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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, August 9, 2007 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. ROBERT HAWKINS Chairperson JEFFREY COLE 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://www.city.newport-beach.c,a.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 CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL AGENDA Council Chambers - 3300 Newport Boulevard August 9, 2007 REGULAR MEETING 6:30 p.m. 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. HEARING ITEMS ITEM NO. 1 Minutes dated July 19, 2007 ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. Pacific View Memorial Park (PA2006 -282) 3500 Pacific View Drive SUMMARY: A request to amend Use Permit No, 3518 and Development Agreement No. 7 to allow the construction of nine (9) family mausoleum structures and estate gardens in lieu of a 7,200 square -foot community mausoleum in Building Site "H° of Area 8 at the Pacific View Memorial Park. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt Resolution recommending approval of Use Permit 2006 -040 and Development Agreement 2006 -001 and the adoption of Negative Declaration 2007- 001 to the City Council. CEQA COMPLIANCE: A Negative Declaration has been prepared by the City of Newport Beach in connection with the application noted above. The Negative Declaration states that, the subject development will not result in a significant effect on the environment. ITEM NO. 3. Knight Appeal (PA2007 -137) 312 Hazel Drive SUMMARY: An appeal by Diane Knight of the Planning Director's interpretation regarding the application of a development stringline (setback) determined pursuant to General Plan Natural Resources Element Policy NR 23.6 to property located at 312 Hazel Drive. ACTION: Continue to September 20, 2007. CEQA COMPLIANCE: This activity is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) by virtue of the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. ITEM NO. 4. ARCO Gas Station Convenience Store (PA2007 -059) 2100 Bristol Street SUMMARY: A request to approve Use Permit UP2007 -009 to convert the existing area devoted to automobile repair to convenience store use. In addition, 173 square feet would be added to the existing building to provide a new storage area. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt Resolution approving Use Permit UP2007 -009. CEQA COMPLIANCE: This project has been determined to be categorically exempt pursuant to "Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act," Class 1 (Existing Facilities). ITEM NO. 6. Code Amendment No. 2007 -004 (Screening of Mechanical Equipment) (PA2007 -056) SUMMARY: Should Title 20 (Zoning Code) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code be amended to add regulations requiring the screening of all exterior roof - mounted and ground - mounted mechanical equipment on properties in all Zoning Districts? ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt Resolution recommending approval of Code Amendment No. 2007 -004 to the City Council. CEQA COMPLIANCE: This project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) since the act applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment (Section 15061(3) of the CEQA Guidelines). DISCUSSION ITEMS: ITEM NO. 6. Special Meeting August 21" regarding Group Homes called by Rozansky ITEM NO. 7. Recommendation for appointment as a representative to the Special Needs Committee of the OCTA's Board of Directors. 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: