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Home My WebLink About0.0_AgendaCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013 REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 p.m. MICHAEL TOERGE Chair BRADLEY HILLGREN FRED AMERI Vice Chair Secretary TIM BROWN KORY KRAMER JAY MYERS LARRY TUCKER 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: KIMBERLY BRANDT, Community Development Director BRENDA WISNESKI, Deputy Community Development Director LEONIE MULVIHILL, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer MARLENE BURNS, Administrative Assistant 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. The agendas, minutes, and staff reports are available on the City's web site at: http: / /www.newportbeachca.gov and for public inspection in the Community Development Department, Planning Division located at 3300 Newport Boulevard, during normal business hours. If you have any questions or require copies of any of the staff reports or other documentation, please contact the Community Development Department, Planning Division staff at (949) 644 -3200. This Commission is subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Among other things, the Brown Act requires that the Commission's agenda be posted at least 72 hours in advance of each meeting and that the public be allowed to comment on agenda items before the Commission and items not on the agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. The Commission may limit public comments to a reasonable amount of time, generally three (3) minutes per person. All testimony given before the Planning Commission is recorded. 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 of 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 Leilani Brown, City Clerk, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is feasible (949- 644 -3005 or Ibrown @newportbeachca.gov). APPEAL PERIOD: Use Permit, Variance, Site Plan Review, and Modification Permit applications do not become effective until 14 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. Tentative Tract Map, Tentative Parcel Map, Lot Merger, and Lot Line Adjustment applications do not become effective until 10 days following the date of approval, during which time an appeal may be filed with the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of the Newport Beach Municipal Code. General Plan and Zoning Amendments are automatically forwarded to the City Council for final action. 1 of 4 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013 REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 p.m. CALL TO ORDER 11. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. 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 three (3) minutes. (Red light signifies when three (3) minutes are up; yellow light signifies that the speaker has one (1) minute left for summation.) Before speaking, please state your name for the record and print your name on the blue forms provided at the podium. V. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES VI. CONSENT ITEMS ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF MARCH 21, 2013 Recommended Action: Approve and file VII. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes on all items. (Red light signifies when three (3) minutes are up; yellow light signifies that the speaker has one (1) minute left for summation.) Before speaking, please state your name for the record and print your name on the blue forms provided at the podium. 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. ITEM NO. 2 NEWPORT NORTH CENTER MONUMENT SIGNS APPEAL (PA2012 -168) Site Location: 1200 Bison Avenue Summary: An appeal of the Zoning Administrator's decision to approve a modification permit to allow alteration of an existing monument sign, and to allow the addition of a second multi- tenant identification monument sign. The existing monument sign would increase in area from 72 to 81 square feet and increase in height from approximately 8 feet to 9 feet; the new monument sign would measure 56 square feet in area and 6 feet 6 inches in height. CEQA Compliance: The project qualifies for Class 11 (Accessory Structures) categorical exemption, Section 15311 of the California Environmental Quality Act. This class exempts construction, or placement of minor structures accessory to (appurtenant to) existing commercial, industrial, or institutional facilities, including but not limited to on- premise signs. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a de novo public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. _, denying the appeal, upholding and affirming the decision of the Zoning Administrator and approving Modification Permit No. MD2012 -016 with the attached Findings and Conditions. 2 of 4 ITEM NO. 3 441 OLD NEWPORT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING (PA2011 -056) Site Location: 441 Old Newport Boulevard Summary: The applicant requests approval of a Conditional Use Permit to allow off -site parking. The applicant has secured the ability to improve the adjacent property at 445 Old Newport Boulevard to accommodate a total of 13 parking spaces during the day. Combined, the proposed on -site and off - site parking spaces will provide the minimum parking spaces required by the Zoning Code for medical uses. After finalizing the staff report, it was determined that the public notice for this item referenced an incorrect hearing date. Therefore, the item will be re- noticed for the Planning Commission's action on April 18, 2013. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301, of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Class 1 (Existing Facilities). The medical use would occupy an existing general office building and utilize existing parking lots that are being renovated with no or neglibile expansion of use. Recommended Action: 1. Continue the item to April 18, 2013. ITEM NO.4 KNIGHT RESIDENCE (PA2013 -044) AND OU RESIDENCE (PA2013 -043) Site Location: 312 Hazel Drive and 316 Hazel Drive Summary: Appeals of the Community Development Director's determination of the canyon development stringlines pursuant to General Plan Policy NR23.6 (Canyon Development Standards) and Coastal Land Use Plan Policy 4.4.3 -18 for two single - family residential properties adjacent to Buck Gully. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15303, of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines - Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures). The Class 3 exemption includes the construction of one single - family residence. The subject appeals involve the potential for the future redevelopment of two existing single - family residences on two individual properties (one unit per property). The existing structures may be partially or fully demolished. Therefore, the proposed project qualifies for an exemption under Class 3. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a de novo public meeting; 2. Adopt Resolution No. _ modifying the decision of the Community Development Director and establishing canyon development stringlines for principal and accessory structures at 312 Hazel Drive pursuant to General Plan Policy NR23.6 and Coastal Land Use Plan Policy 4.4.3 -18: and 3. Adopt Resolution No. _ modifying the decision of the Community Development Director and establishing canyon development stringlines for principal and accessory structures at 316 Hazel Drive pursuant to General Plan Policy NR23.6 and Coastal Land Use Plan Policy 4.4.3 -18. VIII. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ITEM NO. 6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT 3of4 IX. ITEM NO. 7 ANNOUNCEMENTS ON MATTERS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION, OR REPORT ITEM NO. 8 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES ADJOURNMENT 4 of 4