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HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, February 20, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. or soon thereafter as the
matter shall be heard, a public hearing will be conducted in the Balboa Conference Room (Bay B-2nd Floor) at
100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach. The Hearing Officer of the City of Newport Beach will consider the
following application:
Balboa Realty Abatement Extension- Request for extension of the required Abatement Period specified by
Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 20.38.100 (Abatement Periods). The property is located in the Two-Unit
Residential (R-2) Zoning District and is developed with an existing 2,613-square-foot commercial building. The
previously approved abatement extension authorizes nonresidential uses to remain until November 30, 2021. The
property owner intends to remodel and reinvest in the existing building and requests to allow the existing
nonresidential use to continue to November 30, 2031, without abatement.
The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality
Act) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities).
All interested parties may appear and present testimony in regard to this application. If you challenge this project in
court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence
delivered to the City, at, or prior to, the public hearing. Administrative procedures for appeals are provided in the
Newport Beach Municipal Code Chapter 20.64 (Appeals). The application may be continued to a specific future
meeting date, and if such an action occurs, additional public notice of the continuance will not be provided.
The agenda, staff report, and corresponding documents will be available by end of business day on the Friday
preceding the public hearing, and may be reviewed at the Community Development Department Permit Center
(Bay C-1st Floor), at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660 or at the City of Newport Beach website
at www.newportbeachca.gov/hearingofficer. Individuals not able to attend the meeting may contact the Planning
Division or access the City’s website after the meeting to review the action on this application. All mail or written
communications (including email) from the public, residents, or applicants regarding an agenda item must be
submitted by 5 p.m. on the business day immediately prior to the meeting. This allows time for the Hearing Officer
to adequately consider the submitted correspondence.
For questions regarding this public hearing item please contact Patrick Achis, Planning Technician at 949-644-
3237, pachis@newportbeachca.gov.
Project File No.: PA2019-186 Activity No.: Abatement Extension
Zone: R-2 (Two-Unit Residential) General Plan: RT (Two-Unit Residential)
Location: 813 East Balboa Boulevard Applicant: Balboa Realty