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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, April 21, 2005 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.ust. 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 21, 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 item 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 April 7, 2005. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. 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: Remove from calendar 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. 3. SUBJECT Zinc Cafe (PA2003 -225) 3222 East Coast Highway SUMMARY: Review of Use Permit No. 2001 -040 that authorizes an eating and drinking establishment with beer and wine service subject to operational limitations. ACTION: Review the operation of the restaurant and take appropriate action. ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: Birch Medical Office Center (PA2004 -257) 20162 Birch Street SUMMARY: Request for a use permit to allow the conversion of a portion of an existing general office building to medical office use. The existing building is approximately 32,278 square feet of which approximately 16,257 square feet are proposed for medical office use. Approval of a traffic study pursuant to the Traffic Phasing Ordinance is also requested. ACTION: Approve Use Permit No. 2004 -046 and Traffic Study 2004 -006 subject to the findings and conditions of approval. ITEM NO. 5. SUBJECT: Newport Lexus (Wilson Automotive Group) (PA2004 -153) 3091, 3931 & 3961 MacArthur Boulevard 848 & 888 Dove Street SUMMARY: Draft Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH 2004081004), General Plan Amendment No. 2004 -004, Planned Community Text Amendment No. 2004 -003, Use Permit No. 2004 -026, Modification Permit No. 2005 -0303, Traffic Study No. 2004 -003 to allow the redevelopment of an 8 acre site presently developed with office uses and a vehicle rental establishment as a new automobile dealership. ACTION: Recommend that the City Council certify the Environmental Impact Report and approve the proposed General Plan Amendment, Planned Community Text Amendment, Use Permit, Modification Permit and Traffic Study subject to findings and conditions of approval. ITEM NO. 6. SUBJECT: St. Mark Presbyterian Church (PA2003 -085) 2200 San Joaquin Hills Road SUMMARY: Review of proposed changes to the Saint Mark Presbyterian Church project for determination of substantial conformance with plans approved as part of Use Permit No. 2003 -015. ACTION: Review the proposed plans and determine that they are in substantial conformance with the previously approved plans. 3 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: Y