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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 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
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:
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.
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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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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.
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020
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 JANUARY 23, 2020
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 AMENDMENT TO SETBACK MAP NO. S-1A (2019-216)
Site Location: 6501 and 6503 Seashore Drive
Summary:
Amendments to Title 20 (Zoning Code) and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) revising
Setback Map No. S-1A to adjust the required setbacks for property located at 6501 and 6503 Seashore
Drive. In conjunction with the amendments, the request includes revocation of Variance No. VA0012 and
Modification Permit No. MD2343, which previously authorized setback encroachments on the site for the
existing dwelling.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Section 15305 under Class 5 (Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations)
of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on
the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2020-002 recommending the City Council approve Code
Amendment No. CA2019-008.
4. Adopt Resolution No. PC2020-003 recommending the City Council authorize staff to
submit Local Coastal Program Amendment No. LC2019-007 to the California Coastal
Commission.
5. Adopt Resolution No. PC2020-004 recommending the City Council revoke Variance
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No. VA0012 and Modification No. MD234.
ITEM NO. 3 BONAKDAR INSTITUTE (2019-171)
Site Location: 20321 Irvine Avenue, Unit F3
Summary:
A conditional use permit to operate a 3,314-square-foot medical office that provides nonsurgical aesthetic
treatments focusing on facial and body contouring.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2.Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Section 15301 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines,
because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
3.Adopt Resolution No. PC2020-005 approving Conditional Use Permit No. UP2019-
045.
4.Direct the Community Development Director to prepare a Determination that medical
office uses and similar uses are consistent with the purpose and intent of the SP-
7/PA district and are, therefore, allowable.
ITEM NO. 4 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ORDINANCE (PA2019-248)
Site Location: Citywide
Summary:
Amendments to Title 20 (Zoning Code) and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan)
updating regulations pertaining to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units
(JADU) to conform with revisions to Government Code Sections 65852.2 and 65852.22 that went into
effect on January 1, 2020.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2.Find this project statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) pursuant to Section 15282(h) of the CEQA Guidelines, which states that
the adoption of an ordinance regarding second units to implement the provisions
of Sections 65852.1 and 65852.2 of the Government Code are exempt from the
requirements of CEQA;
3.Adopt Resolution No. PC2020-006 (Attachment No. PC 1) recommending the City
Council approve Zoning Code Amendment No. CA2019-009 modifying regulations
pertaining to accessory dwelling units; and
4.Adopt Resolution No. PC2020-007 (Attachment No. PC 2) recommending the City
Council authorize staff to submit Local Coastal Program Amendment No. LC2019-
008 to the California Coastal Commission.
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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
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