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HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at 6:00 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:
Newport Auto Center – A request for a conditional use permit to demolish an existing 44,352-square-foot automobile dealership (Newport Beach Porsche) and construct a new 50,391-square-foot Newport Beach Porsche
dealership within the Newport Auto Center. The new dealership includes a showroom, administrative offices, parts
and service center, and attached three-level, 293-space parking structure. Additionally, the applicant requests a major site development review to increase the allowed height from a base height limit of 26 feet for flat roofs and 31 feet for sloped roofs to a maximum height of 35 feet with flat roofs and 40 feet for sloped roofs. There is a second 5,105-square-foot automobile dealership, Newport Beach Bentley, within the Auto Center which is existing
to remain. The property is located in the coastal zone, and therefore the redevelopment requires a Coastal
Development Permit. If approved, this Conditional Use Permit would supersede Use Permit No. UP2017-014.
The project is categorically exempt under Section 15332 – Class 32 (Infill Development Projects) of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines.
All interested parties may appear and present testimony regarding 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 or before the public hearing. The application may be continued to a specific future meeting
date; if such an action occurs, additional public notice of the continuance will not be provided. Administrative
procedures for appeals are provided in the Newport Beach Municipal Code Chapters 20.64 and 21.64. A fee is required to appeal any final action on a coastal development permit to the City Council. The project site is located within the appeal area of the coastal zone; therefore, final action by the City may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission.
The agenda, staff report, and corresponding documents will be available by end of business day on the Friday
preceding the public hearing and may be reviewed at the Community Development Department Permit Center
(Bay C-1st Floor), at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660 or the City of Newport Beach website at www.newportbeachca.gov/planningcommission. Individuals not able to attend the meeting may contact the Planning Division or access the City’s website after the meeting to review the action on this application. All mail or written communications (including email) from the public, residents, or applicants regarding an agenda item must
be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the business day immediately before the meeting. This allows time for the Planning
Commission to adequately consider the submitted correspondence.
For questions regarding this public hearing item please contact David Lee, Senior Planner, at 949-644-3225, dlee@newportbeachca.gov, at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Project File No.: PA2020-319 Activity: Major Site Development Review, Conditional Use Permit, Coastal Development Permit
Zone: CG (Commercial General) General Plan: CG (General Commercial)
Coastal Land Use Plan: CG-A (General Commercial) (0.0 – 0.30 FAR) Filing Date: November 3, 2020
Location: 445 East Coast Highway Applicant: Newport Beach Cars, LLC
Tristan Harris, Secretary, Planning Commission, City of Newport Beach