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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M.
PETER KOETTING
Chair
ERIK WEIGAND
Vice Chair
LEE LOWREY
Secretary
CURTIS ELLMORE
SARAH KLAUSTERMEIER LAUREN KLEIMAN
MARK ROSENE
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 four-year terms. At the table in front are City staff
members who are here to advise the Commission during the meeting. They are:
SEIMONE JURJIS, Community Development Director
JIM CAMPBELL, Deputy Community Development Director
YOLANDA SUMMERHILL, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
AMANDA LEE, Administrative Support Technician
SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING COVID-19
On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom proclaimed a State of Emergency in California as a result of the threat of COVID-19.
On March 12, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-25-20, which allows Council Members to attend City
Council meetings telephonically. Please be advised that to minimize the spread of COVID-19, some, or all, of the Newport
Beach City Council Members may attend this meeting telephonically.
Also, please be advised that on March 17, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20, which allows for the
public to participate in any meeting of the City Council telephonically or by other electronic means. Given the health risks
associated with COVID-19, the City of Newport Beach has decided to not have City Council Chambers open to the public
for this meeting. As a member of the public, if you would like to participate in this meeting, you can participate via the following
options:
1. You can submit your questions and comments in writing for Planning Commission consideration by sending them to the
Planning Commissioners at planningcommissioners@newportbeachca.gov. To give the Planning Commission adequate
time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments by Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at
5:00 p.m.
2. In addition, members of the public can participate in this meeting telephonically. Specifically, the meeting will be viewable
on NBTV and live streamed on the City’s website. If you are watching the meeting on NBTV or via the live stream, during
the meeting, phone numbers for the public to call and to comment on specific agenda items will be posted on the screen.
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meeting via the process set forth above, please contact the Community Development Department at (949-644-3200 or
CDD@newportbeachca.gov) and we will attempt to accommodate you.
The City of Newport Beach thanks you in advance for continuing to take precautions to prevent the spread of the
COVID-19 virus.
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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 website at:
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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.
Please Note: All mail or written communications (including email) from the public, residents, or applicants regarding an
agenda item must be submitted by 5 p.m. on the business day immediately prior to the meeting. This allows time for
the Planning Commission to adequately consider the submitted correspondence.
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least 72 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible (949-
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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,
Zoning, and Local Coastal Program Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action.
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 MAY 7, 2020
To comment on this item during the meeting, please call 949-270-8165.
Recommended Action: Approve and file
VII. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
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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.
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ITEM NO. 2 AT&T SMALL CELL SLC0796 APPEAL (PA2019-111)
Site Location: Public right-of-way, City streetlight number SLC0796. At the northwestern
corner of Balboa Boulevard and 30th Street.
To comment on this item during the meeting, please call 949-270-8165.
Summary:
An appeal of the Zoning Administrator’s decision on April 16, 2020, to approve a minor use permit allowing
the installation of a small cell wireless facility on a City-owned streetlight pole. Project implementation will
be fully contained within the public right-of-way on Balboa Boulevard and includes the following: (1)
Removal and replacement of an existing City streetlight; (2) Installation of a small cell wireless facility that
consists of four remote radio units, a raycap disconnect, and an omni-directional antenna within a 12-inch
diameter antenna screening shroud. This equipment would be fixed to the top of the replaced streetlight
pole for a maximum height of 34 feet, 9 inches. Support equipment will be in an adjacent below grade
vault.
Recommended Action:
1.Conduct a public hearing;
2.Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections
15302 and 15303 under Class 2 (Replacement or Reconstruction) and Class 3 (New Construction or
Conversion of Small Structures), respectively, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality
Act) Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no
potential to have a significant effect on the environment and the exceptions to the Class 3 exemption
under Section 15300.2 do not apply; and
3.Adopt Resolution No. PC2020-018 affirming the decision of the Zoning Administrator
and approving Minor Use Permit No. UP2019-030 with the attached Findings and
Conditions.
ITEM NO. 3 AT&T SMALL CELL SLC4653 CALL FOR REVIEW (PA2019-115)
Site Location: Public right-of-way, city streetlight number SLC4653. On the north side of
Bayside Drive, approximately 900 feet northwest of El Paseo Drive.
To comment on this item during the meeting, please call 949-270-8165.
Summary:
A call for review by the Planning Commission of the Zoning Administrator’s decision on April 16, 2020, to
approve a minor use permit allowing the installation of a small cell wireless facility on a City-owned
streetlight pole. Project implementation will be fully contained within the public right-of-way on Bayside
Drive and includes the following: (1) Removal and replacement of an existing City streetlight; (2)
Installation of a small cell wireless facility that consists of four remote radio units, a raycap disconnect, and
an omni-directional antenna within a 12-inch diameter antenna screening shroud. This equipment would
be fixed to the top of the replaced streetlight pole for a maximum height of 27 feet, 5 inches. Support
equipment will be in an adjacent below grade vault.
Recommended Action:
Receive and file. This item has been canceled because the call for review was not timely filed during the
14-day appeal/call for review period prescribed by the Newport Beach Municipal Code.
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ITEM NO. 4 NEWPORT AIRPORT VILLAGE (PA2014-225)
Site Location: 4525 MacArthur Boulevard
To comment on this item during the meeting, please call, 949-270-8165.
Summary:
The applications listed below would allow for the redevelopment of approximately 16.46 acres of the
northerly portion of the Campus Tract to create a new mixed-use commercial and residential
development. The site is located near at the corner of MacArthur Blvd. and Birch St. in the Airport Area
of the City. The site is currently allowed a maximum development of 358,498 square feet of
nonresidential uses by the General Plan and Zoning Code. If approved, the requested applications
would reduce nonresidential uses to 297,572 square feet and accommodate up to 444 dwelling units
on about a 7.14-acre portion of the project site that is not subjected to excessive noise or within a JWA
safety zone that would prohibit residential development.
The applicant, requests approval of the following legislative applications from the City of Newport
Beach:
•General Plan Amendment – To designate the site as an Anomaly on Table LU2 – Anomaly
Locations of the Land Use Element to change the land use category from AO (Airport Office and
Supporting uses) to MU-H2 (Mixed Use Horizontal). The proposed amendment includes no
additional dwelling units in beyond those currently allowed by the MU-H2 land use category of the
General Plan. The amendment would allow up to 329 base units that are already allowed by the
General Plan and up to 115 additional dwelling units would be allowed pursuant to State density
bonus law provided affordable housing units are constructed.
•Zoning Code Amendment – To change the zoning district of the project site from OA (Office
Airport) to PC (Newport Airport Village Planned Community).
•Planned Community Development Plan – To adopt the Newport Airport Village Planned
Community Development Plan (PCDP) that will include development and design regulations to
allow for mixed-use development with residential dwelling units, office, retail and other commercial
development and uses.
•Development Agreement – Review of a proposed development agreement that would provide
certain rights to develop the project consistent with the PCDP in exchange for negotiated public
benefits.
The applications listed would not authorize a specific development project at this time. The legislative
actions would only establish the policies and regulations that a future project proponent would need to
follow.
Recommended Action:
1.Conduct a public hearing;
2.Find that potential environmental impacts have been previously mitigated through the
implementation of the policies of the General Plan as evaluated in Program Environmental Impact
Report (PEIR) for the 2006 General Plan Update (SCH No. 2006011119) and the Supplemental
Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the 2014 Land Use Element Amendment (SCH No.
2013101064); therefore, in accordance with Section 15164 of the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) Guidelines, an addendum to the previously adopted PEIR and SEIR is the appropriate
environmental documentation for the Project;
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3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2020-020 recommending the City Council adoption of Environmental
Impact Report Addendum No. ER2020-002 and approval of General Plan Amendment No.
GP2014-004 (including a waiver of the neighborhood park dedication requirement pursuant to
General Plan Policy LU 6.15.13), Zoning Code Amendment No. CA2014-009, Planned Community
Development Plan No. PC2020-002 (including a waiver of the density standards of General Plan
Policy LU 6.15.7 pursuant to Government Code §65915(e)(1), and Development Agreement No.
DA2014-003 for the Newport Airport Village Planned Community Project, located at 4341, 4361,
and 4501 Birch Street; 4320, 4340, 4360, 4400, 4500, 4520, 4540, 4570, 4600 and 4630 Campus
Drive; and 4525, 4533, and 4647 MacArthur Boulevard (PA2014-225).
VIII.STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 6 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS
WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE
AGENDA.
ITEM NO. 7 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
IX.ADJOURNMENT