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HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, March 04, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter shall be heard, a public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach. The Planning Commission of the City of Newport Beach will consider the following
application:
Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter – A conditional use permit to demolish an existing residential kennel and construct a new public animal shelter for cats and dogs. Project implementation would result in a
1,565-square-foot, single-story shelter and a 755-square-foot kennel housing up to 29 dogs. The project
would be open to the public, receive and hold stray animals, facilitate adoptions, and run as a designated
“no-kill” shelter. If approved, the applicant proposes to donate the project to the Newport Beach Police Department to be operated by Animal Control as the City’s permanent animal shelter.
The project is categorically exempt under Section 15303, of the State CEQA (California Environmental
Quality Act) Guidelines - Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures).
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.
SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING COVID-19
Given the Declaration of a State Emergency and Proclamation of Local Emergency related to COVID-19, we recommend that you submit your questions and comments in writing for Planning Commission consideration by sending them to the Community Development Department at
PlanningCommissioners@newportbeachca.gov. To give the Planning Commission adequate time to review
your questions and comments, please submit your written comments by Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. Please review the Planning Commission Agenda for participation instructions. The Agenda, staff report and corresponding documents will be posted to the City’s website at
www.newportbeachca.gov/planningcommission, by end of business day on Friday, February 26, 2021.
While the City does not expect there to be any changes to the above process for participating in this meeting,
if there is a change, the City will post the information as soon as possible to the City’s website. The City of Newport Beach thanks you in advance for continuing to take precautions to prevent the spread of the
COVID-19 virus. If you are unable to participate in the meeting via the process set forth in the agenda, please
contact the Planning Division at 949-644-3200 or CDD@newportbeachca.gov and our staff will attempt to
accommodate you.
For questions regarding this public hearing item please contact Patrick Achis, Assistant Planner, at 949-644-
3237 or pachis@newportbeachca.gov, 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Project File No.: PA2020-349 Activity No.: UP2020-193
Zone: Residential Kennel District of the Santa Ana
Heights Specific Plan Area (SP-7/RK) General Plan: Single-Unit Residential Detached
(RS-D)
Location: 20282 Riverside Drive Applicant: Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter
Lauren Kleiman, Secretary, Planning Commission, City of Newport Beach