HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrchid Plaza_UP2005-021 (PA2005-098)GI UY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 4
April 19, 2007
TO: PLANNING COMMISSION
FROM: Janet Johnson Brown, Assistant Planner
jbrown@city.newport-beach.ca.us
(949) 644 -3236
SUBJECT: Orchid Plaza
Use Permit No. 2005 -021
3600 E. Coast Highway
(PA 2005 -098)
APPLICANT: Steven Fischer
RE VEST
At the Planning Commission Meeting of April 5, 2007, Commissioner Hawkins
requested the status of the Orchid Plaza project. The purpose of report is to provide a
status report to the Planning Commission.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION & STATUS
On July 7, 2005, the Planning Commission approved the applicant's request of a Use
Permit for a waiver of 4 off - street parking spaces for the development of a commercial
building.
The approved project consists of a new 3,250 square -foot, two -story commercial
building with 2,656 square feet of commercial space on the first floor and 615 square
feet of office area located on the second floor. The new building will be located on the
easterly half of the project site and the required 9 on -site parking spaces will be located
on the westerly half of the site. Access to the site is from a single new driveway on
Orchid Avenue, and two existing driveway approaches along East Coast Highway will
be removed and replaced with new concrete curb and sidewalk.
The construction drawings were approved and building permits were issued on April 6,
2007. According to the approved plans, the first floor is proposed to be occupied by a
bank and the second floor is proposed for office use. A pre - grading meeting was held
with the City's building inspector on April 10, 2007, and grading of the site commenced
shortly thereafter.
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