HomeMy WebLinkAbout14 - Planning Commission AgendaAugust 25, 2020
Agenda Item No. 14
NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 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.
Please call 949-270-8165 during the meeting to provide public comments on non -agenda items.
V. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES
VI. CONSENT ITEMS
ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF JULY 23, 2020
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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 CORONA DEL MAR 76 SERVICE STATION REMODEL AND
CONVENIENCE STORE (PA2019-027)
Site Location: 2201 East Coast Highway
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Summary:
The Applicant proposes a coastal development permit and conditional use permit to allow the demolition
of the existing vehicle service building and convenience market and construct a new, two-story, 2,590 -
square -foot convenience store. The application includes a request for deviations from minimum lot size,
setbacks for the retail building and air/water dispenser, and minimum landscaping requirements pursuant
to Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) Section 20.48.210 (Service Stations). The application includes
the addition of a Type 20 (Off -Sale Beer and Wine) Alcoholic Beverage Control ("ABC') license. The
existing pump canopy, eight fuel dispensers, and below grade fuel infrastructure are to remain unchanged.
The convenience market would operate from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., daily, with alcohol sales from 6:00
a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. If approved, this conditional use permit and coastal development permit would
supersede Use Permit No. 1580 that authorizes the existing development and use.
Recommended Action:
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1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15303 under Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the CEQA
Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant impact on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2020-030 approving Coastal Development Permit No. CD2019-005
and Conditional Use Permit NO. UP2019-004 (Attachment No. PC 1).
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
ITEM NO. 3 CIRCULATION ELEMENT UPDATE
Site Location: Citywide
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Summary:
The City is presently evaluating and updating its General Plan with a focus on the Housing, Land Use,
and Circulation Elements in addition to environmental justice policies. The agenda item will be a
discussion of the Planning Commission's role with the update of the Circulation Element.
Recommended Action:
1. Review and provide input to staff; and
2. Determine this activity is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant
to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3
because this action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
IX. 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
X. ADJOURNMENT
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