HomeMy WebLinkAboutpc agendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Adjourned Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m.
ROBERT HAWKINS
Chairperson
JEFFREY COLE EARL MCDANIEL
SCOTT PEOTTER
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 GINGER VARIN, Planning Commission Secretary
PATRICK ALFORD, Senior Planner 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.
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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 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
November 29, 2007
ADJOURNED 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.
HEARING ITEMS
ITEM NO. 1 North Newport Center Planned Community
Fashion Island (PA2007 -757)
SUMMARY: Code Amendment to change the zoning classification of Block 600 from the
Administrative Professional Financial (APF) District to the Planned Community (PC)
District and the open space corner lots in Block 500 and Block 600 from the Open
Space (OS) District to the Planned Community (PC) District;
Planned Community Development Plan Amendment to adopt a new Planned
Community Development Plan for Fashion Island, Block 600 and portions of San
Joaquin Plaza and Block 500 and to remove these areas from the San Joaquin
Plaza Planned Community Development Plan and the Block 500 Planned
Community Development Plan.
Development Agreement to vest development rights and establish a public benefit
contribution to the City.
Traffic Study to evaluate potential traffic impacts and circulation system
improvements.
An Affordable Housing Implementation Plan specifying how the development will
meet the City's affordable housing goal.
Transfer of Development Rights finding that the transfer is consistent with the intent
of the General Plan and will not result in any adverse traffic impacts.
ACTION: 1) Conduct public hearing; and
2) Adopt the draft resolution recommending City Council adoption of the
Addendum to Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No 2006011119) for the City
of Newport Beach General Plan 2006 Update and adopt the draft resolutions
recommending City Council approval of Code Amendment No. CA2007 -007,
Planned Community Development Plan Amendment No. PD2007 -003,
Development Agreement No. DA2007 -002, Traffic Study No. TS2007 -001, the
Affordable Housing Implementation Plan, and Transfer of Development Rights.
CEQA
COMPLIANCE: An Addendum to Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No 2006011119) for the
City of Newport Beach General Plan 2006 Update has been prepared in connection
with the application noted above. It is the present intention of the City to accept the
Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report and supporting documents.
Copies of the Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report and supporting
documents are available for public review and inspection at the Planning
Department, City of Newport Beach.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS:
a) City Council Follow -up
b) Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Economic Development Committee
c) Report from the Planning Commission's representative to the General Plan /Local Coastal
Implementation Committee
d) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting
e) Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a future agenda for action and staff
report
f) Proiect status
g) Requests for excused absences
ADJOURNMENT: