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HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, November 05, 2020, 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:
Residences at 4400 Von Karman – The proposed project includes the development of 312 apartment units, a 284-space free-standing parking structure, an approximately one-acre public park, and reconfiguration of existing surface parking lots serving existing office buildings. The project would be located within the Koll Center Newport Professional and Business Office Site B, generally located between Von Karman Ave. and Birch St. in the vicinity of John Wayne Airport. Residential parking would be provided on site and within a proposed parking garage below the apartment units. Office parking would be reconfigured and replaced in the parking garage under the residential units, within a proposed free-standing parking structure, and in existing nearby surface parking areas that will be modified. Pedestrian walkways and enhanced landscaping will be provided to connect the proposed project, public park with the existing office park, and the abutting Uptown Newport mixed-use project presently under development.
The application consists of the following components:
• Planned Community Development Plan Amendment No. PD2020-001: An amendment of the Koll Center Newport Planned Community Development Standards (zoning) for the creation of a residential overlay zone to allow for residential uses within the Koll Center Newport Professional and Business Office Site B.
• Major Site Development Review No. SD2020-006: A site development review in accordance with the proposed Koll Center
Newport Planned Community amendment and Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) Section 20.52.80 (Site Development
Reviews) for the construction of the project.
• Traffic Study No. TS2020-001: A traffic study pursuant to NBMC Chapter 15.40 (Traffic Phasing Ordinance).
• Lot Line Adjustment No. LA2020-002: To reconfigure the two underlying parcels that comprise of the project site in order to
facilitate the proposed Project.
• Affordable Housing Implementation Plan No. AH2020-003: A program specifying how the proposed project would meet the City’s affordable housing requirements, in exchange for a request of a 20 percent increase in density. The applicant also seeks one development concession related to the number and mix of unit types pursuant NBMC Chapter 20.32 (Density Bonus) and Government Code Section 65915.
• Development Agreement No. DA2020-002: An agreement between the applicant and the City, which would provide vested right
to develop the proposed project, while also providing negotiated public benefits; and
• Addendum to the 2006 General Plan Update Program Environmental Impact Reports No. ER2020-003: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the addendum will address reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts resulting from the proposed development.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the City has prepared the Residences at 4400 Von Karman EIR addendum to the previously certified General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report SCH# 2006011119. To address reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts resulting from the proposed development, the City has determined that an addendum to the previously certified EIR is warranted pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Once completed, the document will be made available at
the Planning Division and may also be accessed online at www.newportbeachca.gov/ceqa.
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, November 4, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. In addition, members
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For questions regarding this public hearing item please contact Rosalinh Ung, Principal Planner, at 949-644-3208 or rung@newportbeachca.gov.
Project File No.: PA2020-061 Activity Nos.: PD2020-001, SD2020-006,TS2020-001, LA2020-002, DA2020-002, AH2020-003, & ER2020-003
Zone: PC 15 Koll Center General Plan: Mixed Use Horizontal 2 (MU-H2)
Location: 4400 Von Karman Avenue Applicant: TPG (KCN) Acquisition, LLC
Lauren Kleiman, Secretary, Planning Commission, City of Newport Beach