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Home My WebLink AboutPC AGENDAPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, October 5, 2006 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. JEFFREY COLE Chairman ROBERT HAWKINS EARL MCDANIEL SCOTT PEOTTER BARRY EATON MICHAEL TOERGE MICHAEL HENN 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: PATRICIA TEMPLE, Planning Director JAMES CAMPBELL, Senior Planner GINGER VARIN, Planning Commission Secretary RICH EDMONSTON, Transportation & Development Services Manager 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 (AD A) 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 5, 2006 CALL TO ORDER 6:30 p.m. 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. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES: CONSENT CALENDAR Notice to the Public All matter(s) listed under CONSENT CALENDAR (Item 1 and 1B) is considered by the Commission to be routine and will all be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. The Planning Commission Members have received detailed staff reports on each of the items. recommending an action. There will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the time the Commission votes on the motion unless members of the Commission, staff or the public request specific items to be discussed and /or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Members of the public who wish to discuss a Consent Calendar item should come forward to the lectern upon invitation by the Chairman, state their name and Consent Calendar Item number. ITEM NO. 1. Minutes of the regular meeting of September 21, 2006. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. Minutes of the regular meeting of November 17, 2005. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 3. Newport Beach Brewery (Use Permit 3485) 2920 Newport Boulevard SUMMARY: The Newport Beach Brewing Company has operated a restaurantlbrewpub pursuant to Use Permit No. 3485 since 1994. This permit was issued by the City in 1993 and it was subsequently amended in 1999. City has received several complaints related to the operation of the use and the Planning Commission will evaluate the complaints, the operational character of the use and the conditions under which the use operates. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Commission may require alteration of the operation or it may delete or modify conditions of approval. The Commission also may conclude that no changes are necessary and revocation of the Use Permit is not being considered at this time. ACTION: Continue this item to October 19"' ALL TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS TAPE 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.) HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 4. Big Canyon Country Club (PA2006 -160) 1 Big Canyon Drive SUMMARY: General Plan Amendment to increase the maximum allowable fross floor area allocated to the Country Club by 10,000 square feet. ACTION: Recommend approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2006 -006 to the City Council. ITEM NO. S. Housing Element Review SUMMARY: The Annual Housing Element Implementation Report is being provided to the Planning Commission for review. ACTION: Review and forward the Annual Housing Element Implementation Report to the City Council for final review and approval. ITEM NO. 6. Newport Bay Marina formerly known as the Bridgeport Mixed Use Development (PA2001 -210) 2300 Newport Boulevard SUMMARY: Site Plan Review, Use Permit, Modification Permit and Vesting Tentative Tract Map to allow the construction of a mixed -use development on a 2.4 acre site located north of the intersection of Newport Boulevard and Balboa Blulevard. The project consists of the demolition of all structures on site and the construction of approximately 36,000 square feet of commercial uses and 27 dwelling units (condominiums). Eleven three -story buildings are planned to be built over a subterranean parking garage. The reconstruction /reconfiguration of the existing bulkhead, boatways and docks is also planned. The Site Plan Review application would authorize the entire project and the Vesting Tentative Tract map would permit a subdivision map to allow for the residential units to be individually sold. The Use Permit would establish a building height limit of up to 35 feet and the Modification Permit would allow portions of the proposed buildings to encroach within the 5 -foot front yard setback. Finally, consideration of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (SCH# 2003071144) including mitigation measures. ACTION: Certify the Environmental Impact Report, Adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and approve Use Permit No. 2001 -038, Site Plan Review No. 2001 -004, Modification Permit No. 2006 -075 and Newport Beach Tract Map No. 2004 -003 subject to findings and conditions. 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 Local Coastal 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: