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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-16-2020_ZA_MinutesPage 1 of 2 NEWPORT BEACH ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MINUTES 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2020 REGULAR MEETING – 10:00 A.M. I. CALL TO ORDER – The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. Staff Present: Jaime Murillo, Zoning Administrator Chelsea Crager, Associate Planner II. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES None. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF JUNE 25, 2020 Action: Approved IV. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ITEM NO. 2 109 and 111 Bayside Place Slope Restoration Coastal Development Permit No. CD2020- 048 (PA2020-064) Site Location: 109 and 111 Bayside Place Council District 6 Chelsea Crager, Associate Planner, provided a brief project description stating that the project is a coastal development permit for the installation of a 24-inch v-ditch and matting system with non-invasive and water efficient landscaping. The purpose is restore a slope that failed in December 2010. Since the slope failure, the slope has been controlled with a temporary system of plastic sheeting and sandbags. The development area is located on the inland side of a private road. There are four adjacent properties upslope of the subject properties, and 239 and 301 Carnation Avenue are most impacted. A memorandum from the soils engineer stated that the proposed work is necessary to protect existing development. The project will not affect public views or public access. The project’s consistency with local coastal program bluff erosion policies is detailed in the staff report and draft resolution. A condition of approval requiring a waiver of future protection was inadvertently left out of the draft resolution and should be included. Zoning Administrator Murillo inquired about the reason for the delay in a permanent solution to the slope failure. Associate Planner Crager noted that it has since been controlled with temporary plastic sheeting and sandbags, and that the Applicant may have insight into timing. Zoning Administrator Murillo noted that the project is unique in that the properties above are located in the Bluff Overlay of the Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan, though the subject properties are not. Area C of the Bluff Overlay allows for drainage and landscaping, and the project is consistent with the standards of the Bluff Overlay Area C. Policy 2.8.6-5 should be revised, because the bluff is no longer subject to marine erosion, to state that the proposed development does not alter the natural shoreline process of marine erosion, however it is necessary to protect existing principal residential structures along Bayside Place and Carnation Avenue as detailed in the memorandum prepared by G3SoilWorks. The project will not result in any impacts to local shoreline sand supply. This will clarify that this project will not have any impact on the natural erosion process that results in sand nourishment along beaches, because there is a road and existing home development below. Applicant Jake Winkle noted that the project has taken several years due to civil litigation, changes of ownership, and preparation of plans and permits for the slope repair. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE NEWPORT BEACH ZONING ADMINISTRATOR 07/16/2020 Page 2 of 2 Applicant Jake Winkle, on behalf of the Owner, stated that he had reviewed the draft resolution and agrees with all of the required conditions, including the waiver of future protection. The Zoning Administrator opened the public hearing. Seeing that no one from the public wished to comment, the public hearing was closed. Action: Approved as amended V. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS None. VI. ADJOURNMENT The hearing was adjourned at 10:10 a.m. The agenda for the Zoning Administrator Hearing was posted on July 10, 2020, at 2:30 p.m. on the digital display board located inside the vestibule of the Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive and on the City’s website on July 10, 2020, at 2:15 p.m.