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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD, Thursday, May 6, 2004 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. EARL MCDANIEL Chairman MICHAEL TOERGE ED SELICH JEFFREY COLE BARRY EATON STEVE KISER LARRY TUCKER 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 ROBIN CLAUSON, 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 May 6, 2004 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 16) 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 adjourned and regular meeting of April 22, 2004. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT Newport Technology Center (PA2003 -122) 500 Superior Avenue SUMMARY: Request to amend Use Permit No. 3679 to lease 50% of the newly constructed Newport Technology Center for general office uses with the remaining 50% of floor area leased for research and development uses. The amendment also includes a request to exceed the allowable building bulk standards that was not considered in 2001 prior to the construction of Newport Technology Center. The item also includes Traffic Study No. 2003 -001 pursuant to the Traffic Phasing Ordinance. ACTION: Conduct the public hearing and approve an amendment to Use Permit No. 3679 and approve Traffic Study No. 2003 -001 subject to findings and conditions of approval. 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: Blackie's by the Sea (PA2004 -058) 2118 W. Ocean Front SUMMARY: Request to amend Use Permit No. 3607 to extend the closing time for a bar to 1:OOAM seven days a week. ACTION: Conduct the public hearing and approve, modify or deny the requested amendment to the hours of operation. ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: Josh Slocum's (PA2003 -220) 2601 W. Coast Highway SUMMARY: Request a Use Permit to expand a legal nonconforming restaurant by providing periodic lunch service, increasing the occupancy and allowing a nightclub operation with live entertainment and dancing between 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. each night. The request also includes a modification of minimum parking requirements since the use does not provide code required parking. ACTION: Conduct the public hearing either approve Use Permit No. 2003 -036 as proposed by the applicant or approve a modified .project without the proposed nightclub. Either action would be subject to findings and conditions of approval. ITEM NO. 5. SUBJECT: Districting Map No. 25 Amendment (PA2004 -066) 3315 Clay Street SUMMARY: Amendment to Districting Map No. 25 to establish a 10 -foot setback for 3315 Clay Street from Orange Avenue. ACTION: Conduct the public hearing and adopt a resolution recommending approval of Code Amendment No. 2004 -003 to the City Council. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: a) City Council Follow -up - b) Oral 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 Update Committee - e) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting - fj 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