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Home My WebLink AboutAgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, January 17, 2008 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. ROBERT HAWKINS Chairperson JEFFREY COLE EARL MCDANIEL SCOTT PEOTTER BARRY EATON 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 GINGER VARIN, Planning Commission Secretary PATRICK ALFORD, Senior Planner 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: hftp:/twww.city.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 Thursday, January 17, 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 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. HEARING ITEMS ITEM NO. 1. Minutes dated November 29, 2007 ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. Minutes dated December 6, 2007 ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 3. Hoag Health Center (PA2007 -013) 500 - 540 - Superior Avenue SUMMARY: The project includes: (1) the conversion of the remaining 232,414 square feet of General Office and Research & Development floor area of the existing 329,414 square feet of floor area to medical office use; and (2) the construction of an additional 20,586 square feet of medical office space on -site, for a total of 350,000 gross square feet of medical office floor area. The total new medical office floor area requested in the proposed Use Permit amendment is 253,000 square feet. Additionally, approval of a traffic study is being requested pursuant to the City of Newport Beach Traffic Phasing Ordinance (TPO). A total of 1,985 parking spaces are provided to accommodate the development, including 427 surface parking spaces and 1,558 spaces in two parking structures. Total parking exceeds the minimum on -site parking requirement of 1,750 spaces required by the City's Zoning code. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt resolution (Exhibit 1) certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH. No. 2006101105) and adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. 3) Adopt resolution (Exhibit 2) approving the amendment to Use Permit No. 2006- 010 and finding the preparation of Traffic Study No. 2007 -002 in compliance with the Traffic Phasing Ordinance, subject to 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. 4. Coastal Residential Development Permit No. 2006 -003 (PA2006 -278) 1703 W. Balboa Blvd. SUMMARY: The applicant requests approval of a Coastal Residential Development Permit (CRDP) to allow the demolition of a 10 -unit apartment building in the City's Coastal Zone. The apartment building is proposed to be replaced by three detached single - family homes. The purpose of the CRDP is to ensure compliance with Government Code Section 65590 (Mello Act) which regulates the demolition of low and moderate income dwelling units in the Coastal Zone. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt resolution approving Coastal Residential Development Permit No. 2007- 003. CEQA COMPLIANCE: This project has been determined to be categorically exempt under the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act under Class 32 (In -Fill Development Projects) ITEM NO. 5. Sejour revocation (PA2002 -167) 3400 Via Lido SUMMARY: The Planning Director has determined that there are reasonable grounds for the revocation of Use Permit Nos. 2001 -005 and 2002 -034 and the Planning Commission is requested to set a hearing date for the revocation of the use permits. ACTION: Set a revocation hearing for Use Permit Nos. 2001 -005 and 2002 -034 ITEM NO. 6. Fury Rok and Rol Sushi Lounge revocation (PA2005 -087) 4221 Dolphin Striker Way SUMMARY: The Planning Director has determined that there are reasonable grounds for the revocation of Use Permit Nos. 3162 and 2005 -018 and the Planning Commission is requested to set a hearing date for the revocation of the use permits ACTION: Set a revocation hearing for Use Permit Nos. 3162 and 2005 -018 DISCUSSION ITEM: Planning Commission schedule to review the Zone Code update ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: a) City Council Follow -up b) Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Economic Development Committee c) Report from the Planning Commission's representative to the General Plan/Local Coastal Implementation Committee d) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting e) Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a future agenda for action and staff report f) Project status g) Requests for excused absences ADJOURNMENT: