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Home My WebLink Aboutpc agendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, April 5, 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:/Iwww.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 5, 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 tablet provided at the podium. ITEM NO. 1 Minutes dated 03/22/2007 ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. 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: Staff requests to continue this item to April 19, 2007 to allow additional time to analyze and review the project. 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. 3. Advanced Real Estate Services (PA2005 -196) 201 & 207 Carnation Avenue and 101 Bayside Place SUMMARY: The application would allow the demolition of an existing 14 -unit apartment building and a single - family home and the construction of a 7- level, 9 -unit multiple - family residential condominium complex with subterranean parking on a 1.4 acre site located bayward of the intersection of Ocean Boulevard and Carnation Avenue. The existing General Plan, Coastal Land Use Plan and Zoning Designations of a small portion of the site (584 square feet) would be changed to be consistent with the larger portion of the site (from two - family residential to multi- family residential). The application includes a tentative tract map for the creation of 9 "airspace' condominium units for individual sale and. The Modification Permit application requests the encroachment of subterranean portions of the building within the front and side yard setbacks. Lastly, the Coastal Residential Development Permit application relates to replacing lost units occupied by low or moderate- income households. No units meeting this criteria are known to exist and, therefore, no replacement of affordable housing is required. ACTION: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission, after holding a public hearing on General Plan Amendment No. 2005 -006, Zone Change No. 2005 -009, Coastal Land Use Plan Amendment No. 2005 -002, Newport Tract Map No. 2005 -004 (TTM 16882), Modification Permit No. 2005 -087 and Coastal Residential Development Permit No. 2005 -002, 1) Consider the changes to the draft MND; and, 2) Adopt the attached draft resolution recommending adoption of the MND and recommending approval of a revised project such that the proposed building does not extend below 52 feet above mean sea level (Exhibit 2) CEQA COMPLIANCE: A Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared by the City of Newport Beach in connection with the application noted above. The Mitigated Negative Declaration states that the subject development will not result in a significant effect on the environment with implementation of Mitigation Measures. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: a) City Council Follow -up b) Resort 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) 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 fl 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: