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Home My WebLink About11 - Planning Commission Agenda and Action Report for February 19, 2015(9) TO: Ia tie] �TAI CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH City Council Staff Report PREPARED BY: TITLE: February 24, 2015 Agenda Item No. 11 HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Community Development Department Kimberly Brandt, AICP, Director 949 - 644- 3226,kbrandta- newportbeachca.gov Brenda Wisneski, Deputy Director Community Development 949- 644 -3297; bwisneski(o)newportbeachca.pov Planning Commission Agenda Report for February 19, 2015 ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF JANUARY 22, 2015 The minutes were amended and approved. AYES: Hillgren, Koetting, Kramer, Myers, and Tucker NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Brown and Lawler PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS: ITEM NO. 2 BIRCH MEDICAL OFFICES (PA2014 -121) Site Location: 20352 — 20412 Birch Street SUMMARY: The project includes a Tentative Parcel Map application to subdivide four lots into three lots for commercial development and for condominium purposes. The application also includes a Minor Use Permit, Site Development Review, and Traffic Study to allow the construction of two, 2 -story medical office buildings totaling 64,000 square feet in gross floor area and a 324 -space surface parking lot. A portion of the project site is developed with residential properties that will be demolished as part of this project. CEQA COMPLIANCE: An addendum to a Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared by the City of Newport Beach in connection with the application noted above. The Planning Commission modified the conditions of approval and approved the project. AYES: Brown, Hillgren, Koetting, Kramer, Lawler, Myers, and Tucker NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None City Council Staff Report Agenda Item No. 11 Page 2 CONTINUED BUSINESS: ITEM NO. 3 SESSIONS SANDWICHES ABC LICENSE (PA2014 -153) Site Location: 2823 Newport Boulevard SUMMARY: A request to add a Type 41 (On -Sale Beer and Wine for Bona Fide Public Eating Place) Alcohol Beverage Control License to an existing food service, eating and drinking establishment (Sessions Sandwiches). The establishment operates under Minor Use Permit No. UP2013 -012 which limits net public area to 523 square feet, and hours of operation between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m, daily. No other operational changes are requested or proposed. If approved, this Minor Use Permit would supersede Minor Use Permit No. UP2013 -012. CEQA COMPLIANCE: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301, of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines — Class 1 (Existing Facilities). The Planning Commission directed staff to return to the March 5'h meeting with a resolution of approval which reflects the required findings and modified conditions of approval. The additional conditions included, but were not limited to, requiring the business to close by 9:00 p.m., requiring food to be served with the sale and service of alcoholic beverages, and for the Planning Commission to review compliance with the conditions of approval within one year of the alcohol beverage license being issued and activated. AYES: Brown, Koetting, Kramer, Lawler, Myers, and Tucker NOES: Hillgren ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None February 24, 2015 Agenda Item No.11 NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 REGULAR MEETING — 6:30 p.m. I 1 .0110 1 -me. W.— - - 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. VI. GONSENT ITEMS ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF JANUARY 22, 2015 Recommended Action: Approve and file VII. P6IB6IG 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. ITEM NO.2 BIRCH MEDICAL OFFICES (PA2012 -121) 20352 - 20412 Birch Street Summary: The project includes a Tentative Parcel Map application to resubdivide four lots into three lots for commercial development and for condominium purposes. The application also includes a Minor Use Permit, Site Development Review, and Traffic Study to allow the construction of two, 2 -story medical office buildings totaling 64,000 square feet in gross floor area and a 324 -space surface parking lot. A portion of the project site is developed with residential properties that will be demolished as part of this project. CEQA Compliance: An addendum to a Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared by the City of Newport Beach (City) in connection with the application noted above. The Newport Executive Court Project Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) (State Clearinghouse [SCH] No. 2007071158) was prepared by the City in 2007 in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with the implementation of the Newport Executive Court Project. The project was not constructed. The Addendum states that the subject development will not result in any new significant impacts that were not analyzed in the MND, nor will the project cause a substantial increase in the severity of any previously identified environmental impacts. 1 of 2 VIII. IX. X. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. _ approving Minor Use Permit No. UP2014 -032, Site Development Review No. SD2014 -005, Traffic Study No. TS2014 -006, Tentative Parcel Map No. NP2014- 017 and Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration. CONTINUED BUSINESS ITEM NO. 3 SESSIONS SANDWICHES ABC LICENSE (PA2014 -153) 2823 Newport Boulevard Summary: A request to add a Type 41 (On -Sale Beer and Wine for Bona Fide Public Eating Place) Alcohol Beverage Control License to an existing food service, eating and drinking establishment (Sessions Sandwiches). The establishment operates under Minor Use Permit No. UP2013 -012 which limits net public area to 523 square feet, and hours of operation between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m, daily. No other operational changes are requested or proposed. If approved, this Minor Use Permit would supersede Minor Use Permit No. UP2013 -012. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301, of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines — Class 1 (Existing Facilities). Recommended Action: 1. Conduct public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. denying Minor Use Permit No. UP2014 -050. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO.4 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ITEM NO. 5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT 1. Update on the General Plan /Local Coastal Program Implementation Committee 2. Update on City Council Items 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 2of2