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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019
REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M.
PETER ZAK
Chair
ERIK WEIGAND LEE LOWREY
Vice Chair Secretary
CURTIS ELLMORE
LAUREN KLEIMAN
PETER KOETTING
KORY KRAMER
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:
SEIMONE JURJIS, Community Development Director
JIM CAMPBELL, Deputy Community Development Director
YOLANDA SUMMERHILL, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
TIFFANY LIPPMAN, 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:
htto://www.newoortbeachca.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.
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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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.
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019
REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 P.M.
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 matterjurisdiction
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 MARCH 7, 2019
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 Mesa Drive Townhomes (PA2017-218)
Site Location: 20462 Santa Ana Avenue and 1501 Mesa Drive
Summary:
Demolition of two existing single-family residences and the construction of a new eight -unit residential
condominium development. The development would consist of two separate buildings, containing four
units each. Each unit will consist of four stories (including a roof deck) with an attached two -car garage.
Guest parking and common open space is included. A tract map is requested to merge the two existing
lots and allow for each of the eight units to be sold individually as condominiums.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15332 under Class 32 (In -Fill Development) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no
potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-008 approving Major Site Development Review SD2017-008
and Tentative Tract Map No. NT2017-003 (Attachment No. PC 1).
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ITEM NO. 3 E Art Gallery Appeal (PA2018-177)
Site Location: 2721 East Coast Highway
Summary:
Based on new information provided to them, the City Council requested the Planning Commission
reconsider Minor Use Permit Application No. UP2018-014. The application is for the approval to
operate a tattoo studio (Personal Services, Restricted land use) in an art gallery within an existing 513
square foot commercial space. Proposed hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 8:00, p.m., daily.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a
significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-009 approving Minor Use Permit No. UP2018-014 (Attachment
No. PC 1).
VIII. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO.4 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
IIA
ITEM NO. 5 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS
WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE
AGENDA.
ITEM NO. 6 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
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