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Home My WebLink Aboutpc agendaPLANNING AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, October 4, 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 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 October 4, 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 generafy 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 September 20, 2007 ACTION: Continue to Oct. 18'" for approval. ITEM NO. 2. Hanano Properties LLC (PA2007 -059) 2100 Bristol Street SUMMARY: Request to allow the addition of a convenience store, including beer and wine sales, to an existing Arco service station located at 2100 Bristol Street. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and, 2) Adopt Resolution approving Use Permit UP2007 -009 CEQA COMPLIANCE: This project is categorically exempt under the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 1 (Existing Facilities). ITEM NO. 3. Addendum to the 2005 -2006 Housing Element Implementation Report SUMMARY: An addendum to the 2005 -2006 Housing Element Implementation Report is being provided to the Planning Commission for review. The addendum covers the gap period between the end of the last fiscal year and the end of the calendar year (July 2006 - December 2006). ACTION: Review and forward the addendum to the City Council for final review and approval. 1) Conduct public hearing; and. 2) Adopt Resolution recommending approval to the City Council. ITEM NO. 4. 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 18, 2007 at the request of the appellant. 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) Reguests for excused absences ADJOURNMENT: