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Home My WebLink About0.0 - AgendaCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013 REGULAR MEETING — 3:00 p.m. BRADLEY HILLGREN Chair LARRY TUCKER KORY KRAMER Vice Chair Secretary FRED AMERI TIM BROWN RAYMOND LAWLER JAY MYERS 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: /fwwvv.newl)ortbeachca.gov and for public inspection in the Community Development Department, Planning Division located at 100 Civic Center Drive, 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 — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013 REGULAR MEETING — 3:00 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. 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 NOVEMBER 21, 2013 Recommended Action: Approve and file VII. STUDY SESSION ITEM NO.2 NEWPORT HARBOR YACHT CLUB (PA2012 -091) Site Location: 720 West Bay Avenue, 800 West Bay Avenue, 711 -721 West Bay Avenue, and 710 -720 West Balboa Boulevard Summary: The proposed project consists of the demolition of the 19,234- square -foot yacht club facility and construction of a 23,163 square foot facility. In order to implement the project, a General Plan Amendment, Coastal Land Use Plan Amendment, Zoning Code Amendment, Minor Use Permit, and Planned Development Permit, would need to be approved to address the yacht club use, square footage increase, additional height, parking, and land use designations for certain properties currently being used for boat storage and parking. The project is being introduced at this meeting, and will be brought back for a public hearing for Commission review and action. Should the project be approved at that hearing, the Planning Commission recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for final review and action. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15302, of the CEQA Guidelines - Class 2 (Replacement or Reconstruction), which exempts the replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced. Recommended Action: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission discuss the proposed project and provide direction to staff as necessary. VIII. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes on all items. 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. 2 of 4 ITEM NO.3 BACK BAY LANDING (PA2011 -216) Site Location: 300 E. Coast Highway Summary: The proposed project involves land use amendments to provide the legislative framework that would allow for future mixed -use development of the site. Amendments to the General Plan and Coastal Land Use Plan are required to change the land use designations to a Mixed -Use Horizontal designation and a Planned Community Development Plan is proposed to establish appropriate zoning regulations and development standards for the site. The requested approvals will allow for a horizontally distributed mix of uses, including recreational and marine commercial retail, marine office, marine services, enclosed dry stack boat storage, and a limited mix of freestanding multi- family residential and mixed -use structures with residential uses above the ground floor. In addition to the land use amendments, other requested approvals are a Lot Line Adjustment and Traffic Study pursuant to the City's Traffic Phasing Ordinance. Specific project design and site improvement approvals will be sought at a later time. CEQA Compliance: An Initial Study and Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) were prepared for the proposed project in accordance with the CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines. The DEIR was routed to the Planning Commission in advance of this staff report to allow additional time for review. A copy of the DEIR was also made available on the City's website ( htto:// www. newportbeachca .gov /cegadocuments), at each Newport Beach Public Library, and at the Community Development Department at City Hall. 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 -003 (SCH #2012101003); and b. Approval of General Plan Amendment No. GP2011 -011, Coastal Land Use Plan Amendment No. LC2011 -007, Code Amendment No. CA2013 -009, Planned Community Development Plan Adoption No. PC2011 -001, Traffic Study No. TS2012 -003, and Lot Line Adjustment No. LA2011 -003. ITEM NO.4 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES ORDINANCE UPDATE (PA2012 -057) Site Location: Citywide Summary: An amendment to the Newport Beach Municipal Code ( "NBMC ") to update regulations regarding wireless telecommunication facilities ( "Telecom Facilities "). Regulations currently contained in Chapter 15.70 would be updated and relocated to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) and Chapter 15.70 would be rescinded in its entirety. CEQA Compliance: This action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. The revisions to the Zoning Ordinance do not authorize any development, and therefore, will not result in a change to the physical environment. Individual wireless telecommunications facilities are subject to CEQA review at the time of application review. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct public hearing; and 3 of 4 2. Adopt Resolution No. — recommending City Council approval of the proposed update of the Wireless Telecommunication Ordinance (CA2012 -004). IX. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION KA ITEM NO. 6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT Committee Updates: 1. Land Use Element Amendment Advisory Committee 2. General Plan /Local Coastal Program Implementation Committee 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 4 of 4