HomeMy WebLinkAboutGP Update-Final EIR and Review of all ElementsCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 2
July 13, 2006
TO: CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
FROM: City Manager's Office
Sharon Wood, Assistant City Manager
949 -644 -3222, swood @city.newport- bearh.ca.us
SUBJECT: General Plan Update: Final Environmental Impact Report and Review
of All Elements
APPLICANT NAME: City of Newport Beach
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive public comments on the Final Environmental Impact Report and all elements of
the Draft General Plan, provide direction to staff on revisions, and continue the public
hearing to July 20, 2006.
DISCUSSION:
Final Environmental Impact Report
The Draft EIR for the proposed General Plan was released for public review on April 24,
2006, and the public review period closed on June 13. Comments were received from
19 agencies, organizations and individuals in 20 response letters. These are addressed
in 5 master responses (that address repetitive comments) and 425 individual
responses. Responses to comments will be distributed to the Planning Commission as
soon as they become available. The Final EIR is comprised of the Draft EIR, the
Technical Appendices and the Responses to Comments, including Text Changes.
Ali General Plan Elements
The subject of this public hearing is not limited to any specific elements of the General
Plan, and the Commission should receive public testimony on all General Plan
elements. If the Commission wishes, they should also direct staff to make final
revisions to any elements of the General Plan. The text of the General Plan, showing
all revisions through June 27, 2006 in s#*AGuVunderline, is attached to this report. A
final draft, including maps and revisions through the City Council hearing of July 11,
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2006 (and possibly the Planning Commission hearing of July 13, 2006) will be provided
for the hearing of July 20, 2006.
In addition to revisions directed by the Planning Commission and City Council during
their public hearings on the General Plan, the attached July 7, 2006 draft includes
additional revisions that staff and the consultant have made. These revisions are in
response to comments on the Draft EIR, and comments on the draft General Plan from
the Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), the public and property owners. Revisions
also correct errors in the draft plan, and reflect the current agreement between the City
and County of Orange regarding sphere issues. Finally, policy revisions have been
made as staff and the consultants have had additional time to consider the clarity,
applicability and practicality of policies, as well as new ideas for the General Plan to
protect the quality of life in Newport Beach. The most significant of these revisions are
summarized below.
LU 3.8 ALUC review of land use regulations and projects
LU 5.1.9 Airport Area and Newport Center multi - family residential architectural
quality to be regulated by policies specific to those subareas
LU 5.2.2 Buffering residential areas (EIR comment)
LU 5.3.4 Minimum sizes for uses in mixed use areas impractical for existing small
lots (e.g., Cannery Village)
LU 5.3.5 Airport Area and Newport Center mixed use architecture to be regulated
by policies specific to those subareas
LU 5.5 New goal and policies regarding industrial use category
LU 5.6.5 ALUC requirements for heliports and helistops
LU 6.2.7 New language to pursue legislation regarding over - concentration of
recovery homes or sober living homes
LU 6.4.1 Ability of Banning Ranch owner to pursue development permits during
time for open space acquisition
LU 6.5.2 Size of community park consistent with Recreation Element
LU 6.5.4, 6.5.5 Additional lighting provisions for Banning Ranch (EIR comment)
LU 6.14.3 Transfer of development rights policy for Newport Center from existing
General Plan
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LU 6.14.7 Additional Fashion Island streetscape language
HB 8.7, NR 3.7 Additional language regarding water quality enforcement for
upstream dischargers
Housing Element Revisions to introduction /background for clarity
H 3.2 Housing not allowed in JWA 65 CNEL (ALUC)
Recreation Element Corrections re: Newport Coast parks
R 1.12 Notification of aircraft overflight and noise (ALUC)
CA 1.4, 2.2 Added reference to Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Theatre Arts
Center and Balboa Theater
CA 2.3 New policy regarding library facilities
NR 8 Consolidation of construction emission policies
NR 9 I Corrections to JWA air quality policies
NR 10.3 Deleted; duplicates NR 10.5 (new number)
NR 10.10 Biology study required for Banning Ranch development (EIR comment)
NR 11 Updates for consistency with sphere issues agreement with Orange
County
NR 16.2 New policy to coordinate Big Canyon Creek Restoration Project
NR 19 Corrections to mineral resources policies for consistency with City Charter
Figure S5 New figure showing JWA clear zone /runway protection zones and
accident potential zones (ALUC)
S4.7 New policy regarding seismic studies for new development (EIR comment)
S8.6 New policy regarding JWA clear zone /runway protection zones and
accident potential zones (ALUC)
Noise Element Corrections to introduction and Table N2
N 1.2 Correction regarding development requirements to attenuate noise
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N 3 Revisions and additions regarding development within JWA 65 CNEL
(ALUC)
Public Notice:
Notice of this public hearing, and subsequent public hearings on the General Plan
update and EIR, was provided by a quarter page display advertisement in the Daily Pilot
on July 1 &.8, 2006. Government Code Section 65091 provides that, when the number
of property owners to whom notice would be required to be mailed is greater than 1,000
(which is the case with a comprehensive General Plan update), notice may be provided
by placing a one - eighth page advertisement in the local newspaper.
Submitted by:
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Sharon Wood.
Assistant City Manager
Attachments:
1. Final EIR —Response to Comments (distributed separately)
2. July 7, 2006 Draft General Plan (d,sF� bvtc�i S4 PR2q }�w�1