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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, June 3, 2010 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. ROBERT HAWKINS Chairperson SCOTT PEOTTER CHARLES UNSWORTH BARRY EATON EARL MCDANIEL 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 FERN NUENO, Assistant Planner GAYLENE OLSON, Department Assistant TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer LEONIE MULVIHILL, Acting City Attorney MELINDA WHELAN, Assistant Planner GREGG RAMIREZ, Senior Planner 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: http://www.newportbeachca.gov. 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 the Planning Department at (949) 644 -3200, 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, 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, June 3, 2010 REGULAR MEETING 6:30 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 3 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 Planning Commission Minutes of April 22, 2010 ACTION: Approve and file. ITEM NO.2 Study Session Minutes of May 20, 2010 ACTION: Approve and file. ITEM NO. 3 Planning Commission Minutes of May 20, 2010 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 Planning Department located at 3300 Newport Boulevard, during normal business hours. ITEM NO. 4 D.I.S.C. - (PA2010 -062) 3501 Jamboree Road and 301 Bayview Circle SUMMARY: An amendment to the Bayview Planned Community (PC -32) text to add outpatient surgery and medical office as permitted uses and to add a parking requirement of 1/200 square feet for such uses. A traffic study has been prepared pursuant to the Traffic Phasing Ordinance for the proposed conversion of 38,759 square feet of existing general office space to an outpatient surgical center, including an imaging center, administrative offices, and a soft tissue physical therapy center. CEQA COMPLIANCE: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301, of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities). ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt Resolution No. _ recommending that City Council: Approve Planned Community Amendment PD2010 -004; and Find that, based on the weight of the evidence in the administrative record, including Traffic Study No. TS2010 -002, the Project complies with the Traffic Phasing Ordinance. ITEM NO. 5 Morningside Recovery (PA2010 -069) 4823 A, 4823 B, 5015 A, 5015 B River Avenue, 112 39th Street, and 29 Ima Loa Court SUMMARY: The application consists of a development agreement between Morningside Recovery and the City of Newport Beach that provides an entitlement for the operation of residential care facilities in the City, imposes limitations on Morningside Recovery's total number of clients in recovery for drug and alcohol abuse within the City, limits occupancy at its current facilities and within the Peninsula Zone, and places controls on the operation of these facilities. CEQA COMPLIANCE: This activity has been determined to be categorically exempt under the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 1 (Existing Facilities). This class of projects has been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment and is exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This activity is also covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment (Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines). 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. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt Resolution No. recommending approval of Development Agreement DA2010 -001 to the City Council. ITEM NO. 6 Zoning Code Update (PA2009 -034) SUMMARY: The City of Newport Beach is considering a comprehensive update of the Zoning Code for the purpose of implementing the 2006 update of the General Plan. The Zoning Code is a regulatory document that implements many General Plan polices related to land use and development. CEQA COMPLIANCE: Initial Study under preparation. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Continue to June 15, 2010 H. NEW BUSINESS ITEM NO. 7 Review of Preliminary Fiscal Year 2010 -2011 Capital Improvement Program (PA2007- 131) SUMMARY: An annual review of the Preliminary Fiscal Year 2010 -2011 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is required by the City Charter and State Statute to determine consistency with the General Plan and to make recommendations to the City Council concerning the proposed public works projects. ACTION: 1) Conduct a review of the Preliminary Fiscal Year 2010 -2011 Capital Improvement Program; and 2) Motion to find that the CIP projects are consistent with the policies of the General Plan, and including any recommendations deemed appropriate, and to report this finding to the City Council. I. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 8: Awarding 5 Year Employee Service pins to Chairperson Hawkins and Commissioner Eaton. ITEM NO. 9 City Council Follow -up. ITEM NO. 10 Planning Commission reports. ITEM NO. 11 Announcements on matters that Commission members would like placed on a future agenda for discussion, action, or report. ITEM NO. 12 Request for excused absences. ADJOURNMENT