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Home My WebLink Aboutpc agendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, September 20, 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.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 Vann, 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 September 20, 2007 REGULAR MEETING 6:30 p.m. CALL TO ORDER 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. HEARING ITEMS ITEM NO. 1 Minutes dated August 23, 2007 ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. Minutes dated September 6, 2007 ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 3. Code Amendment 2007 -005 (PA2007 -112) SUMMARY: An amendment to Title 20 (Zoning Code) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to revise definitions, land use classifications, and regulations relating to group occupancies; land use regulations for public assembly and office uses in the Newport Shores (SP -4), Cannery Village /McFadden Square (SP -6), and Central Balboa (SP -8) Specific Plan Districts; procedures for use permits in residential districts; and the amortization for nonconforming uses in residential districts. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing and after Planning Commission discussion, continue public hearing to October 4, 2007. CEQA COMPLIANCE: The proposed action is not defined as a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves general policy and procedure- making activities not associated with a project or a physical change in the environment (Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines). ITEM NO. 4. Panini Cafe (PA2007 -063) 2421 E. Coast Highway SUMMARY: Request to consider Use Permit No. 2007 -010 to allow the operation of a 3,820 square -foot, full -service restaurant with a net public area of 640 square feet and to allow alcoholic beverage service Type "41" ABC License (On -Sale Beer and Wine Eating Place). Request for Accessory Dining Permit No. 2007 -006 to allow the operation of a 160 square -foot outdoor dining area in conjunction with the proposed restaurant and an approval of Off -site Parking Agreement No. 2007 -001 to justify the off - street parking requirement utilizing the off -site property located at 7 Corporate Plaza. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Approve Use Permit No. 2007 -010, Accessory Dining Permit No. 2007- 006, and Off -site Parking Agreement No. 2007 -001 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 under ITEM NO. 5. 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 October 4, 2007 at the request of the appellant. Discussion Item: Special November Meeting of the Planning Commission. 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: