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Home My WebLink About24 - Planning Commission Agenda - 06-19-2003June 24, 2003 PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Agenda Item No. 24 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, June 19, 2003 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. STEVEN KISER Chairman EARL MCDANIEL ANNE GIFFORD 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: PATRICIA TEMPLE, Planning Director GINGER VARIN, Planning Commission Secretary JAMES CAMPBELL, Senior Planner 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 Tuesdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. Staff reports or other written documentation have been prepared for each item of business listed on the agenda. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the staff reports or other documentation please contact the Planning Department staff at (949) 644 -3200. The agendas, minutes and staff reports are also available on the City's web site. The address is: http://www.dty.newport- beach.ca.us/. It is the intention of the City of Newport Beach to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant at this meeting, you will need special assistance beyond what is normally provided, the City of Newport Beach will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner. Please contact Ginger Varin, Planning Commission Secretary at (949) 644 -3232, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to inform.us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible. 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. 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. NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Council Chambers - 3300 Newport Boulevard June 19, 2003 CALL TO ORDER 6:30 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: 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. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES: CONSENT CALENDAR Notice to the Public All.matter(s) listed under CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 1 -2) are considered by the Commission to be routine and will all be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. The Planning Commission Members have received detailed staff reports on each of the items recommending an action. There will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the time the Commission votes on the motion unless members of the Commission, staff or the public request specific items to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Members of the public who wish to discuss a Consent Calendar item should come forward to the lectern upon invitation by the Chairman, state their name and Consent Calendar Item number. ITEM NO. 1. Minutes of the adjourned and regular meeting of June 5, 2003. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. General Plan Initiation SUMMARY: Initiation of amendments to the General Plan and the Zoning Code relating to the annexation of West Santa Ana Heights. ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2003 - recommending initiation of a General Plan amendment (GPI 2003 -004) to the City Council and initiating code amendment (CA 2003 -006). ALL TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS TAPE RECORDED. SPEAKERS MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES ONALL ITEMS. (Red light signifies when three minutes are up; yellow light signYies that the speaker has one minute left for summation.) HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 3. SUBJECT: Senk Residence (PA2003 -091) 207 Evening Canyon SUMMARY: Appeal of the approval of Modification Permit No. 2003 -038 for the construction of a new, single - family dwelling with an entry trellis structure that will encroach 4 feet into the 15 -foot front yard setback and a second floor planter box to encroach 2 -feet 6- inches into the 15 -foot front yard setback ACTION: Uphold, modify or reverse the decision of the Modifications Committee for Modification Permit No. 2003 -038 ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: Legere General Plan Amendment (PA2003 -099) 813 East Balboa Boulevard SUMMARY: Request for a General Plan Amendment and Local Coastal Program to change the land use designation on a single lot from Retail and Service Commercial to Two family Residential and a Code Amendment to change the zoning designation of the subject property from Specific Plan No. 8 (RSC) to Specific Plan No. 8 (R -2). ACTION: Recommend approval of the applications to the City Council by adopting the attached draft resolution for General Plan Amendment 2003 -003, Local Coastal Program Amendment No. 2003 -002 and Code Amendment No. 2003 -005 ITEM NO. 5. SUBJECT: Housing Element (PA2003 -130) SUMMARY: In accordance with the State of California General Plan and Zoning Laws, the City of Newport Beach has prepared a Draft Housing Element. The Element is an update and re- format of the existing Housing Element and includes updated Regional Housing Needs Assessment figures as mandated by State Law. ACTION: Recommend City Council approval of the Housing Element General Plan Amendment 2003 -004 (PA2003 -130) and certification of the proposed Negative Declaration. 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 - ADJOURNMENT