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: