HomeMy WebLinkAboutpc agendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, May 3, 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
PATRICK ALFORD, Senior Planner 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
May 3, 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
ACTION:
ITEM NO. 2.
SUMMARY:
ACTION:
CEQA
COMPLIANCE
Minutes dated April 19, 2007.
Approve as written and order filed.
Environmental Nature Center (PA2007 -030)
1601 16th Street
Use Permit request to demolish the existing 1,894 squar e
building and replace it with two buildings comprising 6,641
floor area. The existing 1,860 square -foot butterfly enclosur e
place.
1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Adopt Resolution approving Use Permit No. 2007 -005
foot modular
square feet of
will remain in
This project has been reviewed, and determined to be categorically exempt
under the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act under
Class 1 (Existing Facilities)
ITEM NO. 3. Appeal of Lot Line Adjustment No. LA2007 -002 (PA2007 -039)
1499 and 1505 Monrovia Ave.
SUMMARY: On March 5, 2007, the Zoning Administrator approved a Lot Line Adjustment
request to allow the adjustment of lot line between two existing lots and to
combine portions of an abandoned right -of -way into the existing southerly lot.
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Uphold the decision of the Zoning Administrator, or deny the approval of
Lot Line Adjustment No. LA2007 -002
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: This project has been reviewed and determined to be categorically exempt
under the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act under
Class 5 (Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations)
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) 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: