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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2021 REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M.
LEE LOWREY Chair LAUREN KLEIMAN
0BVice Chair CURTIS ELLMORE Secretary
3BSARAH KLAUSTERMEIER 4BPETER KOETTING 5BMARK ROSENE
6BERIK WEIGAND
Planning Commissioners are citizens of Newport Beach who volunteer to serve on the Planning Commission. They were appointed by the City Council by majority vote for four-year terms. At the table in front are City staff members who are here to advise the Commission during the meeting. They are:
1BSEIMONE JURJIS, Community Development Director
2BJIM CAMPBELL, Deputy Community Development Director
YOLANDA SUMMERHILL, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer CLARIVEL RODRIGUEZ, Administrative Assistant
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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 stateyour 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 DEWELLING 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 isto 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.
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2.Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant toSection 15303 under Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the CEQAGuidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
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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 form 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