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Home My WebLink AboutPC MinutesPlanning Commission Minutes 04/08/2004 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH • Planning Commission Minutes April 8, 2004 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. is • Page 1 of 5 file: //H: \Plancomm \2004 \0408.htm 04/23/2004 INDEX ROLL CALL Commissioners Eaton, Cole, Toerge, McDaniel, Selich, Kiser and Tucker - Commissioner Tucker was excused. STAFF PRESENT: Patricia L. Temple, Planning Director Rich Edmonston, Transportation /Development Services Manager Rosalinh Ung, Assistant Planner Jaime Murillo, Assistant Planner Ginger Varin, Planning Commission Executive Secretary PUBLIC COMMENTS: PUBLIC COMMENTS None POSTING OF THE AGENDA: POSTING OF THE AGENDA The Planning Commission Agenda was posted on April 2, 2004. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES of the adjourned and regular meeting of March 18, 2004. General Plan Initiation No. 2004 -001 (PA2004 -001) ITEM NO.2 Vacant site at northerly corner of San Miguel Drive and MacArthur Boulevard As directed by Housing Element Program 3.2.3., adopt Resolution file: //H: \Plancomm \2004 \0408.htm 04/23/2004 Planning Commission Minutes 04/08/2004 Page 2 of 5 file: //H:IPlancomm1200410408.htm 04/23/2004 recommending the City Council adopt General Plan Initiation 2004- • 001, Planned Community Development Plan Amendment No. 2004- 001. General Plan Amendment Initiation No. 2004 -002 (PA2004 -061) ITEM NO. 3 Newport Sports Museum located at 100 Newport Center Drive Adopt Resolution recommending the City Council adopt General Plan Amendment Initiation 2004 -002 (PA2004 -061. Initiation of an amendment to Corporate Plaza Planned ITEM NO.4 Communit7 District Regulations (PA2004 -064) Adopt Resolution recommending the initiation of an amendment to the Corporate Plaza Planned Community District Regulations. Motion was made by Commissioner Kiser to approve the Consent Calendar. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Eaton, Cole, Toerge, McDaniel, Selich and Kiser • Noes: Absent: None Tucker Abstain: None HEARING ITEMS SUBJECT: Traffic Study No. 2003 -005 (PA2003 -301) ITEM NO. 5 401 Old Newport Blvd. PA2003 -301 The applicant requests approval of a traffic study for the construction of a Approved 16,500 square foot, two -story office building at the northwest corner of Old Newport Boulevard and Hospital Road. Presently improved with a 4,782 square foot, two -story commercial building, the property is zoned SP -9 (Old Newport) District and has General Plan Land Use designation of Retail & Service Commercial. Public comment was opened. Commissioner Toerge asked what the process and criteria was for the study area intersections identified and specified. Mr. Edmonston, Transportation /Development Services Manager, • answered that his staff used their knowledge of the project size, current level of service (LOS) in the intersections in the area and made an initial estimate of those intersections that would potentially file: //H:IPlancomm1200410408.htm 04/23/2004 n U • 0 Planning Commission Minutes 04/08/2004 meet the first screening threshold, which is a 1% increase in traffic. We give those to the consultant and if, when we get those back, at the outer intersections most distant from the project site it is still over 1% we would then add additional intersections to make sure we found all the intersections that would come under that criteria. There is a list of intersections provided in the Traffic Phasing Ordinance that are signalized and called primary intersections. The intersection at Hospital Road and Old Newport Boulevard was not assessed because it is not signalized. Mr. Rush Hill, project coordinator, spoke on behalf of the applicant and asked that this item be approved. Public comment was closed. Commissioner Eaton noted for the record that on the 500 Superior application he had raised the issue of 65% of their traffic going north and the intersections to the north being analyzed, and he did not raise that here although more than 50% is going north. That is because it is basically taking access at Newport Boulevard. He was also concerned about whether medical office parking was sufficient. In this case, the applicant is not asking for increased square footage, or FAR, and they are having partially non - medical office so he did not raise that issue. Commissioner Kiser acknowledged receipt of an email from Tom and Lu Anne Baker with the request that employees and patrons be required to have and use on site parking. Motion was made by Commissioner Kiser to approve Traffic Study No. 2003 -005 subject to the findings and conditions of approval included within the attached draft resolution. Ayes: Eaton, Cole, Kiser and Selich Noes: Toerge, McDaniel Absent: Tucker Abstain: None SUBJECT: Newport Technology Center Traffic Study No. 2003 -001 (PA2003 -122) An amendment to Use Permit No. 3679 and Traffic Study pursuant to the Traffic Phasing Ordinance (TPO) for a possible increase in the amount of general office uses within the Newport Technology Center. Ms. Temple stated that staff requests this item be removed from calendar and the applicant has requested that this item be heard on file: //H: \Plancomm\2004 \0408.htm Page 3 of 5 ITEM NO. 6 PA2003 -122 04/23/2004 • • Planning Commission Minutes 04/08/2004 Page 4 of 5 May 6, 2004. Motion was made by Chairperson McDaniel to remove this item from calendar and schedule for May 6, 2004. Ayes: Eaton, Cole, Toerge, McDaniel, Selich and Kiser Noes: None Absent: Tucker Abstain: None ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: ADDITIONAL BUSINESS a. City Council Follow -up - Ms. Temple noted that reviewed at the last Council meeting was the renewal of the Balboa Village Business Improvement District; they reviewed the Old Newport medical building approval and upheld the decision of the Planning Commission; they abandoned 10 feet of right of way along Orange Avenue between Clay Street and Old Newport Blvd. and specified that up to Clay, the City process an amendment to the Districting Map to establish a 10 foot setback in order to keep the building further away from the new curb, gutter and sidewalk to be established by the project. This amendment will be initiated on Tuesday and will come back for full review and public hearing; they held a discussion on Measure S guidelines; they made a decision to accept Cal Trans offer in regards to compensation for relinquishment of the highway in parts of Corona del Mar which is related to the 2004 Plan; and they made revisions to the Special Events Permit process. b. Oral report from Planning Commission's representative to the Economic Development Committee - none. c. Report from Planning Commission's representatives to the General Plan Update Committee - Commissioner Eaton noted that an issues document for a joint study session, and a revised schedule of the entire update program, and background report were distributed and discussed. d. Report from Planning Commission's representative to the Local Coastal Plan Update Committee - none. e. Matters which a Planning Commissioner would like staff to report on at a subsequent meeting - none. f. Matters which a Planning Commissioner may wish to place on a future agenda for action and staff report - none. file: //H: \Plancomm \2004 \0408.htm 04/23/2004 ❑ • Planning Commission Minutes 04/08/2004 g. Status Reports on Planning Commission requests - Report on definition of natural grade has been expanded through discussion with the City Council into an evaluation of grade for the purpose of measuring height as well as the method that the City uses to measure height. The discussion is scheduled for the City Council meeting of April 27th. Staff is attempting to simplify the system to make it more understandable to prevent misinterpretations and mistakes. h. Project status - one packet distributed to the Commission as a courtesy to give you time to read, is the responses to the LCP comments received by April 2nd and will be attached to and distributed in the staff report established for the meeting of May 22nd; and the staff report for the joint study session this upcoming Tuesday in regards to the General Plan update. We have scheduled June 24, 2004 as a special meeting for review of the Marina Park Hotel and Recreation project. i. Requests for excused absences - none. Page 5 of 5 ADJOURNMENT: 7:00 p.m. I ADJOURNMENT MICHAEL TOERGE, SECRETARY CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION file: //H: \Plancomm \2004 \0408.htm 04/23/2004