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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/01/1971COMMISSIONERS v w &L CALL CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Adjourned Planning Commission Meeting Place: Council Chambers Time: 8:00 P.M. nn +o• A..1,. 1 1071 MINUTES INDEX Present x x x x x x x EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS James D. Hewicker, Acting Community Dev. Director Dennis O'Neil,,Acting City Attorney Benjamin B. Nolan, City Engineer STAFF MEMBERS James E. Nuzum, Senior Planner Helen Herrmann Shirley Morgan On motion of Commissioner Agee, seconded by Commis- sioner Martin,.and carried, the following officers were elected for the fiscal year 1971 -72 (confirm- ing actions taken and recorded at the afternoon study session of July 1, 1971): • Curt Dosh was nominated as Chairman by Commissioner Adkinson, seconded by Commissioner Martin, the vote being all Ayes. Commissioner Dosh abstained from. voting. Don R. Adkinson was nominated as 1st Vice Chairman by Commissioner Glass, seconded by Commissioner Martin, the vote being all Ayes. Commissioner Adkinson abstained from voting. Gordon Glass was nominated as 2nd Vice Chairman by. Commissioner.Martin, seconded by Commissioner Adkinson, the vote being all Ayes. Commissioner Glass abstained from voting. Jackie Heather was nominated as Secretary by Commis sioner Martin, seconded by Commissioner Hazewinkel, the vote being all Ayes. Commissioner Heather ab- stained from voting. Chairman Dosh welcomed the three newly,appointed members to the Planning Commission, William Agee, William C. Hazewinkel and Jackie Heather. • On motion of Commissioner Glass,.secohded by Commis sioner Martin,..and carried, the Minutes of June 3, 1971 were approved as written. Page 1. COMMISSIONERS Y S A� y N � N G �, S IDL CALL JO 3 • Ll CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH MINUTES July 1, 1971 INDEX Commissioners.Adki.nson. and Hazewinkel stepped down prior to discussion of the following five items in order to avoid a conflict of interest. These items were discussed simultaneously as they are identical in content. Item 1, Request to reduce the parking requirements for a professional /commercial building.from 1 space per VARIANCE NO CONTUITTTINUED 250 sq.ft. of gross floor area to 1 space per 250 sq.ft. of "usable" floor area. Location: Lot,2, Resubdivision 289, located in AUGOST 5 Block 200 of Newport Center, easterly of Newport Center Drive East and northerly.of Anacapa Avenue. Zone: C- O -H -UL Applicant: Charles W. Smith, Newport Beach Owners:. The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Item.2. Request to reduce the parking.requirements.for . a VARIANCE professional /commercial building.from 1 space per 7777013 250 sq.ft. of gross floor area to 1 space per 250 sq.ft. of "usable ".floor area. CONTINUED UNTTr Location: Lot 3, Resubdivision 289, located in A ST 5 B1ock.200 of Newport.Center, easterly of Newport Center Drive East and northerly of Anacapa Avenue Zone: C- O -H -UL Applicant: Richard Leitch & Assoc., Newport Beach Owners: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Item 3. Request to reduce the parking requirements for a VARIANCE professional /commercial building.from 1 space per 0 CONTINUED 250 sq.ft. of gross floor area to l space per 250 sq.ft. of "usable" floor area. UNTIL Location: Lots 4 and.5, Resubdivision 289, G 5 located in�Block 200 of Newport Center, eadterly of Newport Center Page 2. COMMISSIONERS 5 y w N m F D p N N v ^J 5 GL CALL L 0 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH MINUTES lulv 1. 1971 INDEX Drive East and northerly of Anacapa Avenue. Zone: C- O -H -UL Applicant: John P. Hooten, Newport Beach Owners: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Item 4. Request to reduce the parking requirements for a professional /commercial building from 1 space per VARIANCE N07-T008 CONTINUED 250 sq.ft. of gross floor area to 1 space per 250 sq.ft. of "usable" floor area. UNTIL Location: Lot 6, Resubdivision 289, located in. AUGUST 5 Block 200 of Newport Center, easterly of Newport Center Drive East and northerly of Anacapa Avenue. Zone: C- O -H -UL Applicant: John J. McNaughton, Newport Beach Owners: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Item 5:. Request,to reduce the parking requirements for a VARIANCE professional /commercial building from 1 space per NO. 250 sq.ft. of gross floor area to 1 space per 250 sq.ft. of "usable" floor area. CONTINUED UNTI Location: Lot 7, Resubdivision 289, located in ST 5 Block 200 of Newport Center, easterly of Newport Center Drive East and northerly of Anacapa Avenue Zone: C- O -H -UL Applicant: Beacon Bay Enterprises, Newport Beach Owners: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Chairman Dosh pointed out that.these hearings had been postponed from the meeting of June 17th, at which time the applicants' representative had spent a good deal of time explaining the applica- tions to the Commission. Since there are now three new Commissioners,.Chairman Dosh questioned Page 3. COMMISSIONERS s 6 y N u N £• OL CALL � m S m m } CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH 10v 1. 1971 MINUTES INDEX whether the applicants would be willing to accept the new Commissioners on the basis of their review of the applications, the Minutes and the staff reports and any other remarks the applicants may wish to make, or whether they. preferred to repeat, their original presentation. i� Mr. John Hooten addressed the Commission and state that he had been elected as spokesman for the appl - cants and they felt the new Commissioners were qualified to act on these applications. He noted further that the applicants endorsed the staff's recommendation that.these applications be postpone until August 5th and that hopefully they would, be included in some study sessions between now and th t time, both for a discussion and to acquaint the new Commissioners with the problem. ' i Acting Community,Development Director Hewicker commented that all the Commissioners have th.b staf report of June 3rd which indicates that the.appli- • cations do not meet the qualifications for a vari- ance and this is still the opinion of the staff. Mr. Hewicker referred to. a map on the wall sihowing areas in Newport Center in the C -p -H zone. 'He noted further that the staff is working with`the applicants and also the Irvine Company to come up with a more equitable way of calculating parking. requirements for large office and retail areas suc as in Newport Center. The Irvine Company has been requested to furnish the staff with an inventory o all of their buildings in Newport Center, indicati g floor areas, number of parking spaces assigned to each area and the way these various requirements work out when calculated on a basis of absolute gross leasable, net leasable, etc. Mr. Hewicker further anticipates that by the end of the week, additional information will be received from the Irvine Company so.that by the study session on August 5th a method or alternative methods for calculating parking in areas like Newport Center may be presented together with recommendations to schedule public hearings on amendments_to the zoning code rather than the granting of variances which,are felt not to be justified. . Mr. Ed Giddings, the architect for Mr. John McNaughton, the applicant under Item 4 was present and stated he was ready to display his design. However, since the recommendation was to continue all five applications until August 5th, the Commis- sion indicated they would rather wait until that date. Paaa 4- COMMISSIONERS s N R CALL Motion Second Ayes Abstain LJ Motion Second Ayes Abstain • CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH MINUTES July 1, 1971 INDEX Following a further general discussion, Variance x Applications 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008 and 1009 were x continued until August 5, 1971. x x x xx x x Commissioner Hazewinkel returned to the dais; Commissioner Adkinson did not take part in the discussion of the following item as his law firm represents Land Evolution, Inc., one of the owners of the property involved. Item 6. Request to amend a portion of Districting Map No. AMENDMEN' 10 from a C -1 District to an R -3 District. Con- NN2 sideration will also be given to the establishment of front yard setbacks for those properties front- APPROVED ing on West Bay Avenue. Location: Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and the easterly 5 feet of the 10 foot vacated alley adjacent to and westerl of Lots 9 and 15 of Block 3 of the East Newport Tract, located on the south side of West Bay Avenue between Island Avenue and 6th Street. Zone: C -1 Initiated by: The City of Newport Beach Owners: Bay Island C1ub,.Newport Beach Land Evolution, Inc., Santa Ana Barry T. Faber, Los.Angeles Senior Planner Nuzum presented the application and answered questions of the Commission. Since the rezoning-of the area in question had pre- viously been considered at length, following a short discussion Amendment No. 295 rezoning the x specified properties from C -1 to R -3 was recommended x to the City Council for approval, with the further x x x x x x recommendation that a front yard setback of 4 feet x along the southerly side of West Bay Avenue be established. Commissioner Adkinson returned to the dais. Page 5. COMMISSIONERS CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH 1 11L CALL n U 0 MINUTES July 1, 1971 INDEX Item 7. Request approval of the subdivision of 10 acres TENTATIVE MAP TRACT into 18 single - family residential lots. N0. Location: Lot 278 of Newport Heights located on the westerly side of Irvine Avenue SET FOR between Francisco Drive and 22nd �tT6CI� Street. HE RING W -UST -5. Zone: R -1 -6 -2 Developer: Burgess - bonovan, Corona del Mar Engineer: Valley Consultants Inc., Fountain Valley Owners: L. P. and N. E. O'Connell and G. H. and L. L. Robinson, Newport Beach Senior Planner Nuzum presented the application to the Commission and noted that approval of this tract would, in effect, be rezoning the subject property, therefore it was staff's opinion that_ the matter should be continued until August 5, 1971 so it could be considered at a public hearing, with legal advertising and posting of the.property. At the time the area (commonly referred to as the Moden Annexation) was annexed, staff recommended that. it be zoned to a less restrictive zone; .however, after several public hearings, with a large turn . out of residents in the.area_ expressing a desire for the R -1 -B -2 zone, the Commission concurred with the wishes of the majority.of the residents. The adoption of the R -1 -B -2 zone created 77 non- conforming parcels and 28 conforming parcels (in- cluding the three comprising the subject property). Acting Community Development Director Hewicker stated that the entire "Moden" area is under study in order to come up with a zoning that will more nearly meet the development of the area. Mr. Ron Winterburn, representing Burgess- Donovan addressed the Commission and stated in his opinion the matter should be heard at this meeting and questioned the reason for a public hearing. The Commission discussed this at length and it was the consensus of opinion that since the property owners had shown such great interest at the time the area was zoned, that this tract should be the subject of a public hearin.g.......Lt...w.a.s. also their Page 6. COMMISSIONERS s d N 9 O £ N NN J.N� 5 N > J CALL co ( July 1 Motion Second All Ayes Motion Second All Ayes • Motion cond Ayes CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH MINUTES 1971 INDEX opinion that the R -1 -B -2 zoning was inappropriate and that the staff should research the matter and . bring it to the Commission at a study session. x After further discussion Tentative Tract 7482 was x set for public hearing on August 5, 1971 with the consent of the subdivider. x Commissioner Martin moved that the staff proceed x with a study of the "Moden" area with the idea of future rezoning and to have the information available at the study session on August 5, 1971. Item.8. Request to permit-the construction of a 7 unit USE, apartment building in the C -1 District. PERMIT P. 1538 Location:. Lots 3,.12,.13 and easterly 10 feet of Lot ll,.B1ock 20 of the lst Addi -. APPROVED tion to Newport Beach, located at 2001, 2003 Court Street and 2004 West Ocean Front, between Court Street and West Ocean Front and between 20th and 21st Streets. Zone: C -1 Applicants: Jerry D. and Jacqueline E. Doyle, Newport Beach Owners:. V. E. & L. C. Strang, Laguna Hills and Bob Walker & Dorothy Hutchins, Costa Mesa Senior Planner Nuzum presented the application to the Commission in detail and the applicant Jerry Doyle was present and questioned the condition recommended by the staff that a resubdivision application be filed., City Engineer Nolan stated that a previous resubdivision, No. 300, which accomplished this could be reheard since the parcel: map has not been filed; the applicant agreed to this.. x Following a further general discussion Use Permit X No. 1538 was approved subject to the following con- ditions: 1. The development shall conform to the plans as submitted, except that no Page 7. COMMISSIONERS � y w N F•9po Am A N OIL CALL • Doti on Second All Ayes CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH MINUTES July 1. 1971 INDEX portion .of the building may be closer than 4 feet from Court Avenue and not closer than 3 feet from 20th Street, and further excepting minor revisions which may be approved by the Director of Community Development. 2. Resubdivision application No. 300, combining all the lots into one parcel., to be reheard by the Planning Commis- sion: 3. Easements, satisfactory to the City Attorney and the Traffic EngiMeer, guaranteeing perpetual access to all parking spaces shall be recorded. 4: A sewer easement, 5 feet in width, shall be dedicated over the rear of Lots 3, 12, 13 and that portion of Lot 11 in- cluded in this application. 5. All easements shall be indicated on the Parcel Map required in connection with the fulfillment of Condition No. 2 above. Item 9. Request to permit the use of a removable trailer USE as a sales office in conjunction with Tract 7384 PERMIT (Big Canyon). WT=. 39 Location: Portion of Block 92 of Irvine's Sub- APPROVED division, located northeast of the, Big.Canyon Country Club temporary facilities at One Big Canyon Drive: Zone: "P -C" Applicant: Deane Development Company, Newport Beach Owner:. The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Senior Planner Nuzum presented the application to the Commission. Peter Vogel represented the . appli - cant and answered questions of the Commission. Following a general discussion, the application x was approved, subject to the.following conditions: 1. This permit shall extend for a period Page 8. COMMISSIONERS o u N r N£ y S N 3 OIL CALL CD CMD • Motion Second All Ayes 0 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH MINUTES July 1, 1971 INDEX of time not to exceed three months from date of final determination of this application. 2. Upon the expiration of this permit.the relocatable building shall be removed from the premises. Item 10. Request to permit.an adjustment of lot lines for RESUBDI= Lots l thru 4 of Tract 7247 and Lots 19 thru 21 of U SI N Tract 6152'. N07. —35T Location: Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Tract 7247 and APPROVED Lots 19, 20 and 21 of Tract 6152 located at the easterly end of Catamaran Drive south of San Joaquin Hills Road. Zone: R -3 -B Applicant: John D. Lusk & Son, Newport Beach Engineer: Raub, Bein, Frost & Assoc., Costa.Mesa. Owner: The Irvine Company, Newport Beach Senior Planner Nuzum presented the application to.. the Commission and noted that this realignment of lot lines will shift the slope area entirely to th lower lots in keeping with established.procedures followed in developments throughout the City. Mr. Bill Frost of Raub, Bein, Frost.& Associates,, represented the applicant and upon being questioned, stated that-the owners of the three lower lots, which have already been sold, are in agreement with this change in configuration. He noted further. that there are deed restrictions regarding fences on top of slopes. x Following a general discussion, the.application was x approved subject to the filing of a Parcel Map. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS Acting Community Development Director Hewicker asked the Commission for a clarification regarding the recommendation of the staff to initiate rezon- ing of the properties in.Block 20 of the.First Addition to Newport Beach from a C -1 District to Page 9. COMMISSIONERS m IRL CALL N m m .1 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH MINUTES Julv 1. 1971 INDEX an 11-4 District to more closely conform with the development of the properties in this block. The Moti.on x Commission recommended that this area be scheduled Second for rezoning to R =4 and set for public hearing at All Ayes the convenience of the staff:in consideration of their-work schedule. On motion of.Commissioner Agee; seconded by Commis sioner Glass, and carried, the meeting was adjourn d. " Jackie Heather, Secretary Newport Beach City Planning Commission Page 10.