HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, January 21, 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
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
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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.
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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.
ACTION:
ITEM NO.4
ITEM NO. 5
ITEM NO. 6
ITEM No. 7
ADJOURNMENT
with no additional square footage; the scope of the physical construction is limited
to minor interior alterations.
1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Adopt the attached resolution approving Use Permit No. UP2009 -014
NEW BUSINESS
City Council Follow -up.
Planning Commission reports.
Announcements on matters that Commission members would like placed on a
future agenda for discussion, action, or report.
Request for excused absences.
NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
Council Chambers - 3300 Newport Boulevard
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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 of December 3, 2009
ACTION: Approve and file.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
ITEM NO. 2 Ong Parking Waiver (PA2009 -059)
333 Old Newport Boulevard
SUMMARY: A use permit application to waive the additional off - street parking required for the
conversion of 2,600 to 3,061 square -feet of retail to medical office in an existing
multi- tenant building.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301, of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities), which
exempts minor alterations to existing facilities. The existing building will remain