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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, August 18, 2005 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. MICHAEL TOERGE Chairman JEFFREY COLE LARRY TUCKER ROBERT HAWKINS BARRY EATON EARL MCDANIEL 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 GINGER VARIN, Planning Commission. Secretary 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: hftp://www.city.newport-beach.ca.us/. It is the intention of the City of Newport Beach to` comply 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 August 18, 2005 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 1 B) 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 August 4, 2005. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2. Panini Mediterranean Restaurant (PA2005 -155) 4647 MacArthur Blvd. SUMMARY: Request to amend Use Permit No. 2002 -040 to extend the hours of operation of the Panini Mediterranean Resturant from 1:00 AM to 4:00 AM. ACTION: Approve and amendment to Use Permit No. 2002 -040. 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.) ITEM NO. 3. Saagar Fine Indian Cuisine (PA2005 -026) 4248 Martingale Way SUMMARY: Use Permit and Traffic Study approval to allow the operation of an eating and drinking establishment (restaurant) and to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for on -site consumption pursuant to the Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance (ABO). Additionally, the request involves approval of a Traffic Study pursuant to the Traffic Phasing Ordinance (TPO). The property is located in the Newport Place Planned Community District. ACTION: Approve Use Permit No. 2005 -004 and Traffic Study No. 2005 -003 subject to the findings and conditions. ITEM NO. 4. Le Quai Restaurant (PA2005 -041) 2816 Lafayette Avenue SUMMARY: An amendment to Use Permit No. 3578 to allow a 293 square foot expansion of an existing restaurant into an adjacent retail suite for a new lobby and hallway entrance into the restaurant. A waiver of the required parking spaces associated with the addition is also requested. The property is located in the SP-6 (Cannery Village /McFadden Square Specific Plan Area) District. ACTION: Approve an amendment to Use Permit No. 3578 subject to the findings and conditions. ITEM NO. 5. Newport Marina LLC. 919 Bayside Drive SUMMARY: The applications would allow the redevelopment of the Newport Marina Apartment complex located at 919 Bayside Drive. The existing 64 -unit apartment complex, located on approximately 4.78 acres, will be demlished and replaced with a 17 -unit, gated residential community. The tentative tract map proposes to establish 17 individual residential lots for custom home construction, 1 common recreational lot with possibly a pool and shade structure, 2 landscape /open space lots and waterfront lot containing floating docks (existing). Private streets are proposed. A request to re -zone the site by applying the PRD (Planned Residential Development) overlay to the existing MFR (2178) zoning designation is also included. The proposed PRD overlay and accompanying Use Permit would establish development regulations related to lot coverage and setbacks specifically for this planned residential development. The coastal residential development permit is required as 64 residential units are proposed to be demolished within the coastal zone and the project must be reviewed for compliance with the Government Code Section 65590 (Mello Act). The project also includes the demolition of the existing apartment building and all associated structures, grading, installation of utilities, private streets, landscaping, site lighting, site walls, water quality improvements, access easements and upgrades to the public right of way adjacent to the project site. ACTION: Approve Code Amendment No. 2005 -007, Use Permit No. 2005 -026, Tract Map No. 2004 -001 (TTM No. 15323) and Coastal Residential Development No. 2005 -001 subject to the findings and conditions. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: a) City Council Follow -up - b) Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Economic Development Committee - c) Report from Planning Commission's representatives to the General Plan Update Committee — d) Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Local Coastal Plan Certification Committee — e) Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Zoning Committee - f) Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting - g) Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a future agenda for action and staff report - h) Status Reports on Planning Commission requests - i) Project status — j) Requests for excused absences - ADJOURNMENT: