HomeMy WebLinkAbout0.0_AGENDACITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7,2013
REGULAR MEETING — 5:00 p.m.
MICHAEL TOERGE
Chair
BRADLEY HILLGREN FRED AMERI
Vice Chair Secretary
TIM BROWN
KORY KRAMER
JAY MYERS
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:
KIMBERLY BRANDT, Community Development Director
BRENDA WISNESKI, Deputy Community
Development Director
LEONIE MULVIHILL, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
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generally three (3) minutes per person. All testimony given before the Planning Commission is recorded.
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013
REGULAR MEETING - 5:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. 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 three (3) minutes. (Red light
signifies when three (3) minutes are up; yellow light signifies that the speaker has one (1) minute left for
summation.) Before speaking, please state your name for the record and print your name on the blue forms
provided at the podium.
V. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES
VI. CONSENT ITEMS
ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF JANUARY 17, 2013
Recommended Action: Approve and file
VII. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes on all items. (Red light signifies when three (3) minutes
are up; yellow light signifies that the speaker has one (1) minute left for summation.) Before speaking, please
state your name for the record and print your name on the blue forms provided at the podium.
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.
ITEM NO. 2 Mariner's Pointe (PA2010 -114)
Site Location: 100 - 300 West Coast Highway
Summary:
A request to review proposed revisions to the approved building design, which include replacing stone
veneer from a parking structure screen wall with a false commercial storefront for flower display, the
installation of additional awnings, and reducing the height of a primary stairwell and elevator tower.
Landscaping changes are also proposed.
CEQA Compliance:
A Mitigated Negative Declaration was previously adopted for the proposed project. No additional
mitigation measures are required for the project.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct public hearing; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. _ finding the changes in the design to be in substantial
conformance with the project design approved by Site Development Review No. SR2010-
001 and Conditional Use Permit No. UP2010 -024.
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ITEM NO. 3 Uptown Newport (PA2011 -134)
Site Location: 4311 -4321 Jamboree Road, North side of Jamboree Rd. between Birch St.
and Fairchild Rd.
Summary:
The redevelopment of a 25 -acre office and industrial site with a mixed -use community consisting of up to
1,244 residential units, 11,500 square feet of neighborhood- serving retail space, and two 1 -acre public
parks. Residential product types would be for sale and rental with a mix of townhomes, and mid- and
high -rise apartments and condominiums. Between 102 and 369 units would be made available as
affordable housing depending upon the target income category (i.e. very-low, low or moderate income
households). Most buildings would range between 30 and 75 feet in height with several residential
towers up to 150 feet in height. Project approval requires a Planned Community Development Plan
amendment and adoption, Tentative Tract Map, Traffic Study, Affordable Housing Implementation Plan,
and Development Agreement.
CEQA Compliance:
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act the City of Newport Beach has prepared
Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2010051094 to evaluate the environmental impacts resulting
from the proposed project. The draft Final EIR has been prepared in accordance with the California
Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA), as amended (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et
seq.), and the State CEQA Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA (California Code of Regulations,
Title 14, Section 15000 et seq.). Copies of the Environmental Impact Report and supporting
documents are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Division or at the City of
Newport Beach website at www. newportbeachca .gov /cegadocuments.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct public hearing; and
2. Adopt Resolution No._ recommending the City Council take the following actions:
a. Certification of Environmental Impact Report No. ER2012 -001 (SCH #2010051094); and
b. Approval of Planned Community Development Plan Amendment No. PD2011 -003, Planned
Community Development Plan Adoption No. PC2012 -001, Traffic Study No. TS2012 -005,
Tentative Tract Map No. NT2012 -002, Affordable Housing Implementation Plan No.
AH2012 -001, and Development Agreement No. DA2012 -003.
STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 4 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT
ITEM NO. 6 ANNOUNCEMENTS ON MATTERS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS
WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION, OR
REPORT.
ITEM NO. 7 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
ADJOURNMENT