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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2021
REGULAR MEETING - 6:30 P.M.
LEE LOWREY
Chair
LAUREN KLEIMAN
Vice Chair
CURTIS ELLMORE
Secretary
SARAH KLAUSTERMEIER PETER KOETTING
MARK ROSENE
ERIK 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:
SEIMONE JURJIS, Community Development Director
JIM CAMPBELL, Deputy Community Development Director
YOLANDA SUMMERHILL, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
CLARIVEL RODRIGUEZ, Administrative Assistant
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Regular meetings of the Planning Commission are held on the Thursdays preceding second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month at 6:30 p.m. The agendas, minutes, and staff reports are available on the City's website at:
http://www.newportbeachca.gov and for public inspection in the Community Development Department, Planning Division
located at 100 Civic Center Drive, during normal business hours. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the
staff reports or other documentation, please contact the Community Development Department, Planning Division staff at 949-
644-3200.
This Commission is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Among other things, the Brown Act requires that the Commission’s
agenda be posted at least 72 hours in advance of each meeting and that the public be allowed to comment on agenda items
before the Commission and items not on the agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. The
Commission may limit public comments to a reasonable amount of time, generally three (3) minutes per person. All testimony
given before the Planning Commission is recorded.
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agenda item must be submitted by 5 p.m. on the business day immediately prior to the meeting. This allows time for
the Planning Commission to adequately consider the submitted correspondence.
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until 14 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with
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Adjustment applications do not become effective until 10 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal
may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. General Plan,
Zoning, and Local Coastal Program Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action.
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 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 NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Recommended Action: Approve and file
VII. 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. 2 SKAI RESTAURANT MINOR USE PERMIT (PA2021-149)
Site Location: 3400 Via Oporto, Suite 104
Summary:
The proposed project would authorize the establishment of a pizza restaurant with outdoor patio seating
and a Type 47 (On-Sale General – Eating Place) Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License. The
restaurant includes 1,453 square feet of gross floor area including 347 square feet of interior net public
area and a 219-square-foot outdoor dining area. The project would comply with the parking allocations in
the approved Conditional Use Permit (UP2017-019) for Lido Marina Village. Hours of operation are from
9:00 am to 11:00 p.m., daily. No late hours (i.e. after 11p.m.), dancing, or live entertainment is proposed.
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 effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2021-033 approving Minor Use Permit No. UP2021-029.
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ITEM NO. 3 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE
Site Location: Citywide
Summary:
An amendment to the Newport Beach General Plan incorporating the 6th Cycle Housing Element update
for the 2021-2029 planning period. The proposed update is a comprehensive statement of the City’s
housing policies and serves as a guide for implementation of these policies. As required by state law, the
update examines current housing needs, estimates future housing needs, and establishes goals, policies,
and programs pertaining to those needs while demonstrating capacity to accommodate the Regional
Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation of 4,845 new housing units. Housing programs are
responsive to current and future needs and established within the context of available community, state,
and federal economic and social resources, realistic quantified housing objectives, and affirmatively
furthering fair housing (AFFH).
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this activity exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant
effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2021-034 recommending adoption of General Plan Amendment No.
GP2021-005 for the 2021-2029 6th Cycle Housing Element Update to the City Council.
VIII. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 4 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 5 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS
WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE
AGENDA.
ITEM NO. 6 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
IX. ADJOURNMENT