HomeMy WebLinkAbout20190711_Staff ReportCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR STAFF REPORT
July 11, 2019
Agenda Item No. 2
SUBJECT: Uptown Newport Parcel Map (PA2019-067)
Tentative Parcel Map No. NP2019-003
Orange County Parcel Map No. TPM No. 2019-122
SITE LOCATION: 4311 Uptown Newport Drive
APPLICANT: TSG – Parcel 1, LLC
OWNER: TSG – Parcel I, LLC
PLANNER: Liane Schuller, Planning Consultant
949-644-3200, lschuller@newportbeachca.gov
LAND USE AND ZONING
General Plan: MU-H2 (Mixed Use District Horizontal 2)
Zoning District: Uptown Newport PC
PROJECT SUMMARY
A Tentative Parcel Map to subdivide an existing 2.58-acre parcel into two parcels located
within Phase 1 of the Uptown Newport mixed-use residential development for conveyance
purposes only. No development or improvements are proposed as a part of this
application. Future development of the project site will be in compliance with the allowed
uses and development standards of the previously approved Planned Community (PC58
Uptown Newport).
RECOMMENDATION
1)Conduct a public hearing;
2)Adopt Draft Zoning Administrator Resolution No.__, approving Tentative Parcel Map
No. NP2019-003 (Attachment No. ZA 1).
BACKGROUND
On February 26, 2013, the City Council approved the following requests to accommodate
the Uptown Newport mixed-use residential planned community of up to 1,244 residential
units, 11,500 square feet of retail use, and two acres of public park space:
Environmental Impact Report No. ER2012-001 (SCH#2010051094): An
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to evaluate the environmental impacts resulting
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from the proposed project, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality
Act of 1970 (CEQA), as amended (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.),
and the State CEQA Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA (California Code of
Regulations, Title 14, Section 15000 et seq.).
Planned Community Development Plan Amendment No. PD2011-003: An
amendment to Planned Community Development Plan #15 (Koll Center Newport
Planned Community) to remove the subject property from the Koll Center Newport
Planned Community, pursuant to Chapter 20.66 (Amendments) of the Municipal
Code.
Planned Community Development Plan Adoption No. PC2012-001: A Planned
Community Development Plan (PCDP) adoption to establish the allowable land
uses, general development regulations, and implementation and administrative
procedures.
Tentative Tract Map No. NT2012-002: A tentative tract map to establish lots for
residential development purposes pursuant to Title 19 of the Municipal Code.
Traffic Study No. TS2012-005. A traffic study pursuant to Chapter 15.40 (Traffic
Phasing Ordinance) of the Municipal Code.
Affordable Housing Implementation Plan No. AH2012-001: A program specifying
how the proposed project would meet the City’s affordable housing req uirements,
pursuant to Chapter 19.53 (Inclusionary Housing) and Chapter 20.32 (Density
Bonus) of the Municipal Code.
Development Agreement No. DA2012-003: A Development Agreement between
the applicant and the City of Newport Beach describing development rights and
public benefits, pursuant to Section 15.45.020.A.2.a & c of the Municipal Code and
General Plan Land Use Policy LU6.15.12.
The project is being implemented in two separate phases. Phase 1 includes up to 680
residential units and up to 11,500 square feet of retail space, and has commenced in
2013 and anticipated to be completed in 2020. Phase 2 will include the remaining 564
residential units on the easterly portion of the property. Timing for Phase 2 construction
is contingent on the existing lease of the TowerJazz facility, which will expire in March
2022, but could be extended to March 2027 by TowerJazz.
DISCUSSION
The applicant is proposing a tentative parcel map to subdivide an existing, vacant
2.58 acre parcel into two parcels for future conveyance purposes only. The subject
parcel is located within Phase 1 of the Uptown Newport development, adjacent to
the under-construction one-acre Phase 1 neighborhood park. No development or
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improvements are proposed as a part of this application. Future development of
the project site will be in compliance with the allowed uses and development
standards of the previously approved Planned Community (PC58 Uptown
Newport).
The design of the tentative parcel map will not conflict with any easements
acquired by the public at-large for access through or use of property within the
development area.
Public improvements will be required of the Applicant in compliance with the
Municipal Code and Subdivision Map Act.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
All significant environmental concerns for the proposed project have been addressed in the
previously certified Environmental Impact Report No. ER2012-001 (SCH No. 2010051094),
and the City of Newport Beach intends to use said document for the above noted project,
and further that there are no additional reasonable alternative or mitigation measures that
should be considered in conjunction with said project. Copies of the previously prepared
environmental document are available for public review and inspection at the Planning
Division or at the City of Newport Beach website at
www.newportbeachca.gov/ceqadocuments.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of this public hearing was published in the Daily Pilot, mailed to all owners of
property within 300 feet of the boundaries of the site (excluding intervening rights-of-way
and waterways), including the applicant, and posted on the subject property at least 10
days before the scheduled hearing, consistent with the provisions of the Municipal Code.
Additionally, the item appeared on the agenda for this meeting, which was posted at City
Hall and on the City website.
APPEAL PERIOD
An appeal may be filed with the Director of Community Development within ten (10) days
following the date of action. For additional information on filing an appeal, contact the
Planning Division at (949) 644-3200.
Prepared by:
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Attachments: ZA 1 Draft Resolution
ZA 2 Vicinity Map
ZA 3 Tentative Parcel Map No. NP2019-003
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Attachment No. ZA 1
Draft Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. ZA2019-###
A RESOLUTION OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA APPROVING
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. NP2019-003 CREATING TWO
PARCELS AT 4311 UPTOWN NEWPORT DRIVE (PA2019-067)
THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH HEREBY FINDS AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF FACTS.
1. An application was filed by TSG-Parcel 1, LLC (“Applicant”), with respect to property
located at 4311 Uptown Newport Drive, and legally described as Lot 1 of Tract No. 17763,
in the City of Newport Beach, County of Orange, State of California, as shown on a map
recorded in Book 937, Pages 17 to 23, inclusive of miscellaneous maps in the records of
said County, requesting approval of a tentative parcel map.
2. The applicant proposes to subdivide an existing 2.58 acre parcel into two parcels for
conveyance purposes. No exceptions to Title 19 (Subdivision Code) development
standards are proposed with this application.
3. The project site is currently a vacant undeveloped lot. No development or improvements
are proposed as part of this application. The site is located within Phase 1 of the Uptown
Newport mixed-use residential development for conveyance purposes only. Future
development of the project site will be in compliance with the allowed uses and
development standards of the previously approved Planned Community (PC58 Uptown
Newport).
4. The subject property is located within the Airport Business Area and has a General Plan
designation of Mixed-Use District Horizontal-2 (MU-H2). The Uptown Newport Planned
Community Development Plan (Uptown Newport PC) has been adopted to regulate
development within the subject property.
5. The subject property is not located within the Coastal Zone.
6. A public hearing was held on July 11, 2019 in the Corona del Mar Conference Room (Bay
E-1st Floor) at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach. A notice of time, place and
purpose of the meeting was given in accordance with the Newport Beach Municipal
Code. Evidence, both written and oral, was presented to, and considered by, the Zoning
Administrator at this meeting.
SECTION 2. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT DETERMINATION.
1. All significant environmental concerns for the proposed project have been addressed in
the previously certified Environmental Impact Report No. ER2012-001 (SCH No.
2010051094), and the City of Newport Beach intends to use said document for the above
noted project. Furthermore, there are no additional reasonable alternative or mitigation
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measures that should be considered in conjunction with said project. Copies of the
previously prepared environmental document are available for public review and
inspection at the Planning Division or at the City of Newport Beach website at
www.newportbeachca.gov/ceqadocuments.
SECTION 3. REQUIRED FINDINGS.
The Zoning Administrator determined in this case that the Tentative Parcel Map is consistent
with the legislative intent of NBMC Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) and is approved based on
the following findings per NBMC Section 19.12.070 (Required Findings for Action on Tentative
Maps):
Finding:
A. That the proposed map and the design or improvements of the subdivision are
consistent with the General Plan and any applicable specific plan, and with applicable
provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this Subdivision Code.
Facts in Support of Finding:
1. The Property has a General Plan designation of Mixed -Use District Horizontal-2 (MU-
H2), and the Property is located within the Airport Business Area. The Uptown Newport
PC has been adopted to regulate development within the subject property.
2. No development or improvements are proposed with the proposed tentative parcel map.
Any improvements are required to comply with past or future approvals. Prior to
development of the site pursuant to the Uptown Newport PC, subsequent final maps to
implement the proposed parcels and improvements shown on Tentative Tract Map No.
17763 will be submitted to the City for review and approval.
Finding:
B. That the site is physically suitable for the type and density of development.
Fact in Support of Finding:
1. No development or improvements are proposed in conjunction with the proposed
tentative parcel map. All improvements are required to comply with past approvals and
the Uptown Newport PC.
Finding:
C. That the design of the subdivision or the proposed improvements are not likely to cause
substantial environmental damage nor substantially and avoidably injure fish or wildlife
or their habitat. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, the decision making body may
nevertheless approve such a subdivision if an environmental impact report was
prepared for the project and a finding was made pursuant to Section 21081 of the
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California Environmental Quality Act that specific economic, social, or other
considerations make infeasible the mitigation measures or project alternatives identified
in the environmental impact report.
Fact in Support of Finding:
1. This project has been reviewed and is deemed consistent with the previously certified
Environmental Impact Report No. ER2012-001 (SCH No. 2010051094) for the Uptown
Newport project.
Finding:
D. That the design of the subdivision or the type of improvements is not likely to cause
serious public health problems.
Fact in Support of Finding:
1. No development or improvements are proposed with the proposed tentative parcel map.
Any improvements are required to comply with past approvals and the Uptown Newport
PC. All future development or construction will require future applications and approvals
and will comply with all Building, Public Works, and Fire Codes, which are in place to
prevent serious public health problems. All ordinances of the City and all Conditions of
Approval will be complied with.
Finding:
E. That the design of the subdivision or the type of improvements will not conflict with
easements, acquired by the public at large, for access through or use of property within
the proposed subdivision. In this connection, the decision making body may approve a
map if it finds that alternate easements, for access or for use, will be provided and that
these easements will be substantially equivalent to ones previously acquired by the
public. This finding shall apply only to easements of record or to easements established
by judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and no authority is hereby granted to
the City Council to determine that the public at large has acquired easements for access
through or use of property within a subdivision.
Facts in Support of Finding:
1. The design of the development will not conflict with any existing easements acquired by
the public at large, for access through, or use of property within the proposed
development, because there are no public easements located on the property.
2. A Declaration of Easements is proposed to be recorded concurrent with the recordation
of this tentative parcel map for ingress, egress, reciprocal parking and traffic circulation,
and utilities. The Declaration of Easements provides for access, circulation, parking,
and utility services to serve each of the proposed parcels.
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Finding:
F. That, subject to the detailed provisions of Section 66474.4 of the Subdivision Map Act,
if the land is subject to a contract entered into pursuant to the California Land
Conservation Act of 1965 (Williamson Act), the resulting parcels following a subdivision
of the land would not be too small to sustain their agricultural use or the subdivision will
result in residential development incidental to the commercial agricultural use of the
land.
Fact in Support of Finding:
1. The property is not subject to the Williamson Act because the subject property is not
designated as an agricultural preserve and is less than 100 acres in area.
Finding:
G. That, in the case of a “land project” as defined in Section 11000.5 of the California
Business and Professions Code: (1) There is an adopted specific plan for the area to be
included within the land project; and (2) the decision making body finds that the
proposed land project is consistent with the specific plan for the area.
Facts in Support of Finding:
1. California Business and Professions Code Section 11000.5 has been repealed by the
Legislature. However, this project site is not considered a “land project” as previously
defined in Section 11000.5 of the California Business and Professions Code because
the project site does not contain 50 or more parcels of land.
2. The project is a vacant lot located within the Uptown Newport PC and no development
or improvements are proposed in conjunction with the proposed tentative parcel map.
Any improvements require compliance with existing approvals or as required per the
Uptown Newport PC.
Finding:
H. That solar access and passive heating and cooling design requirements have been
satisfied in accordance with Sections 66473.1 and 66475.3 of the Subdivision Map Act.
Fact in Support of Finding:
1. The proposed parcel map and improvements a re subject to Title 24 of the California
Building Code that requires new construction to meet minimum heating and cooling
efficiency standards depending on location and climate. The Newport Beach Building
Division enforces Title 24 compliance through the plan check and inspection process.
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Finding:
I. That the subdivision is consistent with Section 66412.3 of the Subdivision Map Act and
Section 65584 of the California Government Code regarding the City’s share of the
regional housing need and that it balances the housing needs of the region against the
public service needs of the City’s residents and available fiscal and environmental
resources.
Fact in Support of Finding:
1. The tentative parcel map proposes the subdivision of one lot into two lots. No
development or improvements are proposed. Any improvements require compliance
with existing approvals and the Uptown Newport PC which include construction of
housing. Therefore, the proposed tentative parcel map will not affect the City in meeting
its regional housing need.
Finding:
J. That the discharge of waste from the proposed subdivision into the existing sewer
system will not result in a violation of existing requirements prescribed by the Regional
Water Quality Control Board.
Fact in Support of Finding:
1. No development or improvements are proposed. Existing wastewater discharge into
the existing sewer system are designed to comply with the Regional Water Quality
Control Board (RWQCB) requirements.
Finding:
K. For subdivisions lying partly or wholly within the Coastal Zone, that the subdivision
conforms with the certified Local Coastal Program and, where applicable, with public
access and recreation policies of Chapter Three of the Coastal Act.
Fact in Support of Finding:
1. The project is not located within the Coastal Zone.
SECTION 4. DECISION.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1. The Zoning Administrator of the City of Newport Beach hereby approves Tentative Parcel
Map No. NP2019-003, subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit A, which is attached
hereto and incorporated by reference.
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2. This action shall become final and effective ten days after the adoption of this Resolution
unless within such time an appeal is filed with the Director of Community Development in
accordance with the provisions of Title 19 Subdivisions, of the Newport Beach Municipal
Code.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 11th DAY OF JULY, 2019.
_____________________________________
Rosalinh Ung
Zoning Administrator
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EXHIBIT “A”
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
1. A parcel map shall be recorded. The map shall be prepared on the California coordinate
system (NAD83). Prior to recordation of the map, the surveyor/engineer preparing the
map shall submit to the County Surveyor and the City of Newport Beach a digital-graphic
file of said map in a manner described in Section 7-9-330 and 7-9-337 of the Orange
County Subdivision Code and Orange County Subdivision Manual, Subarticle 18. The
map to be submitted to the City of Newport Beach shall comply with the City’s
CADD Standards. Scanned images will not be accepted.
2. Prior to recordation of the parcel map, the surveyor/engineer preparing the map shall tie
the boundary of the map into the Horizontal Control System established by the County
Surveyor in a manner described in Sections 7-9-330 and 7-9-337 of the Orange County
Subdivision Code and Orange County Subdivision Manu al, Subarticle 18. Monuments
(one inch iron pipe with tag) shall be set on each lot corner unless otherwise approved
by the Subdivision Engineer. Monuments shall be protected in place if installed prior to
completion of construction project.
3. The existing cul-de-sac configuration of Capitan Court shall be maintained until such
time as the Phase 2 roadway configuration is complete.
4. The approval of Tentative Parcel Map No. NP2019-003 shall be for conveyance
purposes only.
5. This parcel map shall expire if the map has not been recorded within 24 months of the
date of approval, unless an extension is granted by the Director of Community
Development in accordance with the provisions of Section 19.16 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code.
6. To the fullest extent permitted by law, applicant shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless City, its City Council, its boards and commissions, officials, officers,
employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, demands, obligations,
damages, actions, causes of action, suits, losses, judgments, fines, penalties, liabilities,
costs and expenses (including without limitation, attorney’s fees, disbursements and
court costs) of every kind and nature whatsoever which may arise from or in any manner
relate (directly or indirectly) to City’s approval of the Uptown Newport Parcel Map
including, but not limited to, Tentative Parcel Map No. NP2019-003 (PA2019-067). This
indemnification shall include, but not be limited to, damages awarded against the City,
if any, costs of suit, attorneys' fees, and other expenses incurred in connection with such
claim, action, causes of action, suit or proceeding whether incurred by applicant, City,
and/or the parties initiating or bringing such proceeding. The applicant shall indemnify
the City for all of City's costs, attorneys' fees, and damages which City incurs in enforcing
the indemnification provisions set forth in this condition. The applicant shall pay to the
City upon demand any amount owed to the City pursuant to the indemnification
requirements prescribed in this condition.
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Attachment No. ZA 2
Vicinity Map
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VICINITY MAP
Tentative Parcel Map No. NP2019-003
PA2019-067
4311 Uptown Newport Drive
Subject Property
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Attachment No. ZA 3
Tentative Parcel Map
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