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SPECIAL MEETING
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
6:30 p.m.
ROBERT HAWKINS
Chairperson
SCOTT PEOTTER EARL MCDANIEL
CHARLES UNSWORTH
BARRY EATON
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 GAYLENE OLSON, Department Assistant
PATRICK ALFORD, Planning Manager LEONIE MULVIHILL, Assistant City Attorney
MELINDA WHELAN, Assistant Planner GREGG RAMIREZ, Senior Planner
JAMES CAMPBELL, Principal Planner
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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each item of business listed on the agenda. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the staff
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become effective until 14 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with
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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 and Zoning
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at the public hearing or in written correspondence received by the City at or before the hearing.
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
Council Chambers - 3300 Newport Boulevard
Thursday, June 24, 2010
SPECIAL 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
PRESENTATION
• 10 Year Pin awarded to Commissioner McDaniel
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
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
Boulevard, during normal business hours.
ITEM NO. 1 Zoning Code Update (PA2009 -034)
SUMMARY: The City of Newport Beach is considering a comprehensive update of the Zoning
Code for the purpose of implementing the 2006 update of the General Plan. The
Zoning Code is a regulatory document that implements many General Plan polices
related to land use and development.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: An Initial Study has been prepared for the Project and concludes that there is no
substantial evidence that the Zoning Code Update (the Project) would have
significant impacts that have not been adequately addressed in the General Plan EIR
or that the Project would have significant impacts related to forest lands or
greenhouse gas emissions. This is primarily due to the fact that as an implementing
program for the General Plan, the Project does not propose or authorize any specific
development projects. The Project is a compilation of land use regulations that will be
applied to future development and land use activities. Accordingly, the City has
prepared a Negative Declaration for the proposed Zoning Code Update. In
accordance with CEQA, this Negative Declaration tiers from the General Plan EIR.
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Continue to June 29, 2010
H. NEW BUSINESS -None
I. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 2
City Council Follow -up.
ITEM NO. 3
Planning Commission reports.
ITEM NO. 4
Announcements on matters that Commission members would like placed on a future
agenda for discussion, action, or report.
ITEM NO. 5
Request for excused absences.
ADJOURNMENT