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Home My WebLink About10 - Planning Commission Agenda - 12-9-99SEW �Rr CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH o COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEPARTMENT • �4roa" 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658 (949) 644 -3200; FAX (949) 644 -3250 Hearing Date: Agenda Item No.: Staff Person: REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL December 13, 1999 10 Patricia L. Temple (949) 644 -3228 SUBJECT: PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA — December 9,1999 The Newport Beach City Council will receive a supplemental report on the above Planning Commission Meeting in the packet distributed Friday, December 10, 1999. Submitted by: PATRICIA L. TEMPLE Planning Director Attachment gav F:pin \gvari n \G'scmtn \plcrp.doc Prepared by: GINGER A. VARIN Executive Secretary to the Planning Commission CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH • PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Regular Meeting - December 9, 1999 - 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: MINUTES: PUBLIC COMMENTS: THE AGENDA WAS POSTED: HEARING ITEMS: 7:00 p.m. Ashley, Fuller, Gifford, Kranzley, Selich, Tucker - November 18, 1999 - Friday, December 3, 1999 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. 1 SUBJECT: 407 Bolsa Avenue Vance Collins and Ian Fettes, applicants SUMMARY: Request for a General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation from Retail and Service Commercial (SP -9) to Two - Family Residential, to allow for the construction of attached two - family residential subdivision. The application includes: • Amending Specific Plan No. 9 to remove the two lots from the plan, • amending Districting Map No. 25 to rezone the property to the R -2 District, • a resubdivision to create two parcels and allow them to be used for condominium purposes, and • a modification permit to allow: ➢ a 2 foot encroachment into the 4 foot side yard setbacks with a fireplace woodbox, and ➢ a 2 foot building encroachment into the rear 10 foot setback area, and ➢ property line walls ranging from 6 feet up to 12 feet in height in the front and side setback areas where the Code limits the height of walls and fences to 3 feet in the front setback and 6 feet in the side and rear setbacks • Also requested is an exception from the requirements of Seciton 19.20 of the Subdivision Code (Design Standards), to allow the creation of commercial lots without the required 30 foot alley at the rear of the property and the creation of one lot that does not abut a street. REQUIRED Hold public hearing; ACTION: Approve, modify or deny: • General Plan Amendment 91 -2 • Amendment No. 894 • Resubdivision No. 1075 • Modification No. 4954 ITEM NO. 2. SUBJECT: Dolin Residence Retaining Wall (Peter D. Brandow, applicant) 1541 Dolphin Terrace • SUMMARY: Request to permit the construction of a 15 foot high rear yard retaining wall with a 3 foot guardrail on top, which exceeds the permitted 6 foot height limit in the side and rear yard setback areas. The proposed retaining wall is intended to stabilize an unsafe slope and reclaim a portion of rear yard lost due to erosion. The retaining wall will reclaim approximately 29 feet of rear yard surface area which previously was slope. REQUIRED Hold public hearing: ACTION: Approve, modify or deny: • Modification Permit No. 4968, and the • Acceptance of a Negative Declaration ITEM NO. 3. SUBJECT: Extended StayAmerica 4881 Birch Street (Continued Planning Commission discussion from October 21, 1999) SUMMARY: Request for a General Plan amendment and PC Amendment to allow the construction of a 164 room extended stay hotel. The PC Amendments involve modifications to the PC text development standards to accommodate the construction of the new building. The PC text modifications to the development standards include, but are not limited to; changing the land use designation within the planned community from Retail and Service Commercial to Hotel, increasing the square footage entitlement and establishing a 60 foot height limit in Retail and Service Site I of Koll Center Newport Planned Community. A Use Permit is required for the establishment of an extended stay hotel. REQUIRED Hold public hearing; ACTION: Approve, modify or deny: • GPA 99 -2(A) • Use Permit No. 3665 ITEM NO.4 SUBJECT: 1995 Shores Partners, L.P. (Tim McSunas, applicant) 900 Sea Lane SUMMARY: Request to subdivide an existing lot containing 7.5 acres of land into a single parcel of land in conjunction with the development of an 89 unit attached and detached residential condominium project on property located in the MFR District (Multi - Family Residential). Also included is a request for a modification to allow detached structures to be built 6 feet apart, where the Code requires 10 feet minimum. REQUIRED Hold public hearing; ACTION: Approve, modify or deny: • Tentative Tract Map No. 15829 • Modification Permit No. 5002 ITEM NO.5 SUBJECT: Calculation of residential maximum floor area limits SUMMARY: An amendment to Section 20.10.030 (Property Development Regulation M), Section 20.10.040 (B -2), and Section 20.41.060 (Property Development Regulation I) of the Zoning Code to partially exempt elevator shafts and similar vertical shafts from the calculation of residential floor areas. REQUIRED Hold public hearing; APPLICATION: Approve, modify or deny: • Amendment No. 895 ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: a.) City Council Follow -up - Oral report by the Assistant City Manager regarding City Council . actions related to planning - q b.) Oral report from Planning Commission's representative to the Economic Development Committee - c.) Oral report on status of Newport Center General and Specific Plan program - 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) Requests for excused absences - ADJOURNMENT: 0 5 dEw �Rr CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Hearing Date: December 13, 1999 - COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Agenda Item No.: 10 v _ s PLANNING DEPARTMENT Staff Person: Patricia L. Temple • ' <•,,, ^'� 3300 NEWPORT BOULEVARD (949) 644 -3228 NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658 (949) 644 -3200; FAX (949) 644 -3250 REPORT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT: PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA — December 9,1999 SUMMARY: Report of the actions of the Planning Commission Item 1 regarding 407 Bolsa Avenue (General Plan Amendment 91 -2, Amendment No. 894, Resubdivision No. 1075 and Modification No. 4954) was continued, at the applicant's request, to January 6h. (all ayes) Item 2 regarding Dolin Residence Retaining Wall (Modification permit No. 4968 and the Acceptance of a Negative Declaration), was continued, at the applicant's request, to January 6's at the request of the applicant. (all ayes) Item 3 regarding Extended Stay America Gina's (General Plan Amendment 99 -2 (A) and Use Permit No. 3665) was recommended for approval and is automatically forwarded to the City Council. (all ayes) Item 4 regarding 1995 Shores Partners, L.P. (Tentative Tract Map No. 15829 and Modification Permit No. • 5002) was continued, at the applicant's request, to January 6'", 2000. (all ayes) Item 5 regarding Calculation of Residential Maximum Floor Area Limits, was recommended for approval and is automatically forwarded to City Council. (all ayes) Submitted by: PATRICIA L. TEMPLE Planning Director on r F:pin\gvalin \G'scmtn\p1c p.doc Prepared by: GINGER A. VARIN Executive Secretary to the Planning Commission