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HomeMy WebLinkAbout14 - PC Action ReportSEW PpRr P q< /PORN TO: CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH City Council Staff Report Agenda Item No. 14 February 12, 2013 HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Community Development Department Kimberly Brandt, AICP, Director 949 - 644 -3226, kbrandt(cDnewr)ortbeachca.gov APPROVED: TITLE: Planning Commission Agenda Report for February 7, 2013 ITEM NO. 1 Minutes of January 17, 2013 The minutes were amended and approved (7 ayes) AYES: Amen, Brown, Hillgren, Kramer, Myers, Toerge, and Tucker NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Public Hearing Items: ITEM NO. 2 Mariner's Pointe (PA2010 -114) Site Location: 100 — 300 West Coast Highway SUMMARY: A request to review proposed revisions to the approved building design, which include replacing stone veneer from a parking structure screen wall with a false commercial storefront for flower display, the installation of additional awnings, and reducing the height of a primary stairwell and elevator tower. Landscaping changes are also proposed. Principal Planner James Campbell provided a staff report. Discussion ensured clarifying the proposed changes to the project elevations and landscaping, and a public hearing was conducted. City Council Staff Report February 12, 2013 Page 2 The Planning Commission unanimously approved the project as recommended (7 ayes). AYES: Ameri, Brown, Hillgren, Kramer, Myers, Toerge, and Tucker NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ITEM NO. 3 Uptown Newport (PA2011 -134) Site Location: 4311 -4321 Jamboree Road, North side of Jamboree Road between MacArthur Boulevard and Birch Street SUMMARY: The redevelopment of a 25 -acre office and industrial site with a mixed -use community consisting of up to 1,244 residential units, 11,500 square feet of neighborhood- serving retail space, and two 1 -acre public parks. Residential product types would be for sale and rental with a mix of townhomes, and mid - and high -rise apartments and condominiums. Between 102 and 369 units would be made available as affordable housing depending upon the target income category (i.e. very-low, low, or moderate income households). Most buildings would range between 30 and 75 feet in height with several residential towers up to 150 feet in height. Project approval requires a Planned Community Development Plan amendment and adoption, Tentative Tract Map, Traffic Study, Affordable Housing Implementation Plan, and Development Agreement. Associate Planner Rosalinh Ung provided a staff report summarizing the Planning Commission's previous actions on December 20, 2012. Discussion ensued clarifying the proposed changes to the project as directed by the Planning Commission, and the public hearing was conducted. The Planning Commission voted unanimously recommending the City Council approve the Uptown Newport project as amended (7 ayes). AYES: Ameri, Brown, Hillgren, Kramer, Myers, Toerge, and Tucker NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Submitted by: Own Kimberly .O. . Director `