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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaCity Council Meeting PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA June 8, 2004 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Agenda Item No. 26 COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, June 3, 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: SHARON Z. WOOD, Assistant City Manager 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: http://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 June 3, 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 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 adjourned and regular meeting of May 20, 2003. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT: H.K.J. LaFogata Restaurant (PA2003 -294) SUMMARY: Request to amend Use Permit No. 3235 to increase the permitted seating from 18 to 26 and to permit the sale of beer and wine for on -site consumption (Type 41 ABC License) and to amend Outdoor Dining Permit No. 75 to change the patio seating arrangement at an existing eating and drinking establishment. ACTION: Continue to July 8, 2004 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.) Z ITEM NO. 3. SUBJECT St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Expansion (PA2002 -265) 600 St. Andrews Road SUMMARY: Request for a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change and Use Permit for the replacement and construction of additional buildings and a below grade parking garage. The General Plan Amendment involves an increase the maximum allowable building area with no change to the existing land use designation. The Zone Change would change the zoning district from R -2 & R -1 to GEIF to be consistent with the existing General Plan, Land Use Element designation. The Use Permit involves the alteration of existing buildings, replacement of the existing fellowship hall and classroom building and the construction of a new multi- purpose gymnasium and youth center. The Use Permit also considers setting the maximum allowable building height of 40 feet for the two proposed buildings. ACTION: Continue to June 17, 2004. ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: Marinapark Resort and Community Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report (PA2003 -218) SUMMARY: Review the draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Marinapark Resort Hotel and Community Plan (formerly known as the Regent Newport Beach). The project applicant, Marinapark LLC, proposes to remove and/or demolish existing structures on the property and build a 110 -room luxury resort hotel that would include a lobby and registration area, a cafe, a restaurant, a bar, a ballroom, a swimming pool, separate spa and administration buildings, 12 boat slips and a subterranean parking garage. The following public facilities would be included in the project: surface parking lot, four tennis courts, a new two -story Community Center and Girl Scout facility, and a tot lot. ACTION: Review the proposed project and DEIR, receive public comments, and provide direction on issues to be addressed for the public hearing on July 8, 2004. 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) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting - e) Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a future agenda for action and staff report - f) Status Reports on Planning Commission requests - g) Project status - h) Requests for excused absences - ADJOURNMENT