HomeMy WebLinkAbout0.0_Agenda (2)PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Regular Meeting - 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, Planning Department Assistant
PATRICK ALFORD, Planning Manager TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer
MICHAEL TORRES, Deputy 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.
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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.
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, November 19, 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 November 5, 2009
ACTION: Approve and file.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
ITEM NO. 2 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (PA2008 -215)
2300 Bonita Canyon Drive
SUMMARY: The application consists of an amendment (Amendment No. 1) to Use Permit No.
2001 -036 and Site Plan Review No. SR2009 -001 to allow the construction of a
rectory with 1,825 square feet of living space and a 491 - square -foot, attached two -
car garage at the southeast corner of the subject property. The proposed rectory is
an accessory use to an existing place of religious assembly. The project includes the
establishment of a 40 -foot fuel modification zone adjacent to the structure.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: A Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared by the City of Newport Beach
in connection with the application noted above. The Mitigated Negative Declaration
states that the subject development will not result in a
environment with implementation of Mitigation Measures.
ACTION: 1) Conduct a public hearing; and
2) Adopt Resolution No. _ adopting Mitigated
ND2009 -001 and approving Amendment No. 1 to
036 and Site Plan Review No. SR2009 -001.
OLD BUSINESS
ITEM NO.3 Megonigal Residence (PA2007 -133)
2333 Pacific Drive
significant effect on the
Negative Declaration No.
Use Permit No. UP2001-
SUMMARY: The application consists of a modification permit to allow planter walls and a water
feature to exceed the 3 -foot height limit in the front yard setback in association with
the construction of a new, three -story single- family dwelling.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: The City of Newport Beach determined that the proposed project may have a
significant effect on the environment on Land Use, Aesthetics, and Biological
Resources. The City determined that an EIR would be required to more fully
evaluate potential adverse environmental impacts that may result from development
of the project. All other environmental effects were determined to be less than
significant (with mitigation) or have no impact and were addressed in the Initial Study
prepared for the project. As a result, the DEIR has been prepared in accordance
with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA), as amended (Public
Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.), and the State CEQA Guidelines for
Implementation of CEQA (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15000 et
seq.). This DEIR also complies with the City of Newport Beach's procedures for
implementation of CEQA.
ACTION: 1) Conduct a public hearing; and
2) Adopt Resolution No. _ recommending Certification of the Draft Environmental
Impact Report and approval of Modification Permit No. MD2007 -080 to the City
Council with the findings and conditions.
NEW BUSINESS
ITEM NO. 4 City Council Follow -up.
ITEM NO. 5 Planning Commission reports.
ITEM NO.6 Announcements on matters that Commission members would like placed on a
future agenda for discussion, action, or report.
ITEM No. 7 Request for excused absences.
ADJOURNMENT