HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, October 3, 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
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
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each item of business listed on the agenda. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the staff
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minutes and staff reports are also available on the City's web site. The address is: http)/www.city.newport-
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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.
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
Council chambers - 33000 Newport Boulevard
October 3, 2002
CALL TO ORDER 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL:
September 19, 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 limit comments to 3- minutes. Before speaking, please state
your name and address for the record.
HEARING ITEMS:
ITEM NO. 1.
SUBJECT: Rifkin Residence
300 Larkspur Avenue
SUMMARY: Variance to exceed the allowable 1,188 square -foot floor area limit by 593
square feet in order to construct a single - family residence located in Corona
del Mar. Included is a Modification to allow a 7 -foot encroachment into the 10-
foot rear yard (roof eaves an additional 18 inches).
APPLICATION: Adopt Resolution No. approving the requested Variance No.
2002 -006 and Modification No. 2002 -083 (PA2002 -151) with conditions.
ITEM NO. 2.
Newport Beach Temple Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
SUMMARY- The project involves the construction and operatation of a place of religious
worship on an 8.6 acre site within the Bonita Canyon Planned Community. The
Temple is planned as a 17,575 square foot building sited in the center of the
property, surrounded by 5.5 acres of gardens, walkways, and water treatments
in the western portion of the project site and parking in the eastern and
northeastern perimeters of the site. The request also includes consideration of a
124 -foot high steeple that would exceed the maximum allowable height of 50
feet.
ACTION: Conduct a public hearing and Adopt Resolution No. certifying
Environmental Impact Report No. 2002 -001 and approving the Use Permit No.
2001 -036 and Site Plan Review No. 2001 -005 (PA2001 -208) subject to
conditions.
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.)
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 -
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