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Home My WebLink Aboutpc agendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, November 15, 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, City Traffic 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 November 15, 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 October 18, 2007 ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. Hoag Health Center (PA2007 -013) 500 -540- Superior Avenue SUMMARY: The project includes: (1) the conversion of the remaining 232,414 square feet of General Office and Research & Development floor area of the existing 329,414 square feet of floor area to medical office use; and (2) the construction of an additional 20,586 square feet of medical office space on -site, for a total of 350,000 gross square feet of medical office floor area. The total new medical office floor area requested in the proposed Use Permit amendment is 253,000 square feet. Additionally, approval of a traffic study is being requested pursuant to the City of Newport Beach Traffic Phasing Ordinance (TPO). A total of 1,985 parking spaces are provided to accommodate the development, including 427 surface parking spaces and 1,558 spaces in two parking structures. Total parking exceeds the minimum on -site parking requirement of 1,750 spaces required by the City's Zoning code. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Recommend recirculation of the Environmental Impact Report (SCH. No. 2006101105); and 3) Continue to January 17, 2008 Planning Commission meeting. CEQA COMPLIANCE: An Environmental Impact Report has been prepared in connection with the application noted above. It is the present intention of the City to accept the Environmental Impact Report and supporting documents. Copies of the Environmental Impact Report and supporting documents are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Department, City of Newport Beach. ITEM NO. 3. West Santa Ana Heights (PA2007 -209) SUMMARY: General Plan Amendment in the West Santa Ana Heights Specific Plan area bounded by Mesa Drive, Santa Ana Avenue, Bristol Street, and the Newport Beach Golf Course. This General Plan Amendment will assign land use categories to properties scheduled to be annexed on land use maps consistent with existing county designations. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt Resolution recommending approval of General Plan Amendment GP2007 -007 to the City Council. CEQA COMPLIANCE: A Negative Declaration has been prepared in connection with the application noted above. It is the present intention of the City to accept the Negative Declaration and supporting documents. Copies of the Negative Declaration and supporting documents are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Department, City of Newport Beach. ITEM NO. 4. North Newport Center Planned Community Fashion Island (PA2007 -151) SUMMARY: Code Amendment to change the zoning classification of Block 600 from the Administrative Financial Professional (APF) District to the Planned Community (PC) District; Planned Community Development Plan Amendment to adopt a new Planned Community Development Plan for Fashion Island, Block 600 (bounded by Santa Cruz Drive, San Joaquin Hills Road, Santa Rosa Drive, and Newport Center Drive East), and portions of San Joaquin Plaza (bounded by Jamboree Road, San Joaquin Hills Road, Santa Cruz Drive, San Clemente Drive, and Santa Barbara Drive) and Block 500 (bounded by Santa Rosa Drive, San Joaquin Hills Road, Avocado Avenue, San Nicholas Drive, and Newport Center Drive East) and to remove these areas from the San Joaquin Plaza Planned Community Development Plan and the Block 500 Planned Community Development Plan; Development Agreement to vest development rights and establish a public benefit contribution to the City; Traffic Study to evaluate potential traffic impacts and circulation system improvements; An Affordable Housing Implementation Plan specifying how the development will meet the City's affordable housing goal. ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and 2) Adopt the draft resolution recommending City Council adoption of the Addendum to Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No 2006011119) for the City of Newport Beach General Plan 2006 Update and adopt the draft resolutions recommending City Council approval of Code Amendment No. CA2007 -007, Planned Community Development Plan Amendment No. PD2007 -003, Development Agreement No. DA2007 -002, Traffic Study No. TS2007 -001, the Affordable Housing Implementation Plan, and Transfer of Development Rights. CEQA COMPLIANCE: An Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No 2006011119) certified on July 25, 2006 was prepared in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Resources Code § §21000, et seq., and the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations § §15000, et seq. The purpose of the Addendum is to analyze the potential differences between the impacts evaluated in the General Plan EIR and those that would be associated with the proposed project. The potential impacts associated with these proposed changes would either be the same or less than the anticipated levels ascribed in the certified General Plan EIR. In addition, there are no substantial changes to the circumstances under which future development projects subject to the 2006 General Plan and PC Development Plan would be undertaken. NEW BUSINESS: ITEM NO. S. Arches Grill 508 29`h Street SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 20.60.015 (Temporary Structures and Uses) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code, the Planning Director has authorized the authorized an extension to the temporary use of an existing eating and drinking establishment for a period not to exceed an additional 90 days. The action specifically allows the existing eating and drinking establishment to continue operating under the conditions of approval of Use Permit No. 3611 with an exception that would allow a temporary expansion in the hours of operation to accommodate weekday lunch service. ACTION: Receive and file CEQA COMPLIANCE: The project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) of the Implementing Guidelines of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 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) Proiect status g) Requests for excused absences ADJOURNMENT: