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Home My WebLink AboutagendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, April 19, 2007 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. JEFFREY COLE Chairperson ROBERT HAWKINS EARL MCDANIEL SCOTT PEOTTER 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 GINGER VARIN, Planning Commission Secretary TONY BRINE, Principal Civil Engineer AARON C. HARP, 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: http:/Avww.city.newport-beach.ca.us/. 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 Ginger Varin, Planning Commission Secretary at (949) 644 -3232, 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, 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. 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 April 19, 2007 REGULAR MEETING 6:30 p.m. HEARING ITEMS: CALL TO ORDER 6:30 p.m. 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. ITEM NO. 1 Minutes dated April 5, 2007 ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. Mariner's Mile Gateway, LLC (PA2006 -279) 100 -600 West Coast Highway SUMMARY: Approval of a Comprehensive Sign Program for the approved Bel Mare Shopping Center. The Planning Commission will also review the project's landscape plan. In addition, the applicant has also requested Planning Commission review of proposed changes to exterior elevations resulting from a redistribution of second floor building square footage. The Planning Commission will determine whether the proposed changes are in substantial conformance with the previously approved project design. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt Resolution approving Comprehensive Sign Program CS2006 -012. 3) Adopt Resolution No. finding that: The proposed landscape plan is in conformance with the conditions of approval for the project and the landscape requirements of the Mariners Mile Specific Plan and the Mariner's Mile Strategic Vision and Design Framework. The proposed changes to the approved project design are in substantial conformance with the building design approved under Development Plan No. 2004 -001 and Use Permit No. 2004 -025. CEQA COMPLIANCE: This project has been determined to be categorically exempt pursuant to "Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act," Class ITEM NO. 3. Balboa Inn LLC (PA2006 -270) Sienna Restaurant 105 Main Street SUMMARY: Request to amend Use Permit No. 3158 to allow live entertainment and dancing in association with the existing restaurant use. Additionally, a waiver of the parking requirements related to the introduction of live entertainment is also requested. The property is located at 105 Main Street and is within the Retail and Service Commercial designation of the Central Balboa Specific Plan (SP -8) District. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and, 2) Adopt Resolution approving an amendment to Use Permit No. 3158 to permit live entertainment and dancing within the existing restaurant and a waiver of 24 parking spaces required by the introduction of live entertainment. CEQA COMPLIANCE: This project has been reviewed, and it has been determined that it is categorically exempt under the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 1 (Existing Facilities). ITEM NO. 4. Orchid Plaza 3600 E. Coast Highway SUMMARY: Project update ACTION: Discussion Item only. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: a) City Council Follow -ua b) Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Economic Development Committee c) Report from the Planninq Commission's representative to the General Plan/Local Coastal Implementation Committee d) Report from the Planning Commission's representative to the Intensive Residential Occupancy Committee e) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting f) Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a future agenda for action and staff report g) Project status h) Requests for excused absences ADJOURNMENT: