HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m.
SCOTT PEOTTER
Chairperson
ROBERT HAWKINS EARL MCDANIEL
CHARLES UNSWORTH
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, Planning Manager 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:
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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
August 21, 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 August 7, 2008
ACTION: Approve as written and order filed.
PUBLIC BUSINESS
ITEM NO.2 General Plan Amendment (PA2008 -131)
SUMMARY: The Fire Department has recently prepared a LHMP, which is a comprehensive
assessment of hazards that could affect the City including flood, earthquake,
tsunami, and fire disasters. Assembly Bill 2140 limits the amount the City may
receive to 75% of post - disaster reimbursement costs unless the City incorporates
a LHMP into the Safety Element. When incorporated, local jurisdictions may
receive up to 100% of post- disaster reimbursement costs.
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Adopt resolution recommending City Council adoption of the General Plan
Amendment (GP2008 -006) incorporating the LHMP into the Safety Element.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: This activity is covered by 1506.1(b)(3) the general rule that CEQA applies only to
projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the
environment. It can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this
activity will have a significant effect on the environment and it is not subject to
CEQA.
ITEM NO.3 Megonical Residence (PA2007 -133)
2333 Pacific Drive
SUMMARY: A request for a modification permit to allow planter walls and a water feature to
exceed the 3 -foot height limit in the front yard setback in association with the
construction of a new, three -story single - family dwelling. The property is located in
the Single - Family Residential (R -1) Zoning District.
The Planning Department also requests a determination on whether the proposed
project complies with City Council Resolution No. 2007 -3, which requires that all
new development comply with applicable polices of the General Plan.
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Find that the proposed project complies with applicable policies of the General
Plan; and
2) Adopt resolution approving Modification Permit No. 2007 -080.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: This project has been determined to be categorically exempt under the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act under Class 3 (New
Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) as the proposed project is one,
single - family residence in a residential zone that contains no environmentally
significant resources on site.
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: