HomeMy WebLinkAbout0.0_AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Regular Meeting — 4:30 p.m.
CHARLES UNSWORTH
Chair
MICHAEL TOERGE BRADLEY HILLGREN
Vice Chair Secretary
ROBERT HAWKINS
FRED AMERI
KORY KRAMER
JAY MYERS
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:
KIMBERLY BRANDT, Community Development Director
BRENDA WISNESKI, Deputy Community
Development Director
JAMES CAMPBELL, Principal Planner LEONIE MULVIHILL, Assistant City Attorney
GREGG RAMIREZ, Acting Planning Manager
MARLENE BURNS, Administrative Assistant
KAY SIMS, Assistant Planner
TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
ROSALINH LING, Associate Planner
MELINDA WHELAN, Assistant Planner
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
Council Chambers - 3300 Newport Boulevard
Thursday, October 20, 2011
REGULAR MEETING
4:30 p.m.
A. CALL TO ORDER
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
C. ROLL CALL
D. 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 three minutes. Before speaking,
please state your name for the record and print your name on the tablet provided at the podium.
E. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES
F. CONSENT ITEMS
ITEM NO. 1 Minutes of September 22, 2011
ACTION: Approve and file.
G. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
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 Community Development Department, Planning Division located at
3300 Newport Boulevard, during normal business hours.
ITEM NO.2 Newport Beach Country Club - Golf Realty Fund (PA2005 -140)
1600 and 1602 East Coast Highway
SUMMARY: Planned Community Development Plan, Vesting Tentative Tract Map, Transfer of Development,
Development Agreement, Limited Term Permit, and a Site Development Review for the
redevelopment of the Newport Beach Country Club and tennis club. Development would
include a new 35,000 square foot golf clubhouse and parking lot, a new 3,725 square -foot
tennis club house and parking lot, 7 tennis courts including a new stadium court; 27 hotel rooms
with a 2,170 square foot concierge and guest center, a 7,490 square foot spa facility, and 5
single - family residential units.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (MIND) have been prepared by Keeton
Kreitzer Consulting in compliance with the Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State
CEQA Guidelines, and City Council Policy K -3. The MIND indicates that the potential adverse
environmental impacts of the project, in terms of Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils,
Noise, and Transportation /Traffic could be mitigated to below levels of significance. The
Draft MIND was circulated for public comment from September 20 to October 19, 2010.
ACTION: 1) Conduct a public hearing and direct staff to prepare a resolution recommending the
following:
a) Approval of the Mitigated Negative Declaration,
b) Adoption of Planned Community Development Plan as proposed by staff,
c) Approval of Tentative Vesting Tract Map, Transfer of Development Rights,
Development Agreement, and Limited Term Permit, and
d) Approve Site Development Permit for the improvements to the Tennis Club portion
of the project site only.
2) Continue the hearing to November 3, 2011, for the adoption of the resolution.
ITEM NO. 3 Newport Beach Country Club — Newport Beach Country Club, Inc. (PA2008 -152)
1600 East Coast Highway
SUMMARY: General Plan Amendment, a Planned Community Development Plan, a Development
Agreement, a Limited Term Permit, and Site Development Review for the redevelopment of the
Newport Beach Country Club. Development would include the construction of a new 54,819
square -foot clubhouse, parking lot and ancillary storage and maintenance facilities.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) have been prepared by Keeton
Kreitzer Consulting in compliance with the Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State
CEQA Guidelines, and City Council Policy K -3. The MIND indicates that the potential adverse
environmental impacts to the project, in terms of Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils,
Noise, and Transportation/Traffic could be mitigated to below levels of significance. The
Draft MIND was circulated for public comment from October 7, 2010, to November 8, 2010.
ACTION: 1) Conduct a public hearing and direct staff to prepare a resolution recommending the
following:
a) Approval of the Mitigated Negative Declaration,
b) Approval of General Plan Amendment, Development Agreement, Limited Term
Permit, and
c) Adoption of an amendment to Planned Community Development Plan No. PC2005-
002 (staffs alternative PCDP) reflecting the increase in intensity for the larger golf
clubhouse,
d) Approval of Site Development Review application as proposed by the applicant, and
2) Continue the hearing to November 3, 2011, for the adoption of the resolution.
ITEM NO. 4 Appeal of Lot Merger (PA2011 -141)
2808 and 2812 Ocean Boulevard
SUMMARY: An appeal of the Zoning Administrator's decision to approve Lot Merger No. LM2011 -002,
which allowed the merger of portions of Lots 4, 5, and 6 of Block 34 located in Corona del
Mar, under common ownership, for the purpose of development of a new single family
residence. The decision also included approval of a request to waive the requirement to file
a parcel map.
591
COMPLIANCE: If upheld and approved, then this project is exempt from CEQA, pursuant to Section 15305
(Class 5 Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations) of the Implementing Guidelines of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which consists of projects with minor
alterations in land use limitations in areas with an average slope of less than twenty (20 %)
percent, which do not result in any changes in land use or density, including minor lot line
adjustments not resulting in the creation of any new parcel. This project is consistent with
these requirements.
If reversed and denied, the project is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) review, pursuant to Section 15270 of the CEQA Guidelines.
ACTION: 1) Conduct a de novo public hearing; and
2) Uphold or reverse the decision of the Zoning Administrator and adopt a Resolution
for Lot Merger No. LM2011 -002.
ITEM NO. 5 Lido Village Design Guidelines (PA2011 -148)
Guidelines would affect future projects within the Lido Village area generally bounded by
Newport Boulevard, 32nd Street and Newport Harbor
SUMMARY: The City Council Ad -Hoc Neighborhood Revitalization Committee, with full City Council
support, has initiated and fostered the preparation of architectural and landscape design
guidelines that would be applied to properties within the Lido Village area.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: The proposed action is not defined as a project and does not require environmental review
under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves general policy
and procedure making activities not associated with a project and does not have the
potential for resulting in a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment (Section 15378 of the CEQA
Guidelines). The adoption of design guidelines does not authorize any specific development
or project and would only provide non - regulatory design guidance for future projects that
would be subject to CEQA.
ACTION: 1) Provide a public forum to review and comment on the draft design guidelines.
2) Recommend adoption of the design guidelines to the City Council.
ITEM NO. 6
Pizzeria Mozza - (PA2011 -139)
800 West Coast Highway
SUMMARY:
An appeal of the Zoning Administrator's approval of Minor Use Permit No. UP2011 -023 to
amend existing Use Permit 3542 which allowed an upgrade to the existing Type 41 On -Sale
Beer and Wine ABC license to a Type 47 On -Sale General (Beer, Wine & Distilled Spirits)
ABC License and reduced the allowed hours of operation for the interior of the restaurant from
12:00 midnight, daily to 11:00 p.m., daily. Allowed hours of the outdoor dining area would
remain 10:00 p.m., daily. No other changes to the existing restaurant operations are proposed
or requested.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE:
If upheld and approved, then this project is exempt from CEQA, pursuant to Section 15301
(Class 1 — Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title
14, Chapter 3, which exempts minor alterations to existing facilities that involve negligible
expansion of the use.
If reversed and denied, then the project is not subject to the California Environmental Quality
Act ( "CEQA ") review, pursuant to Section 15270 of the CEQA Guidelines.
ACTION:
1) Conduct a de novo public hearing; and
2) Uphold or reverse the decision of the Zoning Administrator and adopt a Resolution
for Minor Use Permit No. UP2011 -023.
H. NEW BUSINESS
I. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 7 Community Development Director's report.
ITEM NO. 8 Announcements on matters that Commission members would like placed on a future agenda
for discussion, action, or report.
ITEM NO. 9 Request for excused absences.
ADJOURNMENT