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FROM:
CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH
City Council Staff Report
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July 28, 2015
Agenda Item No. 12
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Community Development Department
Kimberly Brandt, AICP, Director
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Brenda Wisneski, Deputy Director Community Development
949 - 644 -3297; bwisneski(aDnewportbeachca.gov
Planning Commission Agenda Report for July 23, 2015
ITEM NO. 1 ELECTION OF OFFICERS
1. The Commission elected the officers to serve for the year.
• Chair — Kory Kramer
• ViceChair — TimBrown
• Secretary — Peter Koetting
2. Chair Kramer reappointed himself and Commissioner Hillgren to the General
Plan /LCP Committee, and appointed Commissioner Keotting.
ITEM NO. 2 MINUTES OF JUNE 18, 2015
The minutes were amended and approved.
AYES:
Brown, Hillgren, Kramer, Lawler
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
Koetting, Weigand, Zak
ITEM NO. 3 MINUTES OF JULY 9, 2015
The minutes were amended and approved.
AYES:
Brown, Hillgren, Koetting, Kramer, Lawler
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
Weigand, Zak
City Council Staff Report
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PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS:
ITEM NO. 4 VERIZON WIRELESS FACILITY (PA2014 -125)
Site Location: 1501 Superior Avenue
SUMMARY: A Conditional Use Permit to allow 12, eight -foot antennas, one microwave dish, 12
RRU's, and support equipment cabinets behind a new 12 -foot tall parapet screen
wall on the roof of an existing office building. The new parapet screen wall would
exceed the maximum height limits of 50 feet by 5 feet. The proposed support
equipment will include three equipment cabinets, two battery cabinets, three fiber
demarcation boxes, two GPS antennas, and one generator all within the existing
office building.
CEQA COMPLIANCE: The project is categorically exempt under Sections 15301 and 15303, of the
State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing
Facilities) and Class 3 (New Construction).
Principal Planner Jim Campbell provided a staff report, and discussion ensued.
Because of conflicts with the applicant's testimony and the submitted plans, the
Planning Commission voted to continue the item to August 20, 2105 to allow staff
to work with the applicant to clarify the design details as well as other questions.
AYES:
Brown, Hillgren, Koetting, Kramer, Lawler, Weigand, and Zak
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015
REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
July 28, 2015
Agenda Item No. 12
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. RECOGNITION OF JAY MYERS FOR HIS DEDICATION AND YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE PLANNING
COMMISSION
V. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
ITEM NO. 1
The Commission will elect officers to serve for the year.
• Chair
• Vice Chair
• Secretary
2. Appoint three Commissioners to the General Plan /LCP Committee
• Chair to appoint one additional member, and confirm or replace existing appointments.
VI. 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.
VII. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES
VIII.
ITEM NO.2 MINUTES OF JUNE 18, 2015
Recommended Action: Approve and file
ITEM NO. 3 MINUTES OF JULY 9, 2015
Recommended Action: Approve and file
IX. 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.4 VERIZON WIRELESS FACILITY (PA2014 -125)
Site Location: 1501 Superior Avenue
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Summary:
A Conditional Use Permit to allow 12, eight -foot antennas, one microwave dish, 12 RRU's, and support
equipment cabinets behind a new 12 -foot tall parapet screen wall on the roof of an existing office
building. The new parapet screen wall would exceed the maximum height limits of 50 feet by 5 feet. The
proposed support equipment will include three equipment cabinets, two battery cabinets, three fiber
demarcation boxes, two GPS antennas, and one generator all within the existing office building.
CEQA Compliance:
The project is categorically exempt under Sections 15301 and 15303, of the State CEQA (California
Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities) and Class 3 (New Construction).
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. approving Conditional Use Permit No. UP2014 -033.
STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
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1. Update on the General Plan /Local Coastal Program Implementation Committee
2. Update on City Council Items
3. Review of City's Residential Building Reports
ITEM NO. 7 ANNOUNCEMENTS ON MATTERS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS
WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION, OR
REPORT
ITEM NO. 8 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
ADJOURNMENT
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