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Home My WebLink About0.0 - Agenda CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS— 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 REGULAR MEETING —6:30 p.m. KORY KRAMER Chair TIM BROWN PETER KOETTING Vice Chair Secretary BRADLEY HILLGREN RAYMOND LAWLER ERIK WEIGAND PETER ZAK 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: BRENDA WISNESKI, Deputy Community Development Director MICHAEL TORRES, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer JENNIFER BIDDLE, Administrative Support Specialist 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. The agendas, minutes, and staff reports are available on the City's web site at: http://www.newportbeachca.gov and for public inspection in the Community Development Department, Planning Division located at 100 Civic Center Drive, during normal business hours. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the staff reports or other documentation, please contact the Community Development Department, Planning Division staff at(949) 644-3200. This Commission is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Among other things, the Brown Act requires that the Commission's agenda be posted at least 72 hours in advance of each meeting and that the public be allowed to 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. 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 of 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 Leilani Brown, City Clerk, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible (949-644-3005 or Ibrown@newportbeachca.gov). APPEAL PERIOD: Use Permit, Variance, Site Plan Review, and Modification Permit applications do not become effective until 14 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. Tentative Tract Map, Tentative Parcel Map, Lot Merger, and Lot Line Adjustment applications do not become effective until 10 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. General Plan and Zoning Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action. 1 of 4 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS— 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 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 OCTOBER 8,2015 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 TROESH RESIDENCE (PA2015-122) Site Location: 336 Catalina Drive and 333 La Jolla Drive Continued from October 8, 2015 Summary: In conjunction with the addition of a 4,451-square-foot detached dwelling, the applicant requests the following: Modification Permit - to allow a property that is nonconforming to add more than 10 percent of the existing floor area developed on site. A separate detached dwelling unit exists on the northerly half of the property and is considered nonconforming due to the size of the parking spaces. Variance - to allow a retaining wall and guardrail to exceed 42 inches in height within the 5-foot front setback adjacent to La Jolla Drive due to the topography of the property. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15303, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines - Class 3. Recommended Action: 1. Table consideration of the item, at the request of the applicant. ITEM NO. 3 MAGIC NAILS PARKING WAIVER(PA2015-194) Site Location: 3404 Via Lido 2of4 Planning Commission - November 5, 2015 Summary: Request for a Conditional Use Permit to waive the required parking associated with a nail salon which is proposed to include six chairs. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines– Class 1 (Existing Facilities) because the project involves the waiver of parking spaces for a use which is a negligible expansion from the previous use. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. approving Conditional Use Permit No. UP2015-044. ITEM NO. 4 VERIZON WIRELESS RIGHT-OF-WAY TELECOM APPEAL (PA2015-094) Site Location: 1 (CS) Narbonne (Northeast Corner of Spyglass Hill Road and EI Capitan Drive) Summary: Appeal of the Zoning Administrator's decision on September 10, 2015, to approve a minor use permit to construct a new Class 3 (Public Right-of-Way) wireless telecommunications facility within the public right-of-way at the northeastern corner of Spyglass Hill Road and EI Capitan Drive. The applicant proposes to replace an existing city light standard with a new 35-foot-high stealth light standard that includes screening for three (3) panel antennas and one (1) GPS antenna. The proposed support equipment would be installed within a new underground vault adjacent to the stealth light standard. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15303, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines – Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures). Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a de novo public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No.-0—upholding the Zoning Administrator's decision approving Minor Use Permit No. UP2015-024. ITEM NO. 5 FORMER CITY HALL LAND USE AND ZONING AMENDMENTS (PA2012-031) Site Location: 3300 Newport Boulevard and 475 32"d Street, Northeast corner of Newport Boulevard and 32nd Street Summary: In September of 2014, the City Council approved amendments to the General Plan, Coastal Land Use Plan, and the Zoning Code changing the land use and zoning designations of the former city hall site from Public Facilities to Mixed-use to facilitate the development of a 130-room hotel. The Coastal Land Use Plan Amendment also included a change to Policy 4.4.2-1 to establish a policy basis for higher height limits. On October 7, 2015, the California Coastal Commission modified the proposed Coastal Land Use Plan designation by approving a visitor-serving commercial designation and revising Policy 4.4.2-1 further limiting building height. The proposed General Plan, Coastal Land Use Plan and Zoning Code Amendments are required to be consistent with the Coastal Commission's approval. CEQA Compliance: An Environmental Impact Report (SCH#2013111022) has been prepared in connection with the application noted above. It is the present intention of the City to accept the Environmental Impact Report (EIR)and supporting documents provided the EIR is found adequate. 3 of 4 Planning Commission - November 5, 2015 Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. recommending City Council approval of General Plan Amendment No. GP2012-002, Coastal Land Use Plan Amendment No. LC2012- 001, and Zoning Code Amendment No. CA2012-003 as modified to be consistent with the California Coastal Commission's suggested modifications to LC2012-001. VIII. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 6 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ITEM NO. 7 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT 1. Update on the General Plan/Local Coastal Program Implementation Committee 2. Update on City Council Items 3. Update on Newport Center Villas (See memo) ITEM NO. 8 ANNOUNCEMENTS ON MATTERS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION, OR REPORT ITEM NO. 9 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES IX. ADJOURNMENT 4of4