HomeMy WebLinkAbout00_Agenda_Special_Meeting (2)PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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
JAMES CAMPBELL, Principal Planner
MELINDA WHELAN, Assistant Planner
LEONIE MULVIHILL, Assistant City Attorney
GREGG RAMIREZ, Senior Planner
RUBY GARCIAMAY, Department Assistant
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, July 15, 2010
ADJOURNED SPECIAL 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 Special Meeting on June 15, 2010
ACTION: Approve and file.
ITEM NO.2 Planning Commission Minutes of June 17, 2010
ACTION: Approve and file.
ITEM NO. 3 Planning Commission Minutes of Special Meeting on June 24, 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 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: Based upon the initial study prepared for the Zoning Code Update and pursuant to State
CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15168 and 15162, the proposed Zoning Code Update is within
the scope of activities and impacts identified within the General Plan 2006 Update Program
EIR, with the exception of forest resources and greenhouse gasses, and that no new effects
have been found and no new mitigation measures are necessary. The initial study has found
that the Zoning Code Update will have no impact to forest resources given that there are not
forest resources within the City of Newport Beach and there will be a less than significant
impact relative upon greenhouse gas emissions. A Negative Declaration (ND) is proposed
relative to forest resources and greenhouse gas emissions.
The ND was completed and circulated for a mandatory 30 -day public- review period
that began on June 20, 2010, and concludes on July 21, 2010.
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Adopt Resolution No. _ recommending City Council adoption of Negative
Declaration No. 2010 -005 and Code Amendment CA2009 -001.
H. NEW BUSINESS - None
STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 5 City Council Follow -up.
ITEM NO. 6 Planning Commission reports.
ITEM NO. 7 Announcements on matters that Commission members would like placed on a future
agenda for discussion, action, or report.
ITEM NO. 8 Request for excused absences.
ADJOURNMENT