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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, December 5, 2002 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. STEVEN KISER Chairman EARL MCDANIEL ANNE GIFFORD SHANT AGAJANIAN 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 Manager PATRICIA TEMPLE, Planning Director JAMES CAMPBELL, Senior Planner Gregg Ramirez, Associate 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.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 December 5, 2002 CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: MINUTES: 6:30 p.m. November 7, 2002 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 Iimit comments to 3- minutes. Before speaking, please state your name and address for the record. REOUEST FOR CONTINUANCES: HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 1. SUBJECT: Use Classification Determination for 500 Superior Avenue (Newport Technology Center) SUMMARY: Concur with staff's opinion that an architectural office falls within the Industry, Research and Development use classification. ACTION: Discussion item. ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT: Lamkone Restaurants, Inc. dBA Wahoo's Fish Taco 1091 Newport Center Drive SUMMARY: Request for a Use Permit pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Outlet Ordinance (ABO) to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for on -site consumption at a proposed restaurant to be located within Fashion Island. ACTION: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Use Permit No. 2002- 045 subject to the findings and conditions of approval included within the attached draft resolution. (PA2002 -220) 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: JL Hare Associates 101 Newport Center Drive SUMMARY: Request to amend the Fashion Island Planned Community (PC -35) Development Plan and District Regulations pertaining to signage. The applicant proposes modified signage development regulations that would allow additional shopping center identification monument signs, vehicular and pedestrian directional signs and restaurant monument signs. ACTION: ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: SUMMARY: ACTION: ITEM NO. 5. Approve, Modify or Deny Planned Community Development Plan Amendment No. 2002 -002 (PA2002 -192). Landmark Buildings - City of Newport Beach Amendment to Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to designate certain types of buildings as °Landmark Buildings" and modify restrictions on nonconforming uses in Landmark Buildings. Adopt Resolution No. 2002- recommending approval or modification of Code Amendment 2002 -007 to the City Council. (PA2002 -218) SUBJECT: McDonald's Corporation 700 W. Coast Highway SUMMARY: Use Permit and Development Plan to redevelop the existing McDonald's restaurant at 700 W. Coast Highway in Mariners 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 partial waiver of parking. ACTION: Hold a public hearing and approve Use Permit No. 2001 -029 and Development Plan No. 2002 -001 subject to the findings and conditions of approval attached in the attached draft resolution. (PA2001 -155) ITEM NO. 6. SUBJECT: Initiation of an Amendment regarding the Subdivision Code procedures - City of Newport Beach SUMMARY: Initiation of an amendment to Title 19 and Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code to amend the subdivision regulations related to Lot Line Adjustments, Lot Mergers and Certificates of Compliance. ACTION: Adopt resolution of intent. (PA 2002 -239) 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 - fl 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