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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC AgendaNEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Council Chambers - 3300 Newport Boulevard June 9, 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 May 19, 2005. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT Barry Saywitz Residence (PA2005 -085) 5005 River Avenue SUMMARY: Appeal of the Zoning Administrator's approval of Condominium Conversion No. 2005 -004, Parcel Map 2005 -021 and Modification Permit No. 2005 -042. The applications would authorize the conversion of an existing duplex into a two -unit condominium complex allowing individual sale of each unit. Also included in the application is a request for a modification to the Zoning Code to allow the installation of a partition wall to establish two single -car garage parking spaces with substandard width. ACTION: Recommend that the Planning Commission uphold the decision of the Zoning Administrator and deny the appeal of Condominium Conversion No. 2005 -004, Parcel Map 2005 -021 and Modification Permit No. 2005 -042. 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: The Patina Group (Orange County Museum of Art) PA2005 -086 850 San Clemente Drive SUMMARY: Request for approval of a Use Permit pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance (ABO) to permit the sale and service of beer and wine for on -site consumption at an existing cafe located within the Orange County Museum of Art. The caf6 is a permitted accessory use to the museum. ACTION: Recommend approval of Use Permit No. 2005 -017 subject to the findings and conditions. ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: Eddie V's Wildfish Restaurant (PA2005 -036) 1370 Bison Avenue SUMMARY: Approval for the operation of a new restaurant and to allow the restaurant to operate with a Type "47 On -Sale General Eating Place license, pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Outlet (ABO) Ordinance license. ACTION: Recommend approval of Use Permit No. 2005 -008 subject to the findings and conditions. ITEM NO. 5. SUBJECT: Master Development Corporation (MDC) 4200 Von Karman Avenue SUMMARY: A General Plan Amendment to Statistical Area L4 (Koll Center Newport Office Site B) of the Land Use Element to increase the maximum allowable gross office area by 1,750 square feet, and a Planned Community Text Amendment in Professional and Business Office Site B by 1,367 net square feet in order to replace an existing one -story 1,330 square feet office building with a 3,080 square foot office building. ACTION: Recommend approval of General Plan No. 2004 -006 and Code Amendment No. 2005 -006 to the City Council. ITEM NO. 6. SUBJECT: Traffic and Environmental Analysis of General Plan Update Land Use Alternatives SUMMARY: The Planning Commission received limited results of the traffic analysis and the full fiscal impact analysis at its meeting of May 19, 2005. Analysis of the General Plan land use alternatives will continue at this meeting with presentations of the full traffic analysis and analysis of environmental issues. ACTION: Review and Comment. ITEM NO. 7. Comprehensive Sign Code Update and Sign Design Guidelines Manual (PA2005 -091) SUMMARY: Code Amendment No. 2005 -005 to amend Municipal Code Chapter 20.67 related to sign standards applicable to all signs on a citywide basis with the exception of the Newport Coast and Ridge Planned Communities, and where sign regulations are not referenced in the Santa. Ana Heights Specific Plan area and all other commercially -zoned Planned Communities. The Balboa Sign Overlay and Mariner's .Mile sign regulations will be repealed by these proposed regulations, and their provisions will be incorporated into the. proposed ordinance. A Sign Design Guidelines Manual is also to be considered, in order to supplement the new sign code and establish criteria for the creation of well- designed signs and further the intent and purpose of the sign code. ACTION: Review and discuss recommendations to update Chapter 20.67 of the Municipal Code and Sign Design Guidelines, receive public testimony, provide staff with direction on any revisions and on the proposed amortization program and incentives, and continue the hearing to June 9, 2005. 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: