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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, September 4, 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 GINGER VARIN, Planning Commission Secretary JAMES CAMPBELL, Senior Planner 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.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 September 4, 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 1 B) 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 August 21, 2003. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT: Fleming's Prime Steakhouse (PA2003 -182) 455 Newport Center Drive SUMMARY: Request for a Use Permit pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Outlet (ABO) Ordinance to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for on -site consumption (Type 47: beer, wine & spirits) within an expanded area at an existing restaurant within Fashion Island. ACTION: Hold a public hearing and approve the requested Use Permit No. 2003 -028 subject to the findings and conditions of approval within the draft resolution. 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: Autore residence (PA2003 -119) 2204 West Ocean Front SUMMARY: Request to enclose an open stairway on an existing non- conforming, multiple - family residential structure located within a commercial district. ACTION: Hold a public hearing and approve Use Permit 2003 -019 by adopting the draft resolution and conditions contained in Exhibit No. 1. ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: The Bluffs Retail Center Sign Program (PA2003 -170) 1303 Bison Avenue SUMMARY: Request to amend the Sign Program for The Bluffs Retail Center to increase the sign area for tenant identification wall signs. ACTION: Approve Site Plan Review No. 2003 -009 subject to the findings and conditions of approval within the draft resolution. ITEM NO. 5. SUBJECT Maggie Moo's Ice Cream (PA2003 -140) 302 Marine Avenue SUMMARY: Appeal of the approval of a Use Permit by the Planning Director permitting the establishment of a take out service, limited food use specializing in the sale of ice cream and deserts. ACTION: Uphold and affirm the decision of the Planning Director to approve Use Permit No. 2003 -020. ITEM NO. 6 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 applicant's request. ITEM NO. 7. 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 3,174 sq, ft. restaurant building will be constructed with a reconfigured drive -thru. The application also requests a modification of required parking. ACTION: Approve Use Permit No. 2001 -029 and Development Plan No. 2002 -001, subject to the findings and conditions of approval within in the draft resolution. 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-