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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, August 4 , 2006 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. MICHAEL TOERGE Chairman JEFFREY COLE LARRY TUCKER ROBERT HAWKINS BARRY EATON EARL MCDANIEL MICHAEL HENN 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 August 4, 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. Minutes of the regular meeting of July 21, 2005. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. 1401 Dove Street office building SUMMARY: Request for an extension of the approval of Traffic Study No. 2003 -002 and Modification Permit No. 2003 -005 for the office building proposed at 1401 Dove Street (PA2003 -120). ACTION: Approve an extension of the expiration date of the applications an additional 36 months. HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 3. Domingo Villas, Inc., 757 Domingo Drive SUMMARY: Request to approve a Condominium Conversion and a Tentative Tract Map that would convert an existing 8 -unit apartment complex into 8 units for individual ownership and sale. The project also includes the interior and exterior renovation of the existing residences and detached garages and the installation of new hardscape, landscaping and new exterior decks. The application also includes a request for a Modification Permit (MD2005 -066) to allow expanded decks, a fountain, vehicular gates and a trash enclosure within the side and from setbacks. The project site is located within the MFR (Multi - Family Residential) zone. 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.) ACTION: Approve Condominium Conversion No. 2004 -021, Tract Map No. 2004 -005 and Modification Permit (PA2004 -243) subject to the findings and conditions. ITEM NO. 4. Appeal of Modification Permit No. 2005 -049 (PA2005 -082) 701 Begonia Avenue SUMMARY: A Condominium Conversion and a Tentative Parcel Map to convert a duplex into condominiums. Also included in the application is a request for a Modification Pemrmit to allow the division of a two -car garage into two single -car garages with a clear interior width of 8 -feet 9- inches where the Zoning Code requires a minimum of 9 -feet 3- inches. No waivers or exceptions to the Title 19 development standards are requested with the application. ACTION: Uphold the decision of the Zoning Administrator to approve Modification Permit No. 2005 -049 by affirming the findings made by the Zoning Administrator. ITEM NO. S. Parking standards for duplexes Code Amendment No. 2005 -008 (PA2005 -168) SUMMARY: Code Amendment No. 2005 -008 amending Chapter 20.66 of the Municipal Code to increase the minimum parking requirement for duplexes not located within the Coastal Zone or Old Corona del Mar from 1.5 Spaces Per Unit to 2.0 spaces per unit and amendment to Title 19 of the Municipal Code (Subdivisions) related to minimum parking standards for the conversion of a duplex to condominiums (PA 2005 -168). ACTION: Recommend approval of Code Amendment No. 2005 -008 to the City Council 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) Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Zoning Committee - f) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting - g) Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a future agenda for action and staff report - h) Status Reports on Planning Commission requests — To be edited with new requests. i) Project status — j) Requests for excused absences - ADJOURNMENT: