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GENERAL PLAN/LCP IMPLEMENTAION
COMMITTEE
ACTION MINUTES
Action Minutes of the General Plan/LCP Implementation Committee held at the City Council
Chambers, City of Newport Beach, on Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Members Present:
X
Ed Selich, Mayor, Chairman
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Leslie Daigle, Council Member
X
Don Webb, Council Member
X
Barry Eaton, Planning Commissioner
X
Robert Hawkins, Planning Commissioner
X
Michael Toer e, Planning Commissioner
Advisory Group Members Present:
X
Mark Cross
X
Larry Frapwell
William Guidero
X
Ian Harrison
X
Brion Jeannette
X
Don Krotee
X
Todd Schooler
Kevin Weeda
Dennis Wood
Staff Representatives:
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Sharon Wood, Assistant City Manager
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David Lepo, Planning Director
Aaron Harp, City Attorney
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James Campbell, Senior Planner
X
GreggRamirez, Senior Planner
X
Melinda Whelan, Assistant Planner
E = Excused Absence
Committee Actions
1. Agenda Item No. 1 — Approval of minutes for August 5, 2009.
Action: Committee approved draft minutes as corrected by Committee Member
Toerge. The correction was made to Committee Action 3. under 'The public
provided the following comments: A Corona Del Mar resident expressed
concern with the proposed changes to Floor Area Limit (gross floor area)
calculations and that there would be no maximum for basements."
Vote: Consensus
2. Agenda Item No. 2 — Draft Zoning Code Review — comments on Parts 3 and 4 of the
second public draft.
Action: The Committee reviewed comments prepared by Committee Member
Eaton for Part 3, where they left off at the end of the August 5th
meeting. The Committee and Advisory Members discussed and
directed staff to do the following among several formatting
corrections:
■ Section 20.30.020 subsection A.6.pg. 3-7 — revise to remove
strike and reinsert language
• Revise Section 20.30.050 subsection C. pg. 3-14 as well as
other sections that have this inconsistency — capitalize
"Review Authority" or don't capitalize but remain consistent
throughout
• Revise Section 20.30.060 subsection C.2.e. pg. 3-16 to strike
375 feet and replace with 300 feet
• Revise Section 20.30.070 subsection C.pg. 3-20 - add the
word shall to read "Exterior lights, shall consist of a light
source, reflector, and shielding device so that, together, the
light beam shall be controlled and shall not be directed across
a property line."
• Revise Section 20.30.110 pg. 3-23 - leave in language
"separation of incompatible land uses"
• Revise Section 20.32.120 subsection B.2. pg. 3-32 — remove
strikeout to reinsert the words "accessible and convenient"
• Revise Section 20.38.010 pg. 3-99 - remove strikeout to
maintain language from first draft
• Revise Section 20.38.030 pg. 3-99 subsection A. — replace
referenced subsection 20.48.050 A. with 20.38.050 A.
• Revise Section 20.38.020 subsection B. pg. 3-99 — staff will fix
last sentence — "use or interior tenant improvements for which
no discretionary approvals are otherwise required"
• Revise Section 20.40.040 on pg. 3-106 to add entry for
nonconforming parking, Section 20.40.060
• Revise Section 20.40.080 subsection B.3. pg. 3-112 — replace
Modification Permit with Minor Use Permit to be consistent in
the subsection
The Committee then reviewed comments prepared by Advisory
Members Todd Schooler and Brion Jeannette regarding Part 3. The
Committee and Advisory Members discussed and directed staff to do
the following among several formatting corrections:
• Revise Section 20.38.050 subsection A. pg. 3-100 — add
language to clarify the driveway exclusion provision
• Revise Section 20.38.060 subsection B.2. pg. 3-101 — add
'.project architects" to the list
• Revise Section 20.38.070 subsection E. — strike 5 and replace
with 4 feet for trees
• Revise Section 20.42.090 subsection A.1.Table 3-15 pg. 3-133
— minimum interior dimension depths for parking spaces
change from 20 feet to 19 feet for lots less than 40 feet in
width
• Revise Section 20.22.010 subsection E. pg. 3-28 — reinsert
marine related or visitor serving land uses language in the
second to last sentence by striking "shall be used", maintaining
"in a mixed use development for nonresidential uses" and then
adding "in which uses including marine related and visitor
serving uses are intermixed"
3. Agenda Item No. 3 — Items for Future Agenda
Staff will research and provide cost estimates for contracting professionals to
compile studies that compare current and proposed regulations regarding
maximum floor areas, specifically how large a dwelling(s) could be built using
the current development regulations versus how large a dwelling(s) could be
built using the proposed development regulations of the draft code for different
areas in the City.
The next meeting will be on September 2nd and the review will continue with
Part 4.
Vote: Consensus
4. Agenda Item No. 4 — Public Comments on non -agenda items
None.
Vote: Consensus
5. Agenda Item No. 5 — Adjourn
Meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.