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Home My WebLink About04/03/1975COMMISSIONERS CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ROL CALL Present Motion Ayes Abstain 0 Motion All Ayes Regular Planning Commission Meeting Place: City Council Chambers Time: 7:00 P.M. Date: April 3. 1975 MINUTES INUCA X X X X X X EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS R. V. Hogan, Community Development Director Hugh Coffin, Assistant City Attorney Benjamin B. Nolan, City Engineer STAFF MEMBERS James D. Hewicker, Assistant Director - Planning Tim Cowell, Advance Planning Administrator Shirley Harbeck, Secretary X Minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 20, 1975 X X X X X Y were approved as corrected. Commissioner Agee X abstained due to the fact that he was absent from the meeting. Item ql Request to permit the sale of beer and wine in USE conjunction with the proposed "Khalil's Restau -• PERMIT rant" that will be located within 200 feet of a N0.1749 residential district and the acceptance of an offsite parking agreement for a portion of the WITHDRAWN required parking spaces. Location: Portion of Lot 2 and Lot 3, Tract 1136, located at 308 North Newport Boulevard, on the easterly side of North Newport Boulevard, northerly of Catalina Drive, adjacent to Newport Heights. Zone: C -1 -H Applicant: Fouad Ziadeh, Costa Mesa Owner: Dustin Associates, Santa Ana X At the request of the applicant, this matter was withdrawn from the agenda. Page 1. COMMISSIONERS CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CALL Motion All Ayes 0 Motion All Ayes 0 MINUTES April 3, 1975 INUCA Item #2 Request to permit the construction of seven USE attached single family dwellings with related PERMIT parking and landscape areas and the acceptance NO.T 29 of an environmental document. CONT. TO Location: Lot 83, Tract 6230, located at 2330 R'i- Vista del Playa, on the north- easterly side of proposed Vista . del Playa, westerly of Vista del Oro in "The Bluffs." Zone: R -3 -B P.R.D. and R -4 -B -2 P.R.D. Applicant: IDH, a Joint Venture, Costa Mesa Owner: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach. X This matter,was continued to the meeting of May 1, 1975, with the consent of the applicant. Item #3 Request to subdivide 1.11 acres into seven number- TENTATIVE ed lots for attached single- family residential MAP development, one numbered lot to be developed as TRACT a landscaped area and one lettered lot to be 86R developed as a private street, private driveways and guest parking spaces. CONT. TO MAY 1 Location:. Lot 83, Tract 6230, located at 2330 Vista del Playa, on the northeast- erly side of proposed Vista del Playa, westerly of Vista del Oro in "The Bluffs." Zone: R -3 -B P.R.D. and R -4 -B -2 P.R.D. Applicant: IDH, a Joint Venture, Costa Mesa Owner: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Engineer: Valley Consultants, Inc., Huntington Beach This matter was continued to the meeting of May 1, 1975, with the consent of the applicant. Page 2. COMMISSIONERS Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes r• m CITY OF NEWPORT BEAC�i April 3, 1975 MINUTES Item #4 Request to permit the construction of eight USE attached single family dwellings with related PERMIT parking and landscape areas and the acceptance NO.1730 of an environmental document. CONT. TO Location: Lot 89, Tract 5878, located at MAY 1 2122 Vista Entrada, westerly of Vista del Oro and easterly of Vista Entrada in "The Bluffs." Zone: R -4 -B -2 P.R.D. Applicant: IDH, a Joint Venture, Costa Mesa Owner: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach This matter was continued to the meeting of May 1, 1975, with the consent of the applicant. Item #5 Request to subdivide 1.65 acres into eight number- TENTATIVE ed lots for attached single - family residential MAP development and one numbered lot to be developed TRACT as a landscape area, private driveways and guest 8682 parking spaces. CONT. TO, Location: Lot 89, Tract 5878, located at MA( _1 2122 Vista Entrada, westerly of Vista del Oro and easterly of Vista Entrada in "The Bluffs." Zone: R -4 -B -2 P.R.D. Applicant: IDH, a Joint Venture, Costa Mesa Owner: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Engineer: Valley Consultants, Inc., Huntington Beach This matter was continued to the meeting of May 1, 1975, . with the consent of the applicant. Page 3. COMMISSIONERS CITY OF NEWPORT BEACtI n m � Z P p Rt CAIL Apri 1 Motion All Ayes Motion All Ayes MINUTES 3. 1975 Request to permit the construction of nine attached single family dwellings with related parking and landscape areas and the acceptance of an environmental document. Location: Lot 125, Tract 5435, located at IN DE7C Item #6 USE PERMIT N0.1731 CONT. TO MAY 1 .1976 Vista Caudal, southwesterly of Vista del Oro and northeasterly of Vista Caudal in "The Bluffs." Zone: R -4 -B -2 P.R.D. Applicant: IDH, a Joint Venture, Costa Mesa Owner: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach X This matter was continued to the meeting of May 1, 1975, with the consent of the applicant. Item #7 Request to subdivide 1.75 acres into nine number- TENTATIVE ed lots for attached single - family residential MAP development and one numbered lot to be developed TRACT as a landscape area, private driveways and guest 8681 parking spaces. CONT. TO Location: Lot 125, Tract 5435, located at MAY 1 1976 Vista Caudal, southwesterly of Vista del Oro and northeasterly of Vista Caudal in "The Bluffs." Zone: R -4 -B -2 P.R.D. Applicant: IDH, a Joint Venture, Costa Mesa Owner: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Engineer: Valley Consultants, Inc., Huntington Beach X This matter was continued to the meeting of May 1, 1975, with the consent of the applicant. Page 4. COMMISSIONERS CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH. m s 2 p p N R� CALL M3tion All Ayes Motion All Ayes • MINUTES April 3, 1975 mnev own Item #8 Request to create three parcels of land for RESUB- commercial development where one parcel now DIVISION exists. NTF6 Location: Parcel 2 of Parcel Map 57 -27 CONT. TO (Resubdivision No. 415) located MAY 1 at 1450 -1500 Quail Street and 1300 Dove Street, westerly of Dove.Street, southeasterly of Westerly Place and northeasterly of Quail Street in "Newport Place." Zone: P -C Applicant: Emkay Development Co., Newport Beac Owner :. Same as Applicant Engineer: Raub, Bein, Frost & Associates, Newport Beach X Planning Commission continued this matter to the meeting of May 1, 1975, pending the public hearing on a use permit for a private recreation center which is proposed to be constructed on Parcel 2. Item #9 An amendment to the Land Use and Residential GENERAL Growth Elements to change the land.use designation PLAN of the Pacific View property (50 acres, north of AMENDMENT NO. 18 Pacific View Memorial Park) from "Governmental, Educational and Institutional" to "Low- Density Residential." (Requested by Broadmoor Homes, TABLED Inc.) X At the request of Broadmoor Homes, this matter was tabled. Page 5. COMMISSIONERS CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH z D D ms £ m n N P � � m Tm� ? m � y < Z P p Itt CALL P Motion. Ayes Noes 0 Motion All Ayes MINUTES April 3. 1975 II�VCA Item #10 An amendment to the Land Use, Residential Growth GENERAL and Recreation and Open Space Elements to add a PLAN park area on the west side of Marguerite Avenue AMENDMENT at Harbor View Drive. (Requested by Ron Yeo.) N0. 6 Public hearing'was opened in connection with this NOT matter and there being no one desiring to appear. RECOM- and be heard, the public hearing was closed. MENDED FOR X In view of the recommendations of the Parks, ADOPTION X X X X X Y Beaches and Recreation Commission and the staff, X motion was made recommending to the City Council that General Plan Amendment No. 16 not be adopted. Item #11 An amendment to the Land Use Element to designate GENERAL the "Old Newport Boulevard Area" for a Specific PLAN Area Plan by adding a Specific Area Plan boundary AMENDMENT designation on the Land Use Plan (map). NO. 22 (Initiated by the City of Newport Beach.) RECOM- Staff reviewed the origin of the request and the MENDED proposed boundaries recommended for inclusion in ADOPTION the Specific Area Plan designation. Public hearing was opened in connection with this matter and there being no one desiring to appear and be heard, the public hearing was closed. X Motion was made recommending to the City Council the adoption of General Plan Amendment No. 22, with the understanding that the Specific Area Plan.boundary include all commercially -zoned property on "Old" Newport Boulevard and the State - owned R -2 property north of the "Arches ". Item #12 Request to amend a portion of Districting Map No. AMENDMENT 50 from the R -1 -B District to the R -A District. NO. 443 Location: Portion of Block 93, Irvine's CONT. TO Subdivision located southe.rly of PRIL 7 San Joaquin Hills Road between MacArthur Boulevard and proposed New MacArthur Boulevard in Harbor View Hills. Zone: R -1 -B Page 6. COMMISSIONERS Motion All Ayes 0 Motion All Ayes 9 A F CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH April 3 1975 MINUTES INDEX Applicant: Roger's Gardens - Newport Center, Newport Beach Owner: The.Irvine Company, Newport Beach At the request of the applicant, this matter was continued to the meeting of April 17, 1975. Item #13 Request to permit an amendment to a previously USE approved use permit that allowed the operation of a commercial nursery and related retail sales, including the sale of garden furniture, so as to PERMIT U-7-683 MENDED permit the expansion of the employee.parking lot,, and the plant display- storage areas of the subject CONT. TO nursery. APR. 17 Location: Parcels 1 and 2 of Parcel Map 61 -41 (Resubdivision No. 401) and a portion of Block 93, Irvine's Subdivision, located at 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, on the south- erly side of San Joaquin Hills Road between MacArthur Boulevard and proposed New MacArthur Boule- vard in Harbor View Hills. Zones: R -1 -B, R -A Applicant: Roger's Gardens - Newport Center, Newport Beach Owner: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach At the request of the applicant, this matter was continued to the meeting of April 17., 1975. Item #14 Request to create two parcels of land for RESUB- commercial development. DIVISION NO. 485 Location: Parcels 1 and 2 of Parcel Map 61 -41 (Resubdivision No. 401) and a CONT. TO portion of Block 93, Irvine's APR. 17 Subdivision, located at 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, on the south- erly side of San Joaquin Hills Road between MacArthur Boulevard and proposed New MacArthur Boule- vard in Harbor View Hills. Page 7. COMMISSIONERS n m , T Motion All Ayes 0 9 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH MINUTES Anril 1. 1975 u.ww Zones: R -1 -B, R -A Applicant: Roger's Gardens - Newport Center, Newport Beach Owner: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Engineer: Raub, Bein, Frost & Associates, Newport Beach At the request of the applicant, this matter was continued to the meeting of April 17, 1975. * Commissioner Hazewinkel stepped down from the dais and refrained from deliberation on the following item due to a possible conflict of interest in that he has worked as an agent for the applicant. He was deemed absent and Commis- sioner Heather chaired this matter. Item #15 Request for an Off -Site Parking Agreement in conjunction with the expansion of a retail build - ing located on the corner of Via Lido and Via Oporto (3400 Via Lido), in the Lido Shops area. OFF -SITE PARKING GREEMENT CONT. TO Location: Lot 2, Tract 1235 (Port O'Call - APR. 17 Pasadena), Lot 1, Tract 1235 and a portion of Lot 2, Tract 1117 (Lido Village Parking Structure). Zone: C -1 -11 Applicant: Warmington Development, Inc. Owner: Warmington Development, Inc. (Retail Building) Don Koll Company, Inc. (Parking Structure) Staff reviewed their recommendation not to allow further expansion of nonconforming uses which rely on the parking structure until such time as the uses which have been approved are in full operation. Staff distributed excerpts regarding parking on previously approved use permits which require spaces in the parking structure and reviewed the entire parking situation in the Page 8. COMMISSIONERS CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH T Y MINUTES ceu m p N Aori l 3. 1975 Lido Village area, including parking within the structure and potential needs of the various uses. Tim Strader, representing Don Koll Company, appeared before the Commission and voiced concern over the fact that recommendations were being made which control the Koll development on a request in which they were not the applicant. He commented on the parking situation and their desire to help others where possible but not at the expense of their own development. He requested that the matter be continued in order that they could further analyze the staff report as the Koll Company is considering other uses which will require additional parking and they do not wish to jeopardize their rights by any action which maybe taken on this request. The applicant was not present for comment at this time. Motion X Motion was made to continue this matter to the s X X X X meeting of April 17, 1975. s X Absent X Later in the evening staff advised that the applicant and his client were present in connec- tion with the above matter and wished to be heard. Planning Commission discussed the request to be heard and although the matter had been continued, Motion X motion was made to grant the applicant the Ayes X X X courtesy of making a five.minute presentation Noes X with the understanding that the previous action Absent X remained in effect as other interested persons were no longer present. Mr. Warmington appeared before the Commission to comment on the request and the availability of parking in the structure. He also commented on the proposed remodeling and an agreement between the Lido Shops and the Koll Company to provide parking in the structure which replaced the parking lost due to construction of the parking structure. ' Mr. Johns; owner of the Port O'Call - Pasadena, appeared before the Commission and commented on the proposed alteration which would add to the aesthetics of the building and provide the security needed for the shop. Commissioner Hazewinkel returned to the dais. Page 9. COMMISSIONERS CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Y�TY T y mgt m P Y X P U ROOCALL ^' P Motion • MINUTES Anril 1. 1975 iunr.v r r Request of S.P.O.N. for construction moratorium Item #16 MORATOR- on undeveloped acreage. (Discussion) _10F UN CONSTRUC- P1a.nning Commission discussed the staff report TION and the fact that the City must be in the process of studying a contemplated zoning proposal before NOT a moratorium on construction can be justified. RECOM- EFf N EE D Discussion was opened to the public. Alice Morgridge, 1 Bay Island, appeared before the Commission in favor of the moratorium. Jean Watt, 4 Harbor Island, appeared before the Commission in favor of the moratorium. She distributed a report relative to reasons for the moratorium and commented on a hearing held by the Water Resources Board. Planning Commission discussed the possibility of placing a moratorium on construction based on studies being made by other agencies such as the Regional Water Quality Control Board. They also discussed pollution and public health as a basis for the moratorium. Bill Vosburg, Vice President of Quincy -Cass Assoc. and resident in the Bluffs, appeared before the Commission in.favor of the moratorium. Alice Morgridge, 1 Bay Island, appeared before the Commission to comment on the pollution in the bay and reviewed a petition on a previous request for a moratorium on construction due to pollution. Sue Hitchman, 43 Beacon Bay, appeared before the Commission in favor of the moratorium and pre- sented a copy of her statement for the record. Bob Millard, 116 Crystal Avenue, Balboa Island, appeared before the Commission to comment on drainage into the bay and the need for a program to prevent further pollution. Motion was made that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that the proposed moratorium not be imposed, with the understanding that this recommendation does not imply lack of concern for the water quality problem and that the Planning Commission strongly supports, and will be closely monitoring, those actions which are being Page 10. COMMISSIONERS CITY OF NEWPORT .BEACH � x x 3 DAr All _ 7 A P N April 3, 1975 MINUTES taken to improve both local and regional control of water pollution and the proposed Section 208 watershed study. The Planning Commission also recommends that the City Council give strong, consideration to the budgeting of funds for the purpose of taking an active part to clean up the bay. Discussion of the motion included the possibility of obtaining matching funds for the reconstruction of the Upper Bay; the active part now being taken by the City regarding cleanup of the.bay; the need for add.itional studies on the water, quality of the bay to determine the nature of the pollutants and their origin; and the alternate of retaining the option of imposing a moratorium should it be deemed necessary. Ayes X X X X Following discussion,.the motion was voted on and Noes X X X carried. • Item #17 Request of Pete Siracusa for a proposed restau- APPROVAL rant on the southerly side of the Pacific Coast IN Highway west of American Marine, on.Mariner'.s. CONCEPT Mile. Staff reviewed the request with the .Commission advising that the proposal was an allowable use with sufficient parking under the present zoning code. However, since the area was being consider- ed for a Specific Area Plan and the parking standards were being considered for revision, it was requested that Planning Commission review the project. Pete Siracusa, owner of the Ancient Mariner and Rusty. Pelican, appeared before the Commission in connection with this request. He presented a rendering and plot plans for review which included view corridors, walkways and public access; construction of bulkheads and permits for same; square footage of the restaurant and allocation for public use, storage, kitchen, office,lockers, etc.; and number of employees required to operate the restaurant. • Planning Commission discussed employee parking, zoning requirements as they presently exist, City policy regarding issuance of permits and approval in.concept. Page 11. COMMISSIONERS CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH - T T g CALL April Motion Ayes Abstain Motion All Ayes MINUTES 3. 1975 X Following discussion, motion was made to grant an X X X X X X approval in concept as the proposal does meet X existing zoning requirements, is compatible with development in the area and provides public access to the bay. Item #18 Recommendation to City Council regarding the COMMUNITY establishment and composition of a Community Development Citizen's Advisory Committee. D€ 07- CITIZENS Discussion ADVISORY Planning Commission discussed the matter of voting COMMITTEE rights by liaison members of the City Council and Planning Commission at the committee level and its.effect on voting rights at the public hearing level. They also discussed the benefits of allow- ing equal rights to all members of the committee thereby creating more interest and active partici- pation. Val Murley, Citizens Environmental Committee, appeared before the Commission to comment on their Committee's experience in connection with voting rights and recommended that all members be allowed to vote in order to create interest and encourage active participation. Planning Commission discussed the basis for creating the committee, funding, objectives and responsibilities. X Following discussion, motion was made recommending to the City Council the adoption of a resolution to establish the Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee as outlined in the draft resolution with the following additions: 1. That the Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee shall only study and recommend action on activities relating to and connected with the Community Development Act of 1974. 2. That a member of the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission be appointed to the Committee as a liaison member. Page 12. COMMISSIONERS DC m [� m M � o74f� PAI i CP CITY OF NEWPORT BEACLI April 3, 1975 MINUTES wnev Motion X There being no further business, motion was made All Ayes to adjourn. Time: 10:15 P.M. SAMES M. PARKER, Secretary Planning Commission City of Newport Beach. Page 13.