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Home My WebLink About13 - Planning Commission Agenda and Action ReportSEW P0_ u rte-_ s c "9<! FO RNP TO: FROM: CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH City Council Staff Report October 22, 2019 Agenda Item No. 13 HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Seimone Jurjis, Community Development Director - 949-644-3232, sjurjis@newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: Jim Campbell, Deputy Community Development Director, jcampbell@newportbeachca.gov PHONE: 949-644-3210 TITLE: Planning Commission Agenda Report for October 17, 2019 ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF OCTOBER 3, 2019 SUMMARY: Draft minutes from the October 3, 2019, meeting of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission approved the minutes as prepared. AYES: Klaustermeier, Koetting, Rosene and Weigand NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Ellmore, Kleiman, and Lowrey ACTION: Approved. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2 THE GARDEN OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE (PA2019-023) Site Location: 215 Riverside Avenue SUMMARY: A coastal development permit to demolish an existing restaurant/office building and associated surface parking lot, and to construct a new 41 -space, two-level parking structure and a 2,744 square -foot office building. A conditional use permit is required to authorize the parking structure adjacent to residentially zoned property. The project includes hardscape, drainage, and landscape improvements. The proposed development complies with all applicable development standards including height, setbacks, and floor area limits. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and approved the project as recommended with modifications to the conditions. AYES: Ellmore, Klaustermeier, Kleiman, Koetting, Lowrey and Rosene NOES: Weigand ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ACTION: Approved as amended. 13-1 Planning Commission Agenda Report for October 17, 2019 October 22, 2019 Page 2 ITEM NO. 3 APPEAL OF SHEEHY RESIDENCE CDP (PA2017-179) Site Location: 2495 Ocean Boulevard SUMMARY: An appeal of the Zoning Administrator's July 11, 2019, decision to approve Coastal Development Permit No. CD2017-076 related to the demolition of an existing single-family residence and detached one -car garage, and the construction of a new 6,630 -square -foot, single-family residence with an attached 656 -square -foot, three -car garage located at 2495 Ocean Boulevard. The proposed development also includes accessory elements such as walls, fences, patios, hardscape, swimming pool, drainage devices and landscaping. The proposed project complies with all applicable development standards and no deviations are requested. The appeal was filed by a neighboring resident. The Planning Commission continued the item to the November 21, 2019, meeting at the request of the appellant and applicant. AYES: Klaustermeier, Kleiman, Koetting, Lowrey, Rosene and Weigand NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Ellmore ACTION: Item continued until the November 21, 2019, Planning Commission Meeting ITEM NO. 4 COTTAGE PRESERVATION CODE AND LCP AMENDMENTS (PA2019-181) Site Location: Citywide SUMMARY: Amendments to the Local Coastal Program (Coastal Land Use Plan and Implementation Plan), Newport Beach Municipal Code Title 20 (Planning and Zoning), and Title 15 (Building and Construction) to incentivize the preservation of cottages. Specifically, the amendments would allow larger additions of up to fifty (50) percent of the existing floor area of a residential development that is nonconforming due to parking when the project would result in the preservation of the cottage character of the development and a building envelope representative of traditional development patterns in the City. Eligible projects would also receive relief from a building code valuation threshold, which requires building code compliance as new construction. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and provided direction to staff to continue to work on the draft ordinance to refine and improve it. The Commission continued the amendment to a date uncertain. Notice of a future hearing will be provided in accordance with the Municipal Code. AYES: Ellmore, Klaustermeier, Koetting, Rosene and Weigand NOES: Kleiman and Lowrey ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ACTION: Item continued to an undetermined date 13-2 October 22, 2019 Agenda Item No. 13 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019 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 3, 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 THE GARDEN OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE (PA2019-023) Site Location: 215 Riverside Avenue Summary: A coastal development permit to demolish an existing restaurant/office building and associated surface parking lot, and to construct a new 41 -space, two-level parking structure and a 2,744 square -foot office building. A conditional use permit is required to authorize the parking structure adjacent to residentially zoned property. The project includes hardscape, drainage, and landscape improvements. The proposed development complies with all applicable development standards including height, setbacks, and floor area limits. 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 (Infill) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and 3. Adopt Draft Planning Commission Resolution No. PC2019-031 approving Coastal Development Permit No. CD2019-003 and Conditional Use Permit No. UP2019- 003. 1 of 3 ITEM NO. 3 APPEAL OF SHEEHY RESIDENCE CDP (PA2017-179) Site Location: 2495 Ocean Boulevard Summary: An appeal of the Zoning Administrator's July 11, 2019, decision to approve Coastal Development Permit No. CD2017-076 related to the demolition of an existing single-family residence and detached one -car garage, and the construction of a new 6,630 -square -foot, single-family residence with an attached 656 -square -foot, three -car garage located at 2495 Ocean Boulevard. The proposed development also includes accessory elements such as walls, fences, patios, hardscape, swimming pool, drainage devices and landscaping. The proposed project complies with all applicable development standards and no deviations are requested. The appeal was filed by a neighboring resident. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a de novo public hearing; Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303 - Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and 3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-029, upholding and affirming the Zoning Administrator's approval of Coastal Development Permit No. CD2017-076. ITEM NO. 4 COTTAGE PRESERVATION CODE AND LCP AMENDMENTS (PA2019-181) Site Location: Citywide Summary: The City is proposing amendments to the Local Coastal Program (Coastal Land Use Plan and Implementation Plan), Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) Title 20 (Planning and Zoning), and Title 15 (Building and Construction) to provide an option to preserve traditional beach cottages. Typically, cottages do not provide all the code -required parking and additions are limited to 10 percent of the existing floor area. The amendments would allow larger additions of up to 50 percent of the existing floor area without providing the minimum code - required parking when the project would result in the preservation of the cottage character and building envelope that is representative of traditional development patterns in the City. Eligible projects would also receive relief from a building code valuation threshold requiring building code compliance as new construction. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; 2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 21065 of CEQA and State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060 (c)(2),15060 (c)(3), and 15378. The proposed action is also exempt pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; 3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-033 recommending the City Council approve Code Amendment No. CA2019-006; and 4. Adopt Resolution No. PC2019-034 recommending the City Council authorize staff to submit Local Coastal Program Amendment No. LC2019-004 to the California Coastal Commission. 2 of 3 VIII. DISCUSSION ITEMS ITEM NO. 5 REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT (RHNA) Summary: Staff will provide a presentation providing an update regarding the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) process. The presentation will include the regional determination made by the State Department of Housing and Community Development and current draft allocation methodology recommended by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). IX. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 6 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ITEM NO. 7 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM NO. 8 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES X. 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