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Home My WebLink AboutPC AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BLVD. Thursday, September 23, 2004 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. LARRY TUCKER Chairman MICHAEL TOERGE ED SELICH JEFFREY COLE BARRY EATON EARL MCDANIEL LESLIE DAIGLE 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 ROBIN CLAUSON, 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) 644-320Q- The agendas, minutes and staff reports are also available on the City's web site. The address is: hftp://www.city.newport-beach.ca.ust, 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 September 23, 2004 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) 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. SUBJECT: Minutes of the regular meeting of September 9, 2004. ACTION: Approve as written and order filed. HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT Balboa Performing Arts Theater (PA2004 -032) SUMMARY: Request for approval of a Use Permit for the Balboa Performing Arts Theater, a designated Landmark Building and permitted use, to allow an increase in building height up to a maximum of 55 feet pursuant to Section 20.65.070 of the Municipal Code. ACTION: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Use Permit No. 2004 -003 to allow the Balboa Theater to increase in height up to a maximum of 55 feet, subject to the findings and conditions of approval within the draft resolution. 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. SUBJECT: Espinoza Condo Conversion and Tract Map (PA2004 -137) 329 Marguerite Avenue SUMMARY: The Condominium Conversion and Tentative Tract Map relate to the conversion of an existing 7 unit apartment building to condominiums for the purpose of individual sale. The Coastal Residential Development Permit Application relates to compliance with affordable housing regulations applicable within the Coastal Zone. ACTION: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Condominium Conversion No. 2004 -014, Newport Tract Map No. 2004 -002 & Coastal Residential Development Permit No. 2004 -001, subject to the findings and conditions of approval within the draft resolution. ITEM NO. 4. SUBJECT: Gates Residence Appeal PA2004 -208 505 J. Street SUMMARY: Appeal of the determination of compliance with the provisions of Chapter 20.65 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code (Building Height) by the Planning Director related to the approval of a plan revision for a project at 505 J Street. The appeal contests the correctness of that determination. ACTION: Continue to October 21, 2004. ITEM NO. 5. SUBJECT St. Mark Presbyterian Church (PA2003 -085) SUMMARY: Proposed General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation from Recreational and Environmental Open Space (REOS) to Government, Educational and Institutional Facilities (GEIF); amend the Big Canyon Planned Community Text to include the project site within it's boundaries, designate the site "Institutional and Nature Preserve" and adopt Planned Community District development regulations; Use Permit to allow the construction of a new church complex with the main sanctuary building to exceed the base 32 foot height limit; Traffic Study pursuant to the Traffic Phasing Ordinance; Tentative Parcel Map to subdivide an existing 10.81 acre parcel into three parcels. The total proposed square footage for all structures is approximately 34,000 square feet. ACTION: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the General Plan Amendment No. 2003 -002, Planned Community Text Amendment No. 2003 -001, Use Permit No. 2003 -015, Traffic Study No. 2004 -004, Parcel Map No. 2004 -036 and certification the Environmental Impact Report to the City Council. ITEM NO. 6. SUBJECT: St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Expansion (PA2002 -265) 600 St. Andrews Road SUMMARY: Request for a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change and Use Permit for the replacement and construction of additional buildings and a below grade parking garage. The General Plan Amendment involves an increase the maximum allowable building area with no change to the existing land use designation. The Zone Change would change the zoning district from R -2 & R -1 to GEIF to be consistent with the existing General Plan, Land Use Element designation. The Use Permit involves the alteration of existing buildings, replacement of the existing fellowship hall and classroom building and the construction of a new multi - purpose gymnasium and youth center. The Use Permit also considers setting the maximum allowable building height of 40 feet for the two proposed buildings. ACTION: Continue the public hearing to October 21, 2004. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: a) City Council Follow -up - b) Oral 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) 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) Status Reports on Planning Commission requests - g) Project status - h) Requests for excused absences - ADJOURNMENT