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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, July 17, 2003 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. STEVEN KISER Chairman EARL MCDANIEL BARRY EATON JEFFREY COLE MICHAEL TOERGE EDWARD SELICH 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 WOOD, Assistant City Mgr PATRICIA TEMPLE, Planning Director GREGG RAMIREZ, Associate Planner NIKI KALLIKOUNIS, Planning Dept. Asst. RICH EDMONSTON, Transportation & Development Services Manager DANIEL OHL, Deputy 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 July 17, 2003 CALL TO ORDER 6:30 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: ELECTION OF OFFICERS APPOINTMENTS TO GPUC TO REPLACE SHANT AGAJANLAN AND ANNE GIFFORD 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 and address for the record. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES: CONSENT CALENDAR Notice to the Public All matter(s) listed under CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 1 -2) are 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 June 19, 2003. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT: General Plan Amendment Initiation SUMMARY: Initiation of amendments to the General Plan and the Zoning Code relating to the annexation of the Emerson Tract. ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2003- recommending the initiation of a General Plan amendment (GPI 2003 -005) to the City Council and initiating code amendment (CA 2003 -007). ITEM NO. 3. SUBJECT Larry and Jackie Dodd Residence (PA2003 -072) 254 Poppy Avenue SUMMARY: Continue to August 7, 2003 ACTION: Request to establish grade pursuant to Section 20.65.030.13.3 in order to remodel an existing single family residence by adding a second floor and roof deck located in Corona del Mar. 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) HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: Newport Auto Center 445 E. Coast Highway RHL Design Group, Inc. Attn: Larry Tidball (PA2002 -227) SUMMARY: Request for an amended Use Permit to allow a 2,496 square foot expansion of an existing 1,504 square foot sales officelstorage building (4,000 square feet total for use as an automobile showroom and a 6,302 square foot addition to an existing automobile repair and service building at an existing automobile dealership. ACTION: Staff recommends the Planning Commission to approve Amendment No. 1 to Use Permit No. 3660 subject to the findings and conditions of approval included within the attached draft resolution. ITEM NO. 5. SUBJECT: Richard Martin, authorized agent for the property owner, Davis Partners, LLC 1401 Dove Street (PA2003 -120) SUMMARY: Request to approve a Traffic Study in accordance with the City Traffic Phasing Ordinance (TPO) in order to construct a two -story office building consisting of 26,155 square feet on a site with an existing six -story office building. The application includes a request for a Modification Permit to authorize a reduction in the parking requirement. ACTION: Hold a public hearing and approve the applicant's request by adopting the draft Resolution and conditions contained in Exhibit No. 1. ITEM NO. 6: SUBJECT: City of Newport Beach Housing Element (PA2003 -130) SUNLVIARY: In accordance with the State of California General Plan and Zoning Laws, the City of Newport Beach has prepared a Draft Housing Element. The Element is an update and re- format of the existing Housing Element and includes updated Regional Housing Needs Assessment figures as mandated by State Law. ACTION: Recommend City Council approval of the Housing Element General Plan Amendment 2003 -004 (PA2003 -130) and certification of the proposed Negative Declaration. 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