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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, October 23, 2003 Regular Meeting - 6 :30 p.m. EARL MCDANIEL Chairman MICHAEL TOERGE JEFFREY COLE BARRY EATON 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 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: http: / /www.city.newport- beach.ca.us /. It is the intention of the City o f N ewport B each t o c omply w ith t he Americans W ith D isabilities Act (ADA) i n a II 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 October 23, 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 September 18, 2003. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT Birch Bayview Plaza II (PA2003 -164) 20322 Acacia Street and 20341 & 20351 Birch Street SUMMARY: Request for a Use Permit and Traffic Study to construct three office buildings totaling 46,281 square feet, including 172 parking spaces. The 2.2 acre site is located on Acacia and Birch Streets in the Santa Ana Heights area and is bounded entirely by business park offices. The applicant also requests approval of a Tentative Parcel Map to consolidate five existing lots into three. The project includes the demolition of all existing residential units and other structures. ACTION: Adopt the draft Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve Use Permit No. 2003- 025, Tentative Parcel Map No. 2003 -026 and Traffic Study No. 2003 -004 subject to the findings and conditions of approval. 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: Chevron Service Station (PA2003 -073) 301 East Coast Highway SUMMARY: Request to demolish an existing service station and construct a new service station with a food mart (with off -site beer and wine sales) and quick service food outlet. The applicant also requests approval of modifications to the service station development regulations pertaining to gross structural square footage, number of parking spaces, accessory structure setbacks and landscaping. Additionally, the approval of a Modification Permit for a sign program is requested. ACTION: Approve Use Permit No. 2003 -012 and Modification Permit No. 2003 -098 subject to the findings and conditions of approval. ITEM NO 4. SUBJECT: Gugasian Property (PA2003 -174) 900 —1040 W. Coast Highway SUMMARY: Development Plan for the redevelopment and construction of a an existing commercial center located in the Mariner's Mile area. The project also includes a Use Permit for the operation of a vehicle sales facility within the redevelopmed center. Three existing buildings totaling approximately 17,000 square feet will be demolished and replaced with an 11,300 square foot automobile sales building and two retailloffice buildings totaling approximately 12,500 square feet. The request also includes a parking modification to reduce the minimum number of parking spaces. ACTION: Approve Development Plan No. 2003 -002 and Use Permit No. 2003 -026, modifying the project subject to the findings and conditions of approval. ITEM NO 5. SUBJECT: Area 7 /Emerson Street Annexation SUMMARY: A General Plan amendment and pre- zoning for the territory know 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 a resolution recommending the City Council approve General Plan Amendment No. 2003 -005 and Code Amendment No. 2003 -006 (Area 7) and General Plan Amendment No. 2003 -006 and Code Amendment No. 2003 -007 (Emerson Street Area). 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