HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, August 7 2008
Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m.
SCOTT PEOTTER
Chairperson
ROBERT HAWKINS
CHARLES UNSWORTH
BARRY EATON
EARL MCDANIEL
MICHAEL TOERGE
BRADLEY HILLGREN
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 4 -year terms. At the
table in front are City staff members who are here to advise the Commission during the meeting.
They are:
DAVID LEPO, Planning Director GINGER VARIN, Planning Commission Secretary
PATRICK ALFORD, Planning Manager TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
AARON C. HARP, Assistant City Attorney
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. Staff reports or other written documentation have been prepared
for each item of business listed on the agenda. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the
staff reports or other documentation, please contact the Planning Department staff at (949) 644 -3200.
The agendas, minutes and staff reports are also available on the City's web site. The address is:
http:/Iwww.city.newport-beach.ca.us/.
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in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant at this meeting, you will need special assistance
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reasonable manner. Please contact Ginger Varin, Planning Commission Secretary at (949) 644 -3232,
at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if
accommodation is feasible.
APPEAL PERIOD: Use Permit, Variance, Site Plan Review, Resubdivision, and Modification
applications do not become effective until 14 days after the date of approval, during which time an
appeal may be filed with the City Council. General Plan and Zoning Amendments are automatically
forwarded to the City Council for final action.
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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.
NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
Council Chambers - 3300 Newport Boulevard
August 7, 2008
REGULAR MEETING
6:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
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 3 minutes. Before speaking, please state
your name for the record and print your name on the tablet provided at the
podium.
REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES:
ALL TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS RECORDED. SPEAKERS
MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES ON ALL ITEMS. (Red light signifies when three
minutes are up; yellow light signifies that the speaker has one minute left for summation.) Please print
only your name on the pad that is provided at the podium.
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Planning Commission regarding any item on this
agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Planning Department located at 3300 Newport
Blvd., during normal business hours.
ITEM NO. 1 Minutes dated July 17, 2008
ACTION: Approve as written and order filed.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
ITEM NO. 2 North Newport Center TPO (PA2008 -126)
SUMMARY: Approval to develop 96,428 square feet of office space in Block 500,North
Newport Center Planned Community, pursuant to Traffic Phasing Ordinance.
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Adopt a resolution making findings required by the Traffic Phasing
Ordinance and approving the development, and authorize staff to issue
grading and building permits.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: The TPO finding for approval of this project, Municipal Code Section
15.40.030(B)(1)(b), is a decision involving only the use of fixed standards or
objective measurements and no exercise of personal judgment by the Planning
Commission. Therefore, this is a ministerial action that is exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
ITEM NO.3 Housing Resources LLC, Fritz Duda (PA2008 -080)
627 W. Bay
SUMMARY: A parcel map to change the orientation of two existing lots currently fronting 7"'
Street to front on West Bay Avenue. The reoriented lots would deviate from the
minimum size and lot width required by the Zoning Code. The application includes
a Code Amendment to change the Districting Map to establish a 9 -foot front yard
setback for the two reoriented lots where the Zoning Code requires a 20 -foot front
yard setback. The property is located in the R -2 District.
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Adopt resolution disapprove the application for Parcel Map No.2008 -012 and
Zoning Code Amendment No. 2008 -001 per the attached draft resolution.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: This project has been determined to be categorically exempt under the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act under Class 3 (New
Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) and Class 5 (Minor Alterations In
Land Use Limitations).
NEW BUSINESS
ITEM NO.4 Planning Commission Minutes.
ITEM NO. 5 City Council Follow -up.
ITEM NO. 6 Planning Commission reports.
ITEM NO. 7 Announcements on matters that Commission members would like placed on a
future agenda for discussion, action, or report.
ITEM No. 8 Request for excused absences.
ADJOURNMENT: