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Home My WebLink Aboutpc agenda (2)PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, March 8, 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: hftp://Www.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 March 8, 2007 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. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES: ITEM NO. 1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES of February 22, 2007 ACTION: 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.) ITEM NO. 2 Balboa Inn LLC (PA2006 -270) 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: CEQA COMPLIANCE: Staff requests to continue this item to April 5, 2007 to allow additional time to analyze and review the project. 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. 3 Thirtieth St. Architects, Inc. (PA2005 -158) 2961 Cliff Drive SUMMARY: Request to subdivide an existing single - family residential lot, creating two single - family residential lots. Land Use Policy 4.2 of the Land Use Element of the City's General Plan prohibits new residential subdivisions that would result in additional dwelling units unless authorized by an amendment of the General Plan. The property is 33,193 square feet in size and is currently developed with a single - family residence. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt Resolution recommending City Council approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2005 -003 and Parcel Map No. 2005 -035. CEQA COMPLIANCE: The project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the implementing Guidelines of the California Environmental Quality Act as the project will result in the construction of one additional single - family residence, below the maximum threshold permitted under this exemption, and is located on a developed site with no environmentally significant resources present. ITEM NO.4 Local Coastal Plan Amendment No. 2007 -001 Coastal Land Use Plan Update (PA2007 -027) SUMMARY: Update the Coastal Land Use Plan to reflect the location, type, densities, and intensities of land uses established by the new Land Use Element and to incorporate other new policies of General Plan. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt resolution recommending City Council approval of LCP Amendment No. 2007 -001 CEQA COMPLIANCE: Pursuant to Section 15168 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the LCP Amendment has been found to be within the scope of the project covered by the certified Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No 2006011119) for the City of Newport Beach General Plan 2006 Update because (1) the LCP Amendment is consistent with the General Plan; (2) the LCP Amendment presents no new effects that could occur that were not examined in the Program EIR; and (3) there is no new information to suggest that new mitigation measures are required. Therefore, no new environmental document is required. ITEM NO. 5 Zoning Code Amendment Initiation SUMMARY: Amend Title 20 (Zoning Code) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to revise property development regulations relating to permitted encroachments into required yards, setbacks and height limits of the B Overlay District, and requirements for the screening of mechanical equipment. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt resolution initiating the amendment to Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: a) City Council Follow -up b) Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Economic Development Committee c) Report from the Planning Commission's representative to the General Plan /Local Coastal Implementation Committee d) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting e) Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a future agenda for action and staff report f) Project status g) Requests for excused absences ADJOURNMENT: