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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, April 7, 2006 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. LARRY TUCKER Chairman MICHAEL TOERGE ED SELICH JEFFREY COLE BARRY EATON EARL MCDANIEL ROBERT HAWKINS 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: hftp://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 April 7, 2005 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 Rem should come forward to the lectern upon invitation by the Chairman, state their name and Consent Calendar Item number. ITEM NO. 1. SUBJECT: Minutes of the regular meeting of March 3, 2005. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT: Amend Title 20 (Zoning Code) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to change the elevation datum reference (PA2005 -047) SUMMARY: Amendments to the Zoning Code to change the elevation datum reference from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) to North American Vertical Datum (NAVD). ACTION: Adopt resolution recommending approval of Code Amendment No. 2005 -003 to the City Council. 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.) ITEM NO. 3. SUBJECT: Moriarity Appeal of the Planning Director's Use Determination 2128 Mesa Drive SUMMARY: Appeal of the Planning Director's determination regarding the processing of grapes and the retail sale of wine on a property within the RA (Residential Agriculture) zone. ACTION: Uphold the appeal and allow the importation of grapes or juice to be processed into wine provided that the importation constitutes less than 50% of the total amount of grapes or juice processed at the site. ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: Espinoza Condo Conversion (PA 2004 -040) 329 Marguerite Avenue SUMMARY: The applicant requests to add various architectural improvements to an existing apartment building approved to be converted to condominiums. The enhancements include stone clad wall projections; window and door trim, window boxes, etc. and they are proposed to encroach within the minimum required setbacks. ACTION: Approve Modification Permit No. 2005 -014 subject to findings and conditions of approval. ITEM NO. 5. SUBJECT Jackson residence (PA2001 -062) 3631 Ocean Boulevard SUMMARY: Request for an amendment to a previously approved Variance and Modification Permit to allow an attached garage that encroaches into the front yard setback to exceed the Ocean Boulevard top -of -curb height limit where the previous approval required that the garage comply with the Ocean Boulevard height limit. ACTION: Deny the requested amendment to Variance No. 2001 -001. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: a) City Council Follow -up - b) Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Economic Development Committee - c) Report from Planning Commission's representatives to the General Plan Update Committee — d) Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Local Coastal Plan Certification Committee - e) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting - f) Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a future agenda for action and staff report - g) Status Reports on Planning Commission requests - h) Project status — i) Requests for excused absences - ADJOURNMENT: