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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS— 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014
REGULAR MEETING —6:30 p.m.
LARRYTUCKER
Chair
KORY KRAMER JAY MYERS
Vice Chair Secretary
TIM BROWN
BRADLEY HILLGREN
PETER KOETTING
RAYMOND LAWLER
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
BRITTANY RAMIREZ, Administrative Technician
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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each month at 6:30 p.m. The agendas, minutes, and staff reports are available on the City's web site at:
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Division located at 100 Civic Center Drive, during normal business hours. If you have any questions or require copies
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Division staff at(949) 644-3200.
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comment on agenda items before the Commission and items not on the agenda but are within the subject matter
jurisdiction of the Commission. The Commission may limit public comments to a reasonable amount of time,
generally three (3) minutes per person. All testimony given before the Planning Commission is recorded.
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Council for final action.
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS— 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014
REGULAR MEETING—6:30 p.m.
I. 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. 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 SEPTEMBER 18,2014
Recommended Action: Approve and file
VII. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes on all items. 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 Balboa Marina West MND (PA2012-103)
Site Location: 151 and 201 Coast Hwy E
Summary:
On the basis of the Initial Study, City staff has concluded that the Balboa Marina West Project would not
have a significant unavoidable impact on the environment and has therefore recommended preparation
of a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND). The Balboa Marina West Project is a proposal to construct a
new public boat dock in Lower Newport Bay and improve and expand the existing Balboa Marina. The
new public dock would include a gangway and 12 public boat slips including 8 new slips and 4 slips that
would be relocated to the public dock from the existing private Balboa Marina. In the private Balboa
Marina, 24 private boat slips and a new gangway are proposed. In the land-side area of the marina, the
Project proposes to demolish the existing Balboa Marina parking lot and a 1,200 SF building located at
201 East Coast Highway. In their place, a reconfigured parking lot and 19,400 SF marine commercial
building is proposed to house a yacht brokerage office, public restrooms, and a restaurant.
CEQA Compliance:
See Summary above.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. _ approving Negative Declaration ND2013-002 (SCH No.
2014081044) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act.
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ITEM NO. 3 Balboa Village Design Guidelines Update(PA2014-141)
Site Location: Balboa Village between Adams Street and A Street
Summary:
The Balboa Village Design Guidelines were adopted in 2002. An update to the Guidelines is proposed
to make them more user-friendly and to provide examples of fagade improvements.
CEQA Compliance:
The proposed action is not defined as a project and does not require environmental review under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves general policy and procedure
making activities not associated with a project and does not have the potential for resulting in a direct
physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment (Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines). The adoption of design guidelines does not
authorize any specific development or project and would only provide non-regulatory design
guidance for future projects that would be subject to CEQA.
Recommended Action:
1. Recommend adoption of the revisions to the Balboa Village Design Guidelines to the City
Council.
VIII. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO.4 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT
1. Update on the General Plan/Local Coastal Program Implementation Committee
2. Update on City Council Items
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
IX. ADJOURNMENT
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