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Home My WebLink About0.0 - Agenda CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS— 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2015 REGULAR MEETING—6:30 p.m. LARRY TUCKER Chair KORY KRAMER JAY MYERS Vice Chair Secretary TIM BROWN BRADLEY HILLGREN PETER KOETTING RAYMOND LAWLER 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 MICHAEL TORRES, Assistant City Attorney TONY BRINE, City Traffic Engineer JENNIFER BIDDLE, Administrative Support Specialist 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://www.newportbeachca.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, MARCH 19, 2015 REGULAR MEETING—6:30 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. 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 MARCH 5, 2015 Recommended Action: Approve and file VII. 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. ITEM NO.2 INGRAM VARIANCE(PA2014-131) 2723 Ocean Boulevard Summary: A variance application for an addition and remodel of an existing single-family residence allowing: 1) a new, two-car garage to encroach 10-feet into a required 10-foot rear setback along Way Lane; 2) an addition to encroach 10-feet into the required 10-foot front setback along Ocean Boulevard; and 3) an addition and a new deck/guardrail at the rear of the residence to exceed the 24-foot height limit to grade by approximately 19 feet. Construction will not exceed the top of curb height from Ocean Boulevard. CEQA Compliance: The project is categorically exempt under Section 15301 and Section 15303, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines - Class 1 (Existing Facilities) and Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures). Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. _approving Variance No. VA2014-005 as modified. 2 of 4 ITEM NO. 3 UPTOWN NEWPORT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT (PA2015-015) 4311 & 4321 Jamboree Road, North side of Jamboree Road, between MacArthur Boulevard and Birch Street Summary: Uptown Newport requests an amendment of the Uptown Newport Development Agreement (DA) to modify Section 3.1 to change the payment of public benefit fees to the City from the issuance of building permits to the issuance of certificates of occupancy; and modify Section 3.2.1 to change the payment of fees in-lieu of parkland dedication for all units at the issuance of the first building permit for any unit to the issuance of building permits on a per unit basis. CEQA Compliance: All significant environmental concerns for the proposed project have been addressed in the previously certified Environmental Impact Report No. ER2012-001 (SCH No. 2010051094), and that the City of Newport Beach intends to use said document for the above noted project, and further that there are no additional reasonable alternative or 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 www.newportbeachca.gov/cegadocuments. Recommended Action: 1. Conduct a public hearing; and Adopt Resolution No. _ approving First Amendment to Development Agreement No. DA2012-003. VIII. NEW BUSINESS ITEM NO.4 HEIGHT OVERLAY DISTRICT ZONING CODE AMENDMENT FOR WEST NEWPORT MESA(PA2015-047) West Newport Mesa Summary: Discussion of a Zoning Code Amendment to allow increased residential building height in the Multiple Residential (RM) Zoning District within Statistical Area A2 in West Newport Mesa in conjunction with the provision of enhanced project design and amenities. CEQA Compliance: No action will be taken by the Commission on this discussion item; therefore, this review is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act. Recommended Action: 1. Discuss the proposed Code Amendment and provide direction to staff. IX. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ITEM NO. 6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT 1. Update on the General Plan/Local Coastal Program Implementation Committee 2. Update on City Council Items 3 of 4 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 X. ADJOURNMENT 4of4