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October 12, 2021
Agenda Item No. 13
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Seimone Jurjis, Community Development Director - 949-644-3232,
sjurjis@newportbeachca.gov
PREPARED BY: Jim Campbell, Deputy Community Development Director,
jcampbell@newportbeachca.gov
PHONE: 949-644-3210
TITLE: Planning Commission Agenda Report for October 7, 2021
ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
SUMMARY: Draft minutes from the September 9, 2021, meeting of the Planning Commission.
The Planning Commission considered the draft minutes and suggested edits from
a member of the public. The amended minutes were approved by the following
vote.
AYES: Ellmore, Kleiman, Koetting, Lowrey, Rosene, and Weigand
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Klaustermeier
ACTION: Approved as amended
ITEM NO. 2 APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE FORAMTION OF ADU AD HOC
COMMITTEE FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS UPDATE
(PA2021-113)
SUMMARY: Ad hoc committee member appointment to review potential changes to the assessor
unit regulations.
Chair Lowrey appointed Vice Chair Kleiman, Commissioner Weigand, and himself
to form the Ad hoc ADU committee.
AYES:
Ellmore, Klaustermeier, Kleiman, Koetting, Lowrey, Rosene, and
Weigand
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ACTION: Receive and file
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PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS:
ITEM NO. 3 NEW LOOK SKIN PLANNED COMMUNITY AMENDMENT (PA2021-047)
Site Location: 4241 MacArthur Boulevard
SUMMARY: A planned community development plan amendment for the Newport Place
Planned Community (PC -11) to allow a change in land use category from
Restaurant Site 1 to General Commercial Site 8. The applicant is proposing to
improve and convert the existing building to a skin care facility (medical office),
which is a permitted use within Commercial Site 8.
The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and took the recommended
action with amendments to recommend approval of the amendment to the City
Council by the following vote.
AYES:
Klaustermeier, Kleiman, Koetting, Rosene, and Weigand
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
RECUSAL:
Ellmore and Lowrey
ACTION: Recommend approval with modifications
ITEM NO. 4 BSP BRISTOL, LLC MEDICAL OFFICES (PA2020-052)
Site Location: 1400 and 1420 North Bristol Street
SUMMARY: A condominium conversion in conjunction with a tentative parcel map to convert
two existing two-story office buildings to medical office condominiums, creating
between 22 to 30 ownership units. The applicant is also requesting a modification
permit for the use of car lifts and a conditional use permit for the reduction of 21
on-site parking spaces to accommodate the conversion to medical office.
The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and approved the project
as recommended with modification to the draft resolution by the following vote.
AYES: Ellmore, Klaustermeier, Lowrey, and Weigand
NOES: Kleiman, Koetting, and Rosene
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ACTION: Recommend approval with modifications
ITEM NO. 5 CORONA DEL MAR 76 SERVICE STATION REMODEL (PA2019-027)
Site Location: 2201 East Coast Highway
SUMMARY: The Applicant proposes a conditional use permit and coastal development permit
to allow the remodel of an existing service repair station and convenience market,
including the addition of 232 square feet, to operate as a convenience market only.
The application includes a request for deviations from minimum lot size, setbacks
for the retail building, the location of the air/water dispenser, and minimum
landscaping requirements pursuant to Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC)
Section 20.48.210 (Service Stations). The application also includes the addition
of 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, accepted and implemented, this coastal development permit
and conditional use permit would supersede and replace Use Permit No. UP1580
that authorizes the existing facility.
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The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and approved the project
as recommended with modifications to the draft resolution by the following vote.
AYES:
Ellmore, Klaustermeier, Koetting, Lowrey, Rosene, and Weigand
NOES:
Kleiman
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ACTION: Recommend approval with modifications
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Agenda Item No. 13
NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2021
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.
V. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES
VI. CONSENT ITEMS
ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Recommended Action: Approve and file
VII. DISCUSSION ITEMS
ITEM NO.2 APPOINTMENTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE FORMATION OF ADU
AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS
UPDATE (PA2021-113)
The Chair will appoint two or three Commissioners creating an ad hoc committee to review
potential changes to the assessor dwelling unit regulations.
VIII. 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. 3 NEW LOOK SKIN PLANNED COMMUNITY AMENDMENT (PA2021-047)
Site Location: 4241 MacArthur Boulevard
Summary:
A planned community development plan amendment to the Newport Place Planned
Community (PC -11) affecting the referenced site location only to change its land use category
from Restaurant Site 1 to General Commercial Site 8. The applicant is proposing to improve
and convert the restaurant existing building to a skin care facility (medical office), which would
be a permitted use within the proposed Commercial Site 8 category.
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Recommended Action:
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
effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2021-028 recommending the City Council approve
Planned Community Development Plan Amendment No. PD2021-001.
ITEM NO. 4 BSP BRISTOL, LLC MEDICAL OFFICES (PA2020-052)
Site Location: 1400 and 1420 North Bristol Street
Summary:
A conditional use permit and traffic study to convert 70 percent of an existing professional
office complex to medical office use, which requires a reduction of 27 parking spaces. The
remaining 30 percent of floor area will remain as professional office use. The applicant also
requests a condominium conversion in conjunction with a tentative parcel map to convert both
existing two-story office buildings to condominiums, creating between 22 to 30 ownership
units.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. This project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant
to Section 15301 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines,
California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has not potential to
have a significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2021-027 approving Condominium Conversion
No. CC2020-002, Tentative Parcel Map No. NP2020-003, Conditional Use Permit
No. UP2020-185, and Traffic Study No. TS2021-001.
ITEM NO. 5 CORONA DEL MAR 76 SERVICE STATION REMODEL (PA2019-027)
Site Location: 2201 East Coast Highway
Summary:
Conditional use permit and coastal development permit to allow the remodel and 232 -square -
foot addition to an existing automobile service station and convenience market, to operate as
a convenience market only. The application includes a request for deviations from minimum
lot size, setbacks for the retail building, the location of the air/water dispenser, and minimum
landscaping requirements pursuant to Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC) Section
20.48.210 (Service Stations). The application also includes the addition of a Type 20 (Off -Sale
Beer and Wine) Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license. If approved, accepted and
implemented, this coastal development permit and conditional use permit would supersede
and replace Use Permit No. UP1580 that authorizes the existing facility.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Section 15301 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines,
because it has no potential to have a significant impact on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2021-029 approving Coastal Development Permit
No. CD2019-005 and Conditional Use Permit No. UP2019-004.
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IX. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 6 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 7 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR
MATTERS WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE
PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
ITEM NO. 8 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
X. ADJOURNMENT
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