HomeMy WebLinkAbout0.0_AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, December 3, 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
PATRICK ALFORD, Planning Manager
RUBY GARCIAMAY, Department Assistant
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.
The agendas, minutes and staff reports are also available on the City's web site. The address is:
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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 Vann, 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, December 3, 2009
REGULAR MEETING
6:30 p.m.
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 19, 2009
ACTION: Approve and file.
OLD BUSINESS
ITEM NO. 2 Ong Parking Waiver (PA2009 -059)
333 Old Newport Boulevard
SUMMARY: A use permit application to waive 3 additional off - street parking spaces required
for the conversion of 3,061 square -feet of retail space to medical office in an
existing multi- tenant building.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301, of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities), which
exempts minor alterations to existing facilities. The existing building will remain
with no additional square footage; the scope of the physical construction is limited
to minor interior alterations.
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Adopt the attached draft resolution denying Use Permit No. UP2009 -014.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
ITEM NO. 3 Panini Garden Bistro, Ten Asian Bistro, and Red Night Club (PA2009 -115)
4647 MacArthur Boulevard
SUMMARY: The application consists of an amendment (Amendment No. 2) to existing Use
Permit No. UP2002 -040 to extend the hours of food service for two, full- service
restaurants, Panini Garden Bistro and Ten Asian Bistro, until 4:00 a.m. The
amendment incorporates an as -built male and female restroom facilities addition
(403 square feet) as part of the facility authorized by the use permit for the Red
Night Club.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301, of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities). This
categorical exemption allows for the repair, maintenance and minor alternations of
an existing building including additions that will not result in an increase of more than
50 percent of the floor area of the structure before the addition or 2,500 square feet,
whichever is less (restroom facility addition), and negligible or no expansion of use
(extended food service hours).
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Adopt a resolution: 1) Approving Amendment No. 2 to Use Permit No.
UP2002 -040 for the extended hours of food service for Panini Garden Bistro
and the inclusion of a restroom facilities addition into the approved floor plan
for the Red Night Club and, 2) Denying extended hours of food service for
Ten Asian Bistro.
NEW BUSINESS
ITEM NO.4 City Council Follow -up.
ITEM NO.6 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