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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, November 6, 2008 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. SCOTT PEOTTER Chairperson ROBERT HAWKINS CHARLES UNSWORTH BARRY EATON EARL MCDANIEL MICHAEL TOERGE BRADLEY HILLGREN 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 4 -year terms. At the table in front are City staff members who are here to advise the Commission during the meeting. They are: DAVID LEPO, Planning Director PATRICK ALFORD, Planning Manager GINGER VARIN, Administrative Assistant TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer AARON C. HARP, Assistant City Attorney 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. Staff reports or other written documentation have been prepared for each item of business listed on the agenda. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the staff reports or other documentation, please contact the Planning Department staff at (949) 644 -3200. The agendas, minutes and staff reports are also available on the City's web site. The address is: http://www.cfty.newport-beach.ca.us/. It is the intention of the City of Newport Beach to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant at 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 Ginger Varin, Planning Commission Secretary at (949) 644 -3232, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible. APPEAL PERIOD: Use Permit, Variance, Site Plan Review, Resubdivision, and Modification applications do not become effective until 14 days after the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Council. General Plan and Zoning Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action. 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. NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Council Chambers - 3300 Newport Boulevard November 6, 2008 REGULAR MEETING 6:30 p.m. CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL 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 3 minutes. Before speaking, please state your name for the record and print your name on the tablet provided at the podium. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES: ALL TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS RECORDED. SPEAKERS MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES ON ALL ITEMS. (Red light signifies when three minutes are up; yellow light signifies that the speaker has one minute left for summation.) Please print only your name on the pad that is provided at the podium. Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Planning Commission regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Planning Department located at 3300 Newport Blvd., during normal business hours. ITEM NO.1 Minutes dated October 23, 2008 ACTION: Approve as written and order filed PUBLIC BUSINESS ITEM NO. 2 Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Expansion (PA 2005 -212) 1107 Jamboree Road SUMMARY: Request to expand the existing Hyatt Regency Newport Beach hotel. The project includes the addition of 88 timeshare units, a new 800 -seat ballroom facility, a new 10,072- square -foot spa and fitness center, a new housekeeping and engineering building, and a two -level parking garage. Project implementation requires the demolition of 12 existing hotel rooms, the existing 3,190- square -foot Terrace Ballroom, and the existing engineering and maintenance building, and removal of the existing nine -hole golf course. The project will require the following approvals from the City: 1) Parcel Map No. 2007 -003 to reconfigure two existing lots, to place the timeshare units on one parcel and the hotel on the other, and to establish finished grades for the purposes of measuring height; 2) Use Permit No. 2005 -046 to allow the expansion of the existing hotel, the timeshare development, and to allow the proposed timeshare buildings and ballroom to exceed the 26 -foot base height limit; 3) Modification Permit No. 2007 -095 to allow commercial tandem parking and to allow an architectural tower and tower feature on the proposed ballroom to exceed the 35 -foot maximum height limit; and 4) Development Agreement No. 2005-002 between the City and the operator of the timeshare development relating to the amount of tax payable to the City for the right of omupancy of the timeshare units. ACTION: 1) Receive staff report, receive applicant's presentation, re -open public hearing, receive public comments; and, 2) Adopt a resolution (Exhibit 1) recommending that the City Council certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH. No. 2006121052) and adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; and, 3) Adopt a resolution (Exhibit 2) recommending that the City Council approve Parcel Map No. 2007 -003, Use Permit No. 2005 -046, Modification Permit No. 2007 -095, and Development Agreement No. 2005 -002, subject to the attached findings and conditions. CEQA COMPLIANCE: An Environmental Impact Report has been prepared in connection with the application noted above. It is the present intention of the City to accept the Environmental Impact Report and supporting documents. Copies of the Environmental Impact Report and supporting documents are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Department, City of Newport Beach. ITEM NO.3 City of Newport Beach (PA2008 -182) SUMMARY: City Hall GPA — An amendment to the Land Use Element of the General Plan to change the land use category from Open Space (OS) to Public Facilities (PF) and an amendment to the Newport Village Planned Community to change the land use designation from Open Space to Governmental/Institutional on 6.5 acres generally bounded by Avocado Avenue, MacArthur Boulevard, the Central Branch of the Newport Beach Public Library, and the eastern prolongation of the centerline Farallon Drive. These amendments will limit land uses of the subject property to the administrative offices of the City of Newport Beach pursuant to Section 425 of the Charter of the City of Newport Beach. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Recommend approval of General Plan Amendment 2008 -009 and Planned Community Development Plan Amendment 2008 -007 to the City Council. CEQA COMPLIANCE: This project has been determined to be categorically exempt under the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act under Class 1 (Existing Facilities). NEW BUSINESS ITEM NO.4 City Council Follow -up. ITEM NO. 5 Planning Commission reports. ITEM NO.6 Announcements on matters that Commission members would like placed on a future agenda for discussion, action, or report. ITEM NO.7 Request for excused absences. ADJOURNMENT