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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0.0_AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, June 18, 2009 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. SCOTT PEOTTER Chairperson ROBERT HAWKINS CHARLES UNSWORTH I_- LLgXA= F_1 to] a 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://www.city.newport-beach.ca.us/. It is the intention of the City of Newport Beach to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant at this meeting, you will need special assistance beyond what is normally provided, the City of Newport Beach will attempt to accommodate you in every 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. 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. NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Council Chambers - 3300 Newport Boulevard Thursday, June 18, 2009 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 of June 4, 2009 ACTION: Approve and file. PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM NO. 2 Chronic Taco (PA2009 -050) 4525 B W Coast Hwy - PA2009 -050 SUMMARY: A Use Permit for an eating and drinking establishment that would supersede an existing Use Permit (UP2001 -041) and allow for the following: A change in operational characteristics and land use classification from a take -out service, limited to a full - service, high turnover eating and drinking establishment. A 1,500- gross- square -foot expansion (including 1,065 square feet of net public area) for the purpose of providing an additional dining and bar area. CEQA COMPLIANCE ACTION: ITEM NO. 3 ITEM NO.4 ITEM NO. 5 ITEM No. 6 ADJOURNMENT Introduction of a new alcoholic beverage outlet with a Type 41 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license. A Use Permit for a parking waiver that would supersede existing Use Permits (UP3139 and UP1798) to allow for the following: A parking waiver for the 18 additional spaces required for the proposed eating and drinking establishment expansion. A 40 -space parking waiver encompassing all of the eating and drinking establishments for the total site, including the proposed project. The project qualifies for a categorical exemption pursuant to Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the California Environmental Quality Act. The expansion of the existing eating and drinking establishment into an adjacent 1,300 square -foot tenant space is a conversion of an existing small structure from one use to another, and only minor modifications are being made to the structure. 1) Conduct public hearing; and, 2) Adopt resolution approving Use Permit UP2009 -012 (Eating and Drinking Establishment), and 3) Adopt resolution approving Use Permit UP2009 -020 (Parking Waiver) NEW BUSINESS City Council Follow -up. Planning Commission reports. Announcements on matters that Commission members would like placed on a future agenda for discussion, action, or report. Request for excused absences.