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HomeMy WebLinkAbout14 - PC Agenda - 2-7-13Agenda Item No. 14 February 12, 2012 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013 REGULAR MEETING - 5:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER 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 JANUARY 17, 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 Mariner's Pointe (PA2010 -114) Site Location: 100 - 300 West Coast Highway Summary: On August 9, 2011, the City Council approved the Mariner's Pointe project, a 19,905- square -foot commercial building and a three -level parking structure located at the northwest corner of the intersection of West Coast Highway and Dover Drive. On June 7, 2012, the Planning Commission reviewed and approved the final architectural and landscaping plans for the project. The project is currently under construction; however, the applicant is requesting Planning Commission review of 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. CEQA Compliance: All significant environmental concerns for the proposed project have been addressed in a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration, and that the City of Newport Beach intends to use said document for the above noted project, and further that there are no additional mitigation measures that should be considered in conjunction with said project. Copies of the previously prepared environmental document are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Division or at the City of Newport Beach website at http:// www. newportbeachca.gov /cegadocuments under archived documents. VIII. IX. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. — finding the changes in the design to be in substantial conformance with the project design approved by Site Development Review No. SR2010- 001 and Conditional Use Permit No. UP2010 -024.. ITEM NO. 3 Uptown Newport (PA2011 -134) Site Location: 4311 -4321 Jamboree Road, North side of Jamboree Rd. between Birch St. and Fairchild Rd. 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. CEQA Compliance: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act the City of Newport Beach has prepared Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2010051094 to evaluate the environmental impacts resulting from the proposed project. The draft Final EIR has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA), as amended (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.), and the State CEQA Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15000 et seq.). Copies of the Environmental Impact Report and supporting documents are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Division or at the City of Newport Beach website at www. newr)ortbeachca .gov /cegadocuments. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No._ recommending the City Council take the following actions: a. Certification of Environmental Impact Report No. ER2012 -001 (SCH #2010051094); and b. Approval of Planned Community Development Plan Amendment No. PD2011 -003, Planned Community Development Plan Adoption No. PC2012 -001, Traffic Study No. TS2012 -005, Tentative Tract Map No. NT2012 -002, Affordable Housing Implementation Plan No. AH2012 -001, and Development Agreement No. DA2012 -003. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 4 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ITEM NO. 5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT ITEM NO. 6 ANNOUNCEMENTS ON MATTERS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION, OR REPORT. ITEM NO. 7 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES ADJOURNMENT