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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, November 20, 2003 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 November 20, 2003 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) is considered by the Commission to be routine and will 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 November 6, 2003. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT Conexant Sign, call for review (PA2003 -232) 4000 MacArthur Boulevard SUMMARY: Permit the installation of a fifth tenant identification wall sign that is approximately 387 square feet in area. The Koll Center Planned Community District Regulations limit walls signs to 200 square feet in area per sign, and to two facades per building. ACTION: Uphold and affirm the decision of the Modifications Committee MD2003 -097. 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: Mariposa Restaurant at Neiman - Marcus (PA2003 -229) 601 Newport Center Drive SUMMARY: Request for a Use Permit pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Outlet Ordinance (ABO), to upgrade the existing license for the premises from Type 41 (On -Sale Beer and Wine Eating Place) to Type 47 (On -Sale General Eating Place) License. The new restaurant (Mariposa) with the proposed license, will replace the existing restaurant (Zodiac) which currently operates with a Type 41 License. ACTION: Approve Use Permit No. 2003 -039 to allow an eating and drinking establishment within Neiman - Marcus to operate under a Type 47 (On -Sale General Eating Place) License, subject to the findings and conditions of approval within the draft resolution. ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: Landmark Buildings (PA2003 7212) Continued from 11/06/2003 707 East Balboa Boulevard SUMMARY: Request for a General Plan Amendment to the Land Use Element and Local Coastal Program to change the intensity limit for 707 East Balboa Boulevard from a floor area ratio to one based on the number of seats and a Code Amendment to Title 20 of the Municipal Code to add a specific height limitation for landmark buildings. ACTION: Adopt resolution recommending City Council approval General Plan Amendment No. 2003 -003 and Local Coastal Program Amendment No. 2003 -005 and Code Amendment No. 2003 -009. ITEM NO. 5. SUBJECT: Area 7 Annexation (PA2003 -149) Continued from 10/23/2003 SUMMARY: A General Plan amendment and pre - zoning for the territory knows as 'Area 7', including West Santa Ana Heights, the Santa Ana Country Club, and the area south of Mesa Drive and the Emerson Street Area. ACTION: Adopt resolution recommending City Council approval, modification, or disapproval of the General Plan (GP2003 -005 and CA 2003 -006) and prezoning amendments (GP2003 -006 and CA2003 -007) described in this report. 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 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