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Home My WebLink AboutPC AGENDA (2)V PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, November 2, 2006 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. JEFFREY COLE Chairman ROBERT HAWKINS EARL MCDANIEL SCOTT PEOTTER BARRY EATON MICHAEL TOERGE MICHAEL HENN 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: PATRICIA TEMPLE, Planning Director JAMES CAMPBELL, Senior Planner GAYLENE OLSON, Department Assistant RICH EDMONSTON, Transportation & Development Services Manager 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: /lwww. city. newpo rt- 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 November 2, 2006 CALL TO ORDER 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. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES: CONSENT CALENDAR Notice to the Public All matter(s) listed under CONSENT CALENDAR (Item 1 and 1B) is considered by the Commission to be routine and will all be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. The Planning Commission Members have received detailed staff reports on each of the items recommending an action. There will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the time the Commission votes on the motion unless members of the Commission, staff or the public request specific items to be discussed and /or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Members of the public who wish to discuss a Consent Calendar item should come forward to the lectern upon invitation by the Chairman, state their name and Consent Calendar Item number. ITEM NO. 1. Minutes of the regular meeting of October 19, 2006 ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. ITEM NO. 2. Newport Bay Marina (PA2001 -210) 2300 Newport Boulevard SUMMARY: Site Plan Review, Use Permit, Modification Permit and Vesting Tentative Tract Map to allow the construction of a mixed -use development on a 2.4 acre site located north of the intersection of Newport Boulevard and Balboa Boulevard. The project consists of the demolition of all structures on site and the construction of approximately 36,000 square feet of commercial uses and 27 dwelling units (condominiums). Eleven three -story buildings are planned to be built over a subterranean parking garage. The reconstruction /reconfiguration of the existing bulkhead, boatways and docks is also planned. The Site Plan Review application would authorize the entire project and the Vesting Tentative Tract map would permit a subdivision map to allow for the residential units to be individually sold. The Use Permit would establish a building height limit of up to 35 feet and the Modification Permit would allow portions of the proposed buildings to encroach within the 5 -foot front yard setback. Finally, consideration of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (SCH# 2003071144) including mitigation measures. ACTION: Continue this item to November 16, 2006. ALL TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS TAPE 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.) HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 3. Holiday Inn Express (PA2006 -182)) 2300 West Coast Highway SUMMARY: The applicant requests the approval of a 19 room expansion of a 64 room existing motel. The two -story addition is fully compliant with applicable standards and will be located at the rear of the existing two -story motel building. ACTION: Approve Use Permit No. 2006 -019 & Development Plan No. 2006 -001 subject to the findings and conditions. ITEM NO. 4. Planning Director's Use Permit No. 2006 -021 (PA2006 -193) 2372 Bristol Street, Unit 3 SUMMARY; Appeal of the Planning Director's approval of a Use Permit for a medicalldental office use. The request is to allow the utilization of an approximately 2,625 square foot office area for medical /dental office use within an existing 10,500 square foot office building complex. ACTION: Deny the appeal and uphold and affirm the decision of the Planning Director and approve Use Permit No. 2006 -021. ITEM NO. 5. Thirty First Street, LLC (PA2006 -031) 407, 409, 411 & 413 31 st Street SUMMARY: Use Permit to establish a height limit of 31 -feet, exceeding the base height limit of 26 -feet, for the construction of four mixed -use buildings and approval of a commercial floor area ratio (FAR) less than the minimum 0.25 FAR required for mixed use development projects. In addition, the applicant is requesting the approval of a modification permit to allow parking spaces to encroach within the front and rear setbacks and a lot line adjustment to adjust the interior property lines of four lots into four equally sized parcels. ACTION: Hold a public hearing, provide direction to Staff and the applicant, and continue this item to November 16, 2006. ITEM NO. 6. Isla Vista Homes (PA2004 -123) 1499 and 1515 Monrovia Avenue SUMMARY: General Plan Amendment, Zone Code Amendment, Tract Map and Modification Permit to develop 44 detached residential condominium units on a 3.25 acre site. The general plan designation would be changed from General Industry to Multi - Family Residential and the zoning district would be changed from M -1 -A (Controlled Manufacturing) to MFR (Multi - Family Residential). A Modification Permit has been requested to allow setback encroachments, decreased distance between structures and increased wall height in required setbacks. ACTION: Hold a public hearing, provide direction to Staff and the applicant, and continue this item to November 16, 2006. ITEM NO. 7. Planning Commission Rules of Procedures SUMMARY: Should the Planning Commission amend its rules or adopt Roberts Rules of Order on the conduct of Planning Commission meetings? ACTION: 1. Review the draft amendments to the Planning Commission Rules of Procedures; accept, reject or modify the changes; or give staff further direction on amendments; and 2. Reject the adoption of Robert's Rules of Order by the Planning Commission. 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 Local Coastal 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) Project status — g) Requests for excused absences - ADJOURNMENT: