of the specialty food ordinance or any condition that may be
imposed on the permit by the Planning Director. The Planning Director,
Planning Commission or City Council retains the authority or
jurisdiction to modify those conditions and whenever the operation of
the specialty food ordinance doesn't satisfy the purposes for which the
ordinance was adopted (to distinguish between restaurants and retail).
The Planning Director on his or her own initiative can impose additional
conditions as are necessary to achieve the purpose of the intent of this
section. If the Planning Director has information that there is a parking
problem or a trash problem or hours of operation, the Planning Director
can impose additional conditions on the operation of business.
Commissioner Pomeroy asked how many specialty food establishments
exist in the City of Newport Beach. Staff answered that 44 have been
conditionally approved under the specialty food service permit. These
44 represent less than 10% of the food establishments throughout the
City. He continued by asking staff the percentage of the 44 that have
created these kinds of problems with specialty foods and the times these
problems occur.
Staff answered that based on experience, the main time there is a
problem with specialty food, particularly in relationship to parking, is
usually not attributed to the operation of any individual business but
have, in one particular instance, created some problems due to the
"grouping" of a high number of theses food uses in a center where there
are essentially very few traditional retail uses. The center took on the
nature of a food court and in that type of circumstance, problems have
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occurred. These problems usually occur in the early morning and during
the lunch time.
Chairperson Ridgeway asked why the Planning Director could not pull
up all the specialty food use permits in the particular area and reevaluate
them?
City Attorney answered that it is possible.
Commissioner Adams commented that specialty food uses should go
back to 1,200 square feet and 12 seats in order to serve the original
purpose it was intended for, that being accommodating small shops
where the burden of coming in before the Planning Commission to get
variances is unreasonable. He questioned staff if they have the ability
when re- writing the zoning code to mitigate the issue that keeps a
restaurateur from asking for a variance of the nature of the specialty
food that is present by today's standards.
Staff answered that one of the reasons for specialty food service
provisions was due to certain restrictions on the ability to look at
restaurant service uses in buildings which exceeded the base FAR
limitation. That particular section of the code caused some problems in
reestablishing restaurants in previously established retail operations. One
of the avenues of relief was the development of specialty food. Within
the proposed draft zoning code, staff is proposing procedures whereby
restaurant uses which are higher traffic generating land uses by
definition within the General Plan in the zoning ordinance could still be
allowed through a procedure of looking at overall traffic in the area
within which the business resides.
Commissioner Adams proposes to quit "throwing stuff' on the back of
specialty food and wait until there is a new zoning code that allows
somebody who wants alcohol and dancing and a combo to come before
the Commission as a restaurant and get a variance. Each one could
therefore be evaluated on its own merit instead of lumping this in to a
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Commissioner Kranzley spoke in opposition to the live entertainment in a
specialty food use. He stated he would not support any resolution that
allows dancing. With beer, wine and five entertainment, a full scale
restaurant environment where food and beverage will not be consumed
quickley with parking requirements of a retail establishment, has been
established. Though he believes these establisments need support, he's
concerned about the impact on surrounding businesses.
Chairperson Ridgeway agrees that when the size of the specialty food use
permits went to 2,000 instead of 1,200 square feet, the line was crossed.
During the process of a zone tent re- write, the size can be re- visited.
Staff answered that one of the purposes of the zoning code re -write is to
look at these things in a comprehensive way and at the development
characteristics and the definitions and terminology in more detail rather
than amending it on a chapter by chapter basis. There is potential for
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doing major revisions to the code, including creating new land use
categories that might address the issues in a more efficient way.
Chairperson Ridgeway stated that if there is action taken on this item
tonight it can be revisited. Certainly some of the concerns expressed by
Commissioner Adams are legitimate. The cumulative argument was
made about outdoor dining when the size was increased.
Commissioner Selich stated that with this amendment we are going
beyond the initial intent of the food service ordinance even beyond the
1,200 to 2,000 square feet. The statement that food products and
beverages are likely to be quickly consumed seems to be incongruent
with the idea of having entertainment and consuming alcoholic
beverages on site. In addition, looking at the findings that have to be
made, the proposed use must be similar to retail use in traffic generating
and parking demand characteristics. These findings will be hard to
make once alcohol and entertainment is added. It seems that we are
attempting to fit something into a specialty food ordinance that it was
really not intended to accommodate. If we do want these types of uses,
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specialty food use ordinance even going back to the original definition.
We appear to be straying away from it.
Chairperson Ridgeway offered a compromise to discuss beer/wine
service only and maybe one entertainer, no dancing. This would get it
back to a coffee shop or a quick turn- around food use.
Commissioner Pomeroy stated that it appears that people are attempting
to allow a night time usage for a business that would not normally have
a night time usage. Entertainment and beer or wine will not be offered
in the morning. For the purposes of compromise, he agrees to eliminate
the dancing and also agrees to cut down to one entertainer. In
providing this flexibility, a business man has been given an opportunity
to take down -time and create profitable time which is very important in
a small business.
Commissioner Kranzley asked of Commissioner Selich if the EDC had
an opinion on this matter.
Commissioner Selich answered that at the last meeting they appointed a
committee of two people to review the ordinance for presentation at the
next EDC meeting.
Commissioner Kranzley stated that as there was only one person who
came in for the alcohol use and one for the entertainment use, there
does not appear to be a rush. He asked staff would it be better to work
this in the new zoning code.
Mr. Alford answered that the proposed development standards would
provide enough of a check to avoid any abuse of these provisions during
that interim period when the land uses are being reviewed on a more
comprehensive basis.
Commissioner Adams stated that if most of the applications are of a
nature that is conducive to selling beer and wine and not having much of
an effect on the intensification, there is clearly not going to be a
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problem. He stated that we do have the opportunity to fix it the right
way in the zoning code within the next six months or so but he suggests
that entertainment and dancing be eliminated all together. He does not
see the need to accommodate any live entertainment at all in a specialty
food establishment.
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Motion was made to adopt Resolution No. 1426 recommending
approval of Amendment No. 839 to the City Council with the following
modifications:
• limit the amount of entertainers to 2 (two)
• eliminate dancing
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SUBSTITUTE MOTION was made to adopt Resolution No. 1426
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recommending approval of Amendment No. 839 to the City Council
with the modification to eliminate all forms of live entertainment and
dancing. SUBSTITUTE MOTION was called for and CARRIED - 4
Ayes, 2 Noes and 1 Absent.
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Chairperson Ridgeway excused himself for a short period of time to deal
with a family emergency.
SUBJECT: Time -Share Regulations (Public Hearing)
Item, 3,
Amendment No. 842
A 842
Amendment to Chapter 20.76 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to
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allow time -share projects in commercial districts.
Staff reported that the amendment has come about as a result of a
request from the new owner of the Hyatt Newporter Hotel. Staff has
reviewed this and the City Council has adopted the Resolution of
Intention and directed the Planning Commission to commence public
hearings on this item. Staff does not have any additional comments, but
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states that the proponent and their representatives are present to answer
questions of the Commission.
Commissioner Selich referred to the application process on page 8, item
4 that addresses the Conversion Plan. He pointed out that it contradicts
item 2 under the Conversion of Existing Dwelling Units Prohibited.
Staff confirmed that Item 4, Conversion Plan is not necessary and it will
be removed from the ordinance.
Commissioner Kranzley how many 300 room hotels are in Newport
Beach.
Staff answered approximately 6: Sutton Place, Sheraton Newport,
Marriot Suites, Marriot Tennis Club, Four Seasons and The Hyatt
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Public Hearing was opened. Public Hearing was closed.
Commissioner Selich spoke in support of this proposal stating it will be
of benefit to the City. The controls and all the proposals that staff has
made provide the Commission with a great deal of ability to review and
ensure the quality of the projects. Time -share developments have
advanced over the years with a lot of the major hotels being in the time-
share businesses. He commented that the proposed ordinance in the
"intent section" should be worded to reflect the fact that this will be a
positive endeavor. He suggests re- wording this section to reflect that
this is something the City is really trying to do and that it will be a
positive thing.
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Chairperson Adams spoke on traffic issue for trip generation for time
share condominiums at 3.5 trips per occupied unit versus 10 and 9 for a
hotel and motel. He questioned the source of this number.
Staff answered that these numbers came about through traffic studies
that had been done for a few time -share projects in Orange County but
mostly in San Diego County.
Chairperson Adams stated that he had met with the proponent of this
amendment and felt that the nature of the proposal was to have the
ultimate use of the time share application have very little distinction
between the operation of the time share component of that site and the
balance of the site. It is impossible to believe that in this application the
trip generation would be 3.5 trips per unit.
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will continue chairing this item.
Commissioner Ridgeway asked about the traffic manual statistics and
what is used for the CMP or the city ordinance for hotel use.
Mr. Edmonston stated that the City has adopted, in the General Plan
process, a list of trip generation rates and for hotels there are a couple
of classifications, a resort hotel, hotels and motels. On a straight hotel,
it is 10 trips per room.
Chairperson Adams stated that those rates are probably consistent with
the rates in the table in the staff report, where the resort hotel would be
less, presumably because of more amenities and activities on site
requiring less trips. With this table, are we saying that we are going to
use 3.5 trips per unit for this use?
Staff answered that this is to give as much information as staff was able
to gather through research on this particular item. Each time -share
project as it would come forward would be subject to all of the City's
Ordinances including the Traffic Phasing Ordinance. At that time it
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would be determined what trip rate was applicable to that particular
development.
If this is a new use, does a rate for this use need to be adopted or does
the Commission have the flexibility to impose a rate on each individual
application, was asked of staff.
Mr. Edmonston answered that it depends on how this is structured. In
the case where there were uses where there is not a well documented
trip rate, staff has established one based on the particular characteristics
of the project. Without knowing the specific sites that were used for the
time -share rate that is here, certainly if it is a time -share that is located
right on the beach, you would have fewer trips because your recreation
would be there on the site. If the recreation is somewhere else, you
might be making more trips to go shopping and in fact go to the beach.
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Attorney Burnham stated that the only time that trip generation rates
come into play is when a traffic study is being done. The traffic
engineer has the authority to determine trip generation rate(s) at that
time. Typically, standard trip generation rates are used unless the
applicant can establish to W. Edmonton's satisfaction that there is
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some good reason to depart from standard rates.
Chairperson Adams stated that the Hyatt Newporter proposal was going
to be less intense then the number of rooms they are entitled to, so it
would not be problematic.
Commissioner Ridgeway asked if the Institute of Traffic Engineers
manual was used for trip generation rates.
Mr. Edmonton stated that this is the basic starting point but in a
number of categories the City has done a number of studies on their .
own. A compilation of trip rates prepared by the San Diego Association
of Government has been used. These are the two principal published
documents in this field. In a number of cases, we have supplemented
those with studies performed either by the City or, in an unusual land
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use category that is not located in either one, the developer has been
required to pay a consultant to study several similar sites to develop a
trip rate.
Commissioner Ridgeway stated that if this amendment is adopted
tonight, the Commission is not adopting the time -share trip generated
rates that are in the table. Since this amendment is limited to
commercial districts, trip generation or traffic is probably not going to
be a concern because commercial districts usually generate much higher
traffic than time -share uses.
On page 2 of the staff report it refers to "impact on services". Then in
turning to Chapter 20.76 it talks about a "development agreement" on
page 8 regarding taxes and addresses the cost benefit analysis but it does
not state who prepares the report. Does that need to be in the Chapter
and should the applicant be required to prepare a report, if needed?
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Attorney Burnham answered that the development agreement is going
to be the vehicle for establishing transient occupancy tax in lieu of fees
or some other mechanism for ensuring that there is economic value to
the City. It may be that those provisions in the development agreement
need to be negotiated on a case by case basis, depending on the nature
of the project, number of time -share units and a myriad of other factors.
Since the development agreement is contemplated by the Ordinance, it is
going to be reviewed by the Planning Commission and City Council
before it is approved.
Chairperson Adams asked if a parking requirement was being adopted
with this or is it similar to the trip generation issue.
Staff answered that the parking shall be provided at a ratio of 1.2 spaces
per unit, plus 1 per 50 square feet of banquet seating or meeting area as
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stated in item 4 on handwritten page 9 of the Time -Share
Developments. The basis for this recommended rate was a study of
parking requirements for similar projects in other communities showing
a consistency of that number of spaces per unit. Some had built in
mechanisms for the ancillary facilities. There was a range of parking
requirements from 1.2 to I.5 spaces per unit.
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Motion was made to adopt Resolution No. 1427 recommending
approval of Amendment No. 842 to the City Council with the following
corrections: the deletion of item number 4 on hand written page 8 and
any reference to conversion and the deletion of the word "adverse" on
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handwritten page 6. MOTION CARRIED - 6 Ayes, I Absent
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A. Circulation Element - Master Plan of Bikeways
Approved
Approved
B. Temple Bat Yahm -1011 Camelback Street
Approved
C. Cantanzarite/Summerhouse
Approved
D. Zoning Code Re -write
E. General Plan Update
Approved
F. Housing Element
Approved
Staff reported that this is the first of three scheduled annual initiations of
amendments to the General Plan. There are six requested amendments,
most of which are City proposed amendments, two of which are
requested by applicants: Temple Bat Yahm and
Cantanzarite/Summerhouse issue. There are representatives in the
audience for both of these and are available for questions by the
Commission. The only direction to the Commission from the City
Council is that a separate action is requested on each individual item.
Motion
Motion was made for initiation of A - Circulation Element - Master Plan
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Motion
Motion was made for initiation of B - Temple Bat Yahm - MOTION
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Motion was made for initiation of D - Zoning Code Re -write -
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MOTION CARRIED, 6 Ayes and 1 Absent
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Motion
Motion was made for initiation of E - General Plan Update - MOTION
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Commissioner Thomson asked if the Housing Element is a state
mandate, and if the City could decide not to proceed with an update.
Staff reported that the City has a housing element which has been
certified by the State Department of Housing and Community
Development. Currently, there is a deadline of June 30, 1996 for a
mandated update. However, there is some discussion as to whether that
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mandate is in fact real based on recent actions of the legislation. Also
being discussed is the possibility of extending that deadline one or two
more years. The Planning Department would like to see this item
initiated so that if the City decides it is in the best interest to proceed
with an update process than we have the initiation already in force to
use.. Staff will be discussing with the City Manager and the City
Attorney the options on the mandated update.
Commissioner Thomson stated that we get into situations where we are
turning out reports and taking valuable staff time to keep up with
mandates of the state government and perhaps we're being prudent in
doing this, but what is our exposure if this is not done.
Chairperson Ridgeway clarified that in asking for this to be initiated,
staff does not have to take any action right now.
Commissioner Thomson stated that we could slow this process down .
and not use valuable staff time to initiate this for future use.
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Attorney Burnham stated that the worst case scenario would be that the
mandate for revisions sticks and someone sues us alleging that we do
not have a valid housing element, that the City's General Plan is out of
compliance with state law. If that allegation is successfiAy litigated in
couM a judge can enjoin land use activities in the City. Given this city's
history with housing litigation and given the potential down side for not
complying with provisions of the State Zoning and Planning Act, it is
really prudent to at least initiate an amendment. There also may be some
projects that may best be implemented through amendments to the
housing element. You may recall that the Ford/Loral project was
approved through a development agreement and Ford is obligated to
contribute affordable housing in lieu fees up to approximately $2.5
million dollars. The housing element amendment may be, in fact, a
vehicle for implementing the City's ultimate choice in that regard.
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Motion was made for initiation of F - Housing Element MOTION
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Item C Catanzarite/Summerhouse issue was then discussed.
Attorney Burnham reported that he has been dealing with Mr.
Catanzarite and the Summerhouse project components for the past
couple of months. The subdivision parcel map process by Catanzarite
was approved by the City Council. There is a comprehensive settlement
agreement that is being negotiated that has been drafted that is
approximately 90% complete involving the City, Cantanzarite and
Summerhouse that will in fact make the Summerhouse project much
easier to implement by eliminating a lot of grading that would otherwise
have to occur. This settlement agreement is actually one of the good
legal documents for the City because it does resolve a lot of outstanding
issues. In that settlement agreement, the City commits to process a
General Plan Amendment essentially validating what has already been
done through the parcel map process which slightly modified the
boundary of the two parcels. All we are doing is taking equivalent area
of commercial and residential and simply changing the boundary along
the edge of those two properties.
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Chairperson Ridgeway asked Attorney Burnham whether the City
Couch has approved the subdivision of the residential lot into two lots.
Mr. Burnham responded that the subdivision has been approved by the
City Council. The settlement agreement has also been discussed, and,
the Council has indicated its support for the concept.
Chairperson Ridgeway asked if there is any way the Commission could
approve the request for initiation of this General Plan Amendment and
delete from it that portion of it for the subdivision?
Staff answered that the project does not need a General Plan
Amendment in order to establish the additional dwelling unit that would
be on the lot. There is sufficient allocation in Corona del Mar to allow
for that in any case. The only issue here is adjusting the boundary
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between the commercial district and residential district.
Commissioner Adams clarified that what is being asked is whether an
initiation would be inconsistent with the Commission's previous position
on this item.
Attorney Burnham stated it would not be inconsistent.
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Motion was made for initiation of C - Cantanzarite/Summerhouse -
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SUBJECT: Economic Development Committee
item. 5
Chairperson Ridgeway asked staff if the date was set with the committee.
Discus
Discussion then ensued regarding potential meeting with the two
committees. Chairperson Ridgeway will call Mr. IJdl to set up a late
afternoon meeting.
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ADDITIONAL BUSINESS:
a.) City Council Follow -up - A verbal report by the Acting Planning
Director regarding City Council actions related to plamring - none
b.) Verbal report by the Acting Planning Director regarding Outdoor
Dining Permit, Specialty Food Permits, Modification Permits and
Temporary Use Permit approvals - the following temporary use
was reported: strawberry stand at northeast comer of West Balboa
Boulevard and 21st Street, parking lot for Savannah's Hut. Also
reported was one specialty food service use at 4341 MacArthur
Boulevard ("Jambe Juice").
c.) Verbal report from Planning Commission's representative to the
Economic Development Committee - Commissioner Selich
reported that a joint meeting is requested and asked that Chairman
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Ridgeway contact Mr. Rush Hill to arrange time and date.
d.) Verbal report from Planning Commission's representative to the
Balboa Peninsula Planning Advisory Committee - none.
e.) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report
on at a subsequent meeting -
Commissioner Thomson asked for an inventory of specialty food
uses that have been granted under the new Ordinance. This
information is to include name, address, square footage and type of
food service.
C) Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a
future agenda for action and staff report - Chairman Ridgeway
asked that the three members of the Commission give a status
report on the Zone Code review.
g.) Requests for excused absences - Commissioners Thomson,
Ridgeway and Pomeroy will be absent at the next Commission
meeting of February 22, 1996.
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h) Discussion of staff report format - none.
ADJOURNMENT: 9:50 p.m
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MICHAEL KRANZLEY, SECRETARY
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION