HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Agenda (2)PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, September 9, 2004
Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m.
LARRY TUCKER
Chairman
MICHAEL TOERGE ED SELICH
JEFFREY COLE
BARRY EATON
EARL MCDANIEL
LESLIE DAIGLE
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:
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
September 9, 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. 7.
SUBJECT: Minutes of the regular meeting of August 19, 2004.
ACTION: Approve as written and order filed.
ITEM NO. 2.
SUBJECT: Zoning Code Amendment Initiation
ACTION: Adopt Resolution to amend Chapter 20.44 (Specific Plan .District #7 -Santa Ana
Heights) to be consistent with Chapter 20.85 (accessory Dwelling Units).
HEARING ITEMS:
ITEM NO. 3.
SUBJECT: Sweeney residence appeal (PA2004 -206)
401 -403 Heliotrope Avenue
SUMMARY: Appeal of the Planning Director's determination of grade for the purpose of
measuring structure height
ACTION: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission deny the appeal and uphold the
Planning Director's determination of grade.
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. 4.
SUBJECT Balboa Theater (PA2004 -032)
707 East Balboa Boulevard
SUMMARY: Request for approval of a Use Permit for the Balboa Performing Arts Theater, a
designated Landmark Building and permitted use, to allow an increase in building
height up to a maximum of 55 feet pursuant to Section 20.65.070 of the Municipal
Code.
ACTION: . Continue to Septmtier 23, 2004
ITEM NO. 5.
SUBJECT: Review General Plan Update Land Use Alternative Options
SUMMARY: A range of land use options developed by the General Plan Advisory Committee to
be further analyzed for environmental, traffic and fiscal impacts.
ACTION: Discussion only.
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