HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, August 7,' 2003.
Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m.
EARL MCDANIEL
Chairman
MICHAEL TOERGE
JEFFREY COLE
::,: I
ED SELICH
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: http://www.city.newport-
beach.ca.ust.
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
August 7, 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 and
address 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 July 17, 2003,
ACTION: Approve as written and order filed.
ITEM NO. 1 -B.
SUBJECT: Resolution to recommend adoption of General Plan Amendment 2003 -04,
PA2003 -130 and Certification of the Negative Declaration for the Updated
Housing Element.
ACTION: Adopt Resolution.
HEARING ITEMS:
ITEM NO. 2.
SUBJECT Larry and Jackie Dodd Residence (PA2003 -072)
254 Poppy Avenue
SUMMARY: Request to establish grade pursuant to Section 20.65.030.B.3 in order to remodel
an existing single family residence by adding a second floor and roof deck
located in Corona del Mar.
ACTION: Hold a public hearing and deny the project by adopting the findings contained in
staff report.
ALL TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS TAPE RECORDED.
SPEAKERSMUST LIMIT REMARKS TO THREEMINUTES ONALL ITEMS. (Red light signdies
when three minutes are up; yellow light signilles that the speaker has one minute left for
summation.)
ITEM NO. 3.
SUBJECT: Velardo Variance and Modification (PA2003 -048)
3809 Channel Place
SUMMARY: Request for a Variance to allow a proposed single - family residence to exceed
the established floor area limit and a Modification Permit to allow the proposed
residence to encroach within the front, side and rear setbacks.
ACTION: Continue this item to August 21, 2003.
ITEM NO. 4.
SUBJECT: McDonald's Restaurant Reconstruction (PA2001 -155)
. - 700 W. Coast Highway
SUMMARY: Use Permit and Development Plan to redevelop the existing McDonald's
restaurant at 700 W. Coast Highway in Mariner's Mile. The existing 3,045 sq.
ft. restaurant will be demolished and a new 3,113 sq. ft. restaurant building
will be constructed with a reconfigured drive -thru. The application also
requests a modification of required parking.
ACTION: Continue this item to August 21, 2003.
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 -
i) 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