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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, August 19, 2010 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. EARL MCDANIEL Chairperson ROBERT HAWKINS CHARLES UNSWORTH BARRY EATON FRED AMERI 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 LEONIE MULVIHILL, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer JAMES CAMPBELL, Principal Planner GAYLENE OLSON, Department Assistant JANET BROWN, Associate 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 at: http: / /www.newl)ortbeachca.gov, This committee is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Among other things, the Brown Act requires that the Commission's agenda be posted at least 72 hours in advance of each meeting and that the public be allowed to comment on agenda items before the Commission and items not on the agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. The Commission may limit public comments to a reasonable amount of time, generally either three (3) or five (5) minutes per person. 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 Leilani Brown, City Clerk, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible (949- 644 -3005 or Ibrown @newportbeachca.gov). 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. 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. NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, August 19, 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 Minutes of July 29, 2010 ACTION: Approve and file. ITEM NO.2 Minutes of August 5, 2010 ACTION: Approve and file. ITEM NO. 3 Voyer Modification Permit Resolution No. 2010 -1813 ACTION: Receive and file. G. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ITEM NO.4 PRES Office Building B - PA2007 -213 4300 Von Karman Avenue SUMMARY: The applicant proposes development of a new three -story office building. The following approvals are requested or required in order to implement the project as proposed: 1. A General Plan Amendment to increase the maximum allowable development limit in Anomaly Location #2 in Statistical Area L4 (Airport Area) of the General Plan Land Use Element by 11,544 gross square feet. 2. An amendment to the Koll Center Newport (PC -15) Planned Community text to allow an increase to the Allowable Building Area for Professional & Business Office Site B by 9,917 net square feet. 3. A tentative parcel map is proposed to subdivide the existing 55,779- square -foot parcel of land into two separate parcels. CEQA COMPLIANCE ACTION 4. An exception to the Koll Center Newport Planned Community General Development standards which require a minimum site of area of not less than 30,000 square feet, and a change in the off - street parking requirement of one space for each 225 square feet to one space for each 250 square feet of net floor area. A Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) has been prepared by the City of Newport Beach in connection with the project noted above. The MND states that the proposed subject development will not result in a significant effect on the environment. It is the present intention of the City to accept the Negative Declaration and supporting documents. This is not to be construed as either approval or denial by the City of the subject applications. The MND was circulated for a 20 -day public review and comment period that began on May 19, 2010, and concluded on June 7, 2010. 1) Reopen the public hearing; and 2) Adopt the revised Resolution No. recommending that the City Council: a. Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration, including the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; and b. Approve General Plan Amendment No. GP2007 -009 ; and c. Approve Planned Community Development Plan Amendment No. PD2007- 006; and d. Approve Tentative Parcel Map No. NP2010 -006, subject to findings and conditions; and e. Approve the requested exceptions to the Koll Center Newport Planned Community General Development standards relative to minimum site area and off - street parking requirements. H. 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. 5 Coastal Land Use Plan Consistency Amendments - (PA2010 -052) A. General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -001 6306 - 6310 W. Coast Hwy — Statistical Area B1 B. General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -004 1221 W. Coast Hwy& 2300 W. Coast Hwy — Statistical Area H4 C. General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -005 2102 W. Ocean Front, 2306 W. Ocean Front, 3366 Via Lido, and Lido Peninsula (including Shipyard Way, Anchorage Way, The Rhine, Anza St, Beach Dr, Cabrillo St, Nomad St, Drake St, El Paseo St, Bolivar St, Fremont St, and Channel Road) D. General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -006 500 -514 West Balboa Blvd E. General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -007 600 E. Bay Ave, 600 Edgewater PI, 105 Main Street, 707 E. Ocean Front F. General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -008 1901 -1911 Bayside Drive SUMMARY: The proposed amendment of the Land Use Element (LUE) of the General Plan is sponsored by the City and would make the LUE consistent with the Coastal Land Use Plan previously approved by the City Council. CEQA COMPLIANCE: The project results from the Coastal Commission's review and certification of the City's Coastal Land Use Plan, which is part of a certified regulatory program and is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CCR § 15251. The City's action to amend the General Plan to make it consistent with the Coastal Commission's certification of the Coastal Land Use Plan is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CCR §15265. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt the attached resolution recommending Council adoption of General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -001, General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -004, General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -005, General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -006, General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -007, and General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -008. I. NEW BUSINESS - None J. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 6 City Council Follow -up. ITEM NO. 7 Planning Commission reports. 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