HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, November 6, 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
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 :/ iwww.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 6, 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 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 hems
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.
U C : Minutes of the adjourned and regular meeting of October 23, 2003.
ACTION: Approve as written and order filed.
ITEM NO.2.
SUBJECT: Landmark Buildings (PA2003 -212)
707 East Balboa Boulevard
SUMMARY: Request for a General Plan Amendment to the Land Use Element of the
General Plan 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: Continue to November 20, 2003
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.3.
SUBJECT 3450 Via Oporto (PA2003 -213)
Initiated by the City of Newport Beach
SUMMARY: Amend the General Plan and Local Coastal Program land use designations
from Governmental, Educational, and Institutional Facilities to Retail &
Service Commercial and to change the zoning district classification from
Governmental, Educational, and Institutional Facilities (GEIF) to Retail
Service Commercial (RSC).
ACTION: Recommend approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2003 -010, Local
Coastal Program Amendment No. 2003 -004, and Code Amendment No.
2003 -008 to the City Council and adopt the draft resolutions.
ITEM NOA.
SUBJECT: Michael Lugo and Dalia Badajos -Lugo (PA2003 -216)
1807 Irvine Avenue
SUMMARY: Appeal of the Modifications Committee denial of a request to allow a new
attached single story garage to encroach 5 feet into the 10 -foot northerly side
yard setback, a 6 inch encraochment into the 10 -foot side yard setback of the
first and second floor at the southerly property line, an attached single story
utility meter enclosure to encroach 2 feet 6 inches into the southerly 10 -foot
side yard setaback and a second floor bathroom pop -out to encroach 2 feet
inches into the southerly 10 -foot side yard setback in conjunction with the
construction of a new single family residence.
ACTION: Uphold the decision of the Modifications Committee and deny the appeal of
Modification Permit No. 2003 -091.
ITEM NO.5.
SUBJECT: Amendment to Chapter 20.93 (Modification Permits) (PA2003 -080)
Initiated by the City of Newport Beach
SUMMARY: An amendment to Chapter 20.93 (Modification Permits) to revise the
Required Findings Section and other associated revisions for processing a
Modification Permit.
ACTION: Recommend approval of Code Amendment No. 2003 -003 to the City
Council and adopt the draft resolutions.
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