HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m.
ROBERT HAWKINS
Chairperson
SCOTT PEOTTER 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
PATRICK ALFORD, Planning Manager
RUSSELL BUNIM, Assistant Planner
GAYLENE OLSON, Department Assistant
TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
LEONIE MULVIHILL, 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
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APPEAL PERIOD: Use Permit, Variance, Site Plan Review, and Modification Permit applications do not
become effective until 14 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed
with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. Tentative
Tract Map, Tentative Parcel Map, Lot Merger, and Lot Line Adjustment applications do not become
effective until 10 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the
City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. 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, March 18, 2010
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
Boulevard, during normal business hours.
ITEM NO. 1 Minutes of March 4, 2010
ACTION: Approve and file.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
ITEM NO.2 The Counter - (PA2009 -166)
1104 Irvine Avenue Suite No. 1104 and No. 1108
SUMMARY: The application consists of a use permit for an eating and drinking establishment
(restaurant) that would supersede Use Permit No. 3445 and allow for the following: 1)
A 774 - gross- square -foot expansion, including 567 square feet of net public area
(NPA) for the purpose of providing additional dining and bar area; and 2) An outdoor
dining permit that would allow accessory outdoor dining NPA equal to 25 percent of
the indoor NPA; and 3) Introduction of a Type 47 (On -Sale General — Eating Place)
Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15303, of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines - Class 3 (New Construction or
Conversion of Small Structures)
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Adopt Resolution No. approving Use Permit No. UP2009 -042 and
Outdoor Dining Permit No. OD2010 -002 (Attachment No. PC 1).
NEW BUSINESS
ITEM NO. 3 City Council Follow -up.
ITEM NO. 4 Planning Commission reports.
ITEM NO. 5 Announcements on matters that Commission members would like placed on a future
agenda for discussion, action, or report.
ITEM NO. 6 Request for excused absences.
ADJOURNMENT