HomeMy WebLinkAbout23 - Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan - PA2007-170 & PA2008-063CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
September 28, 2010
Agenda Item 23
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: City Manager's Office
Sharon Wood, Special Projects Consultant
SWood(o_ city. newport- beach. ca. us
(949) 644 -3000
SUBJECT: Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan
(PA2007 -170 & PA2008 -063)
APPLICANT: The Koll Company & Conexant
ISSUE
Approval of the Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan to
implement General Plan Policy LU 6.15.11 and allow future residential and mixed -use
development on the Koll and Conexant properties within the Airport Area subject to
future regulatory plans and development agreements.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following action:
Conduct a public hearing; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2010 - approving the proposed Airport Business
Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (Attachment CC -1).
PROJECT SUMMARY
The proposed Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan is intended
to implement General Plan Land Use Policy LU 6.15.11 (Conceptual Development Plan
Area), which requires a single conceptual development plan for any residential
development in that portion of the Airport Area that is generally bounded by MacArthur
Boulevard, Jamboree Road and Birch Street, prior to residential development in the
area.
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INTRODUCTION
Project Setting:
The proposed Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (Plan),
as shown on Attachment CC -2, applies to a portion of the Airport Area that is generally
bounded by MacArthur Blvd, Jamboree Road, and Birch Street (Conceptual Development
Plan Area). The Airport Area generally encompasses properties abutting the western
edge of the John Wayne Airport (JWA), and is bounded by Campus Drive, Jamboree
Road and the Corona Del Mar Freeway. MacArthur Boulevard bisects the Airport Area
in a north /south direction. The Airport Area is also in close proximity to the Irvine
Business Complex (IBC) and the University of California, Irvine (UCI). This proximity
has influenced the area's development with uses that support JWA and UCI, such as
research and development, "high tech" industrial, and visitor - serving uses.
In addition, there are a number of buildings occupied by corporate offices for industrial
and financial uses. The Koll Center Newport Planned Community, which covers the
area bounded by Campus Drive, MacArthur Boulevard, and Jamboree Road, was
adopted and developed in 1972 as a master planned campus to facilitate the
development of an office /light industrial park that also includes supportive retail and
visitor - serving uses. Other areas surrounding the proposed Plan are developed with a
diverse mix of low- intensity industrial, office, and airport- related uses, including a
number of auto - related commercial uses. More recently, residential development has
been introduced in the IBC area to the east of the project site.
Project Description
To allow residential uses in the Conceptual Development Plan Area, Policy LU 6.15.11
requires the preparation of one conceptual development plan that would "demonstrate
the compatible and cohesive integration of new housing, parking structures, open
spaces, recreational amenities, pedestrian and vehicular linkages, and other
improvements with existing non - residential structures and uses." The proposed Airport
Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan has been prepared to satisfy
this requirement. The Plan is a pre- requisite for the preparation of the regulatory plans
called for in the General Plan. Once the City Council has reviewed and approved the
Conceptual Development Plan, each property owner will be responsible to
independently prepare and submit to the City a proposed regulatory plan for their
property. The regulatory plans, along with any required environmental documents, will
then be subject to a public review process.
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Background
The General Plan 2006 Update was approved by the City Council on July 25, 2006, and
the land use plan was approved by the voters on November 7, 2006. The General Plan
Land Use policies promote the introduction of residential and mixed -use development
within the Airport Area, provided that such development contributes to the creation of
viable neighborhood clusters with appropriate infrastructure, pedestrian- oriented
features and open spaces, and with a pattern of development that offers a strong sense
of community and livability.
Specifically, the General Plan allows up to a maximum of 2,200 units of housing within
the Airport Area. All but 550 of these units must replace existing development so that
there is no net gain of vehicular trips. The 550 units, known as "additive" units, may be
constructed on existing surface parking lots located east of MacArthur Boulevard. This
area is referred to in the General Plan as the Conceptual Development Plan Area,
which is identified in the Airport Area Residential Village Illustrative Concept Diagram
(General Plan Figure LU23, Attachment CC -3).
Within the Conceptual Development Plan Area, there are two large tracts of assembled
property, owned by The Koll Company (75 acres) and Conexant (25 acres). These
property owners initially were unable to come to an agreement on a single conceptual
plan. The City then requested ROMA Design Group (who had prepared the framework
for residential development in the Airport Area as part of the General Plan update effort)
to evaluate the conceptual development plans prepared by each of the property owners,
in relation to the policies and standards of the General Plan, and to formulate an
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan for the City's consideration. The draft
conceptual development plan prepared by ROMA was reviewed by the property owners,
City staff and the General Plan /LCP Implementation Committee. The draft plan was
reviewed by the Planning Commission on November 20, 2008, and recommended to
the City Council for approval. Prior to the City Council meeting, questions on the
environmental determination were raised, and the matter was tabled. The property
owners and staff have refined and revised the Plan since 2008.
On July 22, 2010 and September 9, 2010 the Planning Commission conducted a public
hearing on the proposed Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (ICDP). After
hearing public testimony and discussing the project, the Commission unanimously
recommended approval of the plan. The Planning Commission Resolution, staff reports
and minutes are attached as Attachments CC-4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
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ANALYSIS
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan
The Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (Plan) provides for
the redevelopment of the 25 -acre Conexant site, and for the redevelopment of a 12.7 -
acre portion of the 75 -acre Koll Center office park between Birch Street and Von
Karman Avenue with new residential development and open space, carefully integrated
with the existing office buildings and parking facilities (ICDP Figure 1 - Illustrative Plan).
The Plan is aimed at fulfilling the policies of the General Plan, ensuring cohesive and
livable neighborhoods oriented to parks and pedestrian ways, and a finer- grained
network of pedestrian - friendly streets. The Plan would result in a total of up to 1,504
new residential units, 1,244 on the Conexant site and the remaining 260 on the Koll
property. All 260 of the new residential units on the Koll site would be "additive" units
since no existing office or industrial uses would be removed. On the Conexant site, up
to 632 units would replace the existing industrial and office uses which are to be
demolished, 290 units would be additive, and 322 units would be density bonus units.
These units may be developed only to the extent that they meet the standards of state
density bonus law and density bonus provisions of the NBMC. The exact number of
replacement units will be determined when the regulatory plans are prepared, along
with more precise traffic analysis to ensure compliance with General Plan Policy LU
6.15.5 regarding no increase in peak hour trips. Together, the two properties would use
all 550 additive units allocated to the Conceptual Development Plan Area by the
General Plan.
Koll — The plan for this property includes three residential lots with parking, one
new neighborhood park, existing pedestrian access to the existing open space
amenities with frontage on both sides of Von Karman, new pedestrian access
into the Conexant portion of the ICDP Area and around the existing office
buildings, and revisions to the vehicular access. The proposed residential lots
are currently used for surface parking for office uses; this parking will be replaced
with subterranean parking and a limited amount of new surface parking. In
addition to the residential development, Koll proposes to use 3,400 square feet of
existing, unused commercial entitlement in Koll Center Newport to provide retail
uses to support the new residential village.
Conexant — The proposed project would result in the demolition and replacement
of 441,127 square feet of existing industrial and office uses contained within two
buildings, with a residential and mixed -use development. The plan for the
Conexant site represents a complete redevelopment of the property from an
industrial /office complex to a residential village. The Plan calls for the 25 -acre
site to be configured with a pattern of streets and blocks that provide a
pedestrian - friendly environment, with connectivity to adjacent commercial /office
areas. In addition to its residential program, the Conexant Village will allow up to
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11,400 square feet of ground level retail and commercial uses located along A
Street, and adjacent to the central neighborhood park. The number of
replacement residential units has been adjusted to account for this nonresidential
development, in accordance with Policy 6.15.5.
The proposed Plan establishes the direction for each of the property owners to
separately prepare and submit for review by the City a regulatory plan for their holdings.
Regulatory plans must be in substantial compliance with the Plan, particularly in terms
of the number and density of residential units (except for any additional density bonuses
for affordable units) and the connectivity between the two properties, and must maintain
the easterly access to Birch Street as shown on the Integrated Conceptual
Development Plan. Substantial deviations, or additions to the number of residential
units, will require an amendment to the Plan.
Lastly, the City has an interest in timely execution of the Plan to ensure implementation
of its Housing Element and to provide unused development opportunities to property
owners who have the interest and capacity to implement the City's plans. The Plan
provides that if, after a reasonable period of time as determined by the City Council,
owners of property within the area of the Plan do not submit and prosecute Regulatory
Plans and Development Agreements, the City may initiate and adopt an amendment to
the Plan to reallocate additive units.
General Plan Consistency
The General Plan contains several policies that provide for the orderly evolution of the
Airport Area from a single - purpose business park to a mixed -use district with cohesive
residential villages integrated within the existing fabric of office, industrial, retail, and
airport- related businesses. Residential opportunities "would be developed as clusters of
residential villages centering on neighborhood parks and interconnected by pedestrian
walkways. These would contain a mix of housing types and buildings that integrate
housing with ground level convenience retail uses and would be developed at a
sufficient scale to achieve a 'complete' neighborhood."
The General Plan establishes several fundamental criteria for the configuration and
design of new residential villages in the Airport Area in general, and in the Conceptual
Development Plan Area in particular. An extensive discussion of each of the policies is
contained in the text of the Conceptual Development Plan. Outlined below is a synopsis
of these policies along with a discussion on each of the development area's General
Plan consistency.
• Neighborhood Size (LU6.15.6 and LU6.15.10): Each residential village shall be
at least 10 acres in size at build -out, and be organized around a neighborhood
park and other similar amenities. The first phase of residential development in
each village shall be at least five gross acres, exclusive of existing rights -of -way.
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Although the General Plan exempts the "Conceptual Development Plan Area"
from this minimum first phase requirement, it does require that residential villages
within this sub -area be able to be built out to a minimum area of 10 acres.
Koll - The mixed -use village is approximately 12.7 gross acres in
size, which exceeds the 10 -acre minimum requirement.
Conexant — The residential village is approximately 25 gross acres
in size, which exceeds the 10 -acre minimum requirement.
• Neighborhood Densities (LU6.15.7, LU6.15.8 and LU6.15.9): In addition to
providing a minimum land area for residential development, the General Plan
also establishes minimum densities to ensure that a sufficient critical mass of
residential units is created within each 10 -acre village. As such, the overall
minimum density for each village at build -out is 30 dwelling units per net acre,
exclusive of existing and future rights -of -way, open spaces and pedestrian ways;
a maximum net density of 50 units /acre is also established.
Koll - The Plan provides for 5.78 net acres of new residential land,
which could allow the development of 173 to 289 units based on
the minimum and maximum allowable densities in the General
Plan. The Plan includes a total of 260 residential units, and
complies with the General Plan policy.
Conexant - The Plan provides a net developable residential land
area of 18.45 acres, which could allow for a maximum program of
922 dwelling units (18.45 x 50 du /ac). The Plan provides for a total
of 1,244 units, 922 of which are base units, whose density is
consistent with General Plan policies, and 322 of which are density
bonus units that are not included in General Plan density limits.
The density bonus units could be developed only if the developer
provides 11% of the base units (101 units) for very low- income
households, 20% of the base units (184 units) for low- income
households, or 40% of the base units (369 units) for moderate -
income households. The precise number of replacement units will
be finalized in the regulatory plan for development of the Conexant
property, based on traffic analysis to comply with General Plan
Policy LU 6.15.5.
Diversity of Housing (LU6.15.7): Within the density envelope (30 to 50 du /ac),
the General Plan promotes a diversity of building types, including row houses,
and podium mid -rise and high -rise buildings to accommodate a range of
household types and incomes and to promote a variety of building masses and
scales.
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Koll - Housing types contemplated in the plan include stacked flats
in mid -rise buildings of varying heights in podium or wrap
configuration, as well as possible ground floor townhouse units.
Conexant - Housing types contemplated in the plan include ground -
level townhouse units, podium mid -rise and high -rise
apartment/condominiums.
• Conceptual Development Plan (LU6.15.11): One conceptual development
plan is required for the Koll and Conexant properties when residential
development is proposed on either property. The plan is to "demonstrate
the compatible and cohesive integration of new housing, parking
structures, open spaces, recreational amenities, pedestrian and vehicular
linkages, and other improvements with existing nonresidential structures
and uses."
Koll - The plan for this village shows three residential buildings
clustered around a new central neighborhood park. All of the land
proposed for redevelopment is currently used for surface parking,
which is proposed to be replaced in subterranean structures or, in
limited cases, new surface locations. Existing vehicular access
from Birch Street and Von Karman Avenue is integrated into the
plan, with changes internal to the site to provide access to the new
residential buildings and neighborhood park. The urban plaza
adjacent to an existing office building and the new neighborhood
park are integrated into the village with pedestrian connections
proposed to be improved with enhanced paving and landscaping.
In addition, new pedestrian connections will be added to provide
access to existing restaurants on Jamboree Road and new parks
and commercial uses in the Conexant Village.
Conexant - There is little need to demonstrate integration with
existing structures and uses because the proposal is to remove all
existing industrial and office uses and replace them with a
residential village. As phasing is proposed in the regulatory plan,
that plan will need to address integration of new residential uses
with existing nonresidential uses during early phases before the
entire site is redeveloped. As part of the residential village, a new
system of streets and paseos is proposed, which integrate with the
existing vehicular access points from Jamboree Road, Birch. Street
and Von Karman Avenue. The plan for the Conexant site takes
advantage of its proximity to amenities on the Koll site and
properties along Jamboree Road (e.g., future neighborhood park,
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existing fitness center and restaurants) and addresses integration
with those uses through enhanced pedestrian connections.
• Neighborhood Parks (LU6.15.13 and LU6.15.14): The General Plan calls for
residential villages to be centered on neighborhood parks to provide structure
and a sense of community and identity. The General Plan requires that each
park be a minimum of one acre in size, or at least eight percent of the total land
area of the residential village, whichever is greater. In order to promote useable
and cohesive open space, the General Plan also requires that each
neighborhood park have a minimum dimension of no less than 150 feet.
Neighborhood parks are required to be public in nature (rather than internalized
open space), and to this end must have public streets on at least two sides and
be connected with adjacent residential development by pedestrian ways and
streets.
Koll - The Plan provides for the creation of a central neighborhood
park of approximately 1.016 acres which meets the General Plan
requirement of 1.016 acres or 8 percent of the land area of the
residential village (i.e., 8 percent of 12.7 acres = 1.016 acres).
This 1.016 -acre neighborhood park is located at the center of the
community; it is highly public in nature, surrounded on two sides by
public streets and by active ground -level uses. The Plan meets the
General Plan requirements for public open space.
Conexant — The Plan provides a total of 2.01 acres of parks and
open space, exceeding the General Plan requirement of 2.0 acres
or 8 percent of the land area of the residential village (i.e., 8 percent
of 25 acres = 2.0 acres). A 1.49 -acre neighborhood park is located
at the center of the community; it is highly public in nature,
surrounded on all sides by public streets and by active ground -level
uses. An additional 0.52 acre is provided in two smaller pocket
parks within the village. The Plan meets the General Plan
requirements for public open space.
• Streets and Pedestrian Ways (LU 6.15.17 and LU 6.15.19): These policies
encourage the development of streets and pedestrian ways that break up
large block areas and that are residentially scaled to improve connections
between neighborhoods and community amenities. New streets, as
tentatively identified on General Plan Figure LU23 (Attachment C), should
connect with existing streets across MacArthur Boulevard, preferably at
existing signalized intersections.
Koll - The proposed residential street on the Koll site shown on
Figure LU23 would extend the existing driveway that runs
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diagonally from Von Karman Avenue towards Birch Street so that it
would connect MacArthur Boulevard with Birch Street. Most of the
area of this street extension is not part of the project area. The
circulation plan proposed for the Koll Village utilizes a slightly
altered alignment of the existing diagonal driveway, which does
connect Von Karman Street with Birch Street and would allow for a
future connection to MacArthur Boulevard if the residential village
was to be expanded. The proposed street has been placed in a
location that satisfies the requirements of General Plan polices.
Conexant — The Conexant Village plan maintains a pattern of
residentially - scaled streets and paseos that break up the large
blocks and provide connectivity within and between neighborhoods
and with community amenities. Street connections are proposed
in locations that are consistent with those identified on Figure LU23,
including two connections to Jamboree Road and one connection
to Birch Street. One connection is provided to Von Karman Avenue
in a more southerly location than shown in the General Plan's
illustrative concept diagram. This proposed connection uses an
existing Conexant easement rather than converting an existing
driveway aisle in an area of the Koll site that is not proposed for
redevelopment. The Conexant street proposal does not preclude
future extension of the north -south spine to the south, as shown on
Figure LU23, if the residential village was to be expanded.
Summary
Prior to any residential development within the Airport Area, the General Plan requires
the preparation of a Conceptual Development Plan to "demonstrate the compatible and
cohesive integration of new housing, parking structures, open spaces, recreational
amenities, pedestrian and vehicular linkages, and other improvements with existing
non - residential structures and uses." Staff is of the opinion that the proposed Airport
Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan will implement this required
integration. The Plan also establishes the framework for future Regulatory Plans, which
will describe more fully the proposed design of buildings, parking, streets, pedestrian
ways, parks and open spaces, and how infrastructure required to support the proposed
development will be provided.
Planning Commission Recommendation
On July 22, 2010 the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (ICDP). After hearing public testimony and
discussing the project the Commission continued the item to allow the applicant to
address issues and concerns that the Commission raised regarding the project. These
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issues were a proposed General Plan Amendment that would have allowed the Koll
neighborhood park to have only one public street frontage instead of the required two,
the overall size of the Koll neighborhood park, and connectivity between the Conexant
Village and Koll Village. Public testimony raised issues regarding the applicants' rights
to use of easements and issues regarding codes, covenants and restrictions (CC &Rs).
On September 9, 2010 the Planning Commission reconvened the public hearing on the
ICDP. As a result of the issues raised during the July hearing, the applicant for the Koll
Village redesigned the neighborhood park as well as modified the project area. The
park was redesigned and now maintains frontage on two streets which meets the
requirements of the General Plan. As such, the General Plan amendment as previously
requested was withdrawn and was no longer a part of the project. The applicant also
revised the project site area to exclude office buildings that are not proposed for any
redevelopment. With the reduction in area from 16.08 to 12.7 acres, the required
neighborhood park area is 1.016 acres. Koll is proposing a neighborhood park of 1.016
acres, which meets the General Plan requirement.
Additional connectivity between the two villages was demonstrated in new exhibits
contained in the Plan. Seven pedestrian connections between the two sites are shown
with enhanced paving and new landscaping to define the connections and screen them
from parking areas. Where connections end at parks, additional treatment is shown to
provide an arrival point or entrance to the park. The vehicular connection at the
southerly edge of the project remained unchanged.
After hearing public testimony and discussing the project the Commission unanimously
recommended approval of the plan. The Commission also recommended additional
language to be included in the ICDP to ensure that future Regulatory Plans must
maintain the easterly access to Birch Street as shown on the Integrated Conceptual
Development Plan. The Commission also requested additional language be added to
the ICDP in regards to General Plan Policy requiring a Development Agreement. This
language has been incorporated into the Plan provided for the City Council's
consideration.
Environmental Review
The Integrated Conceptual Development Plan requires no further environmental review
under Public Resources Code Section 21094. The Plan implements the General Plan's
requirement for a conceptual development plan to be adopted prior to any residential
development being permitted within the Conceptual Development Plan Area, and is
consistent with General Plan policies, in particular the policies pertaining to
development in the Airport Area and the Conceptual Development Plan Area. Staff has
prepared an Initial Study (Attachment CC -9) and determined, on the basis of substantial
evidence in the light of the whole record, that the residential development included in
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the ICDP is consistent with that evaluated in the General Plan Environmental Impact
Report (EIR, SCH No. 2006011119), certified on July 25, 2006.
No additional environmental review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 21166 because no substantial changes to the General Plan are proposed which
would require revisions to the General Plan EIR; no substantial changes have occurred
with respect to the circumstances under with the project is being undertaken which
would require revisions to the General Plan EIR; and no new information, which was not
known and could not have been known at the time the General Plan EIR was certified,
has become available.
Public Notice
Notice of this hearing was published in the Daily Pilot, mailed to property owners within
300 feet of the property and posted at the site a minimum of 10 days in advance of this
hearing consistent with the Municipal Code. Additionally, the item appeared upon the
agenda for this meeting, which was posted at City Hall and on the city website.
Prepared by:
Gerald S. Gilbert, Contract Planner
Attachments
Submitted by:
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Sharon Wood, Speci-aT Projects Consultant
CC -1 Draft City Council Resolution
CC -2 Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan Dated
September 2010
CC -3 General Plan Figure LU23 Airport Area Residentia
Concept Diagram
CC -4 Planning Commission Resolution No. 1823
CC -5 July 22, 2010 Planning Commission Staff Report
CC -6 September 9, 2010 Planning Commission Staff Report
CC -7 Planning Commission Minutes of July 22, 2010
CC -8 Planning Commission Minutes of September 9, 2010
CC -9 Initial Study
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Attachment No. CC 1
Draft City Council Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 2010-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING THE AIRPORT
BUSINESS AREA INTEGRATED CONCEPTUAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PA2007 -170 & PA2008 -063)
WHEREAS, The Koll Company and Conexant have filed applications with
respect to their properties located within a portion of the Airport Area that is
generally bounded by MacArthur Boulevard, Jamboree Road and Birch Street;
and
WHEREAS, the applications seek approval of an Integrated Conceptual
Development Plan (Plan) for the Airport Area that will implement certain General
Plan Land Use policies; and
WHEREAS, public hearings were held on July 22, 2010 and September 9,
2010, in the City Hall Council Chambers, 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach,
California, at which time the Planning Commission considered the Airport Business
Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan. A notice of time, place and
purpose of the meeting was given in accordance with the Municipal Code.
Evidence, both written and oral, was presented to, and considered by, the
Planning Commission at these meeting, including the evidence and arguments
submitted by the City staff, The Koll Company, Conexant, and all interested
parties; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed and considered the
information in the Plan and in the full administrative record, including the General
Plan and voted to recommend the approval of the Airport Business Area
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on September 28, 2010, in the City
Hall Council Chambers, 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California, at
which time the City Council considered the Airport Business Area Integrated
Conceptual Development Plan. A notice of time, place and purpose of the
meeting was given in accordance with the Municipal Code. Evidence, both
written and oral, was presented to, and considered by, the City Council at this
meeting, including the evidence and arguments submitted by the City staff, The
Koll Company, Conexant, and all interested parties; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that:
1. The Plan will ensure compatible and cohesive integration of new housing,
parking structures, open spaces, recreational amenities, pedestrian and
vehicular linkages, and other improvements with the existing non - residential
structures and uses.
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2. The Plan is consistent with the General Plan, specifically Policy LU6.15 41,,
which requires the preparation of a Conceptual Development Plan prior to
developing residential uses in the Conceptual Development Plan Area.
Approval of the Conceptual Design Plan, as required by the General Plan,
does not approve any particular entitlement or the development of any
specific number of additive or replacement units. Rather, the Conceptual
Development Plan is a required prerequisite for the preparation of entitlement
documents required by the General Plan. These documents include a
Regulatory Plan and a Development Agreement. Subsequent to City Council
approval of the Conceptual Development Plan, each property owner will be
responsible to independently prepare and submit to the City the proposed
Regulatory Plan for their property. The Regulatory Plans will be subject to an
environmental and public review process as required by the City and any
additive or replacement units which may eventually be approved will be fully
analyzed as part of the environmental review process for the Regulatory
Plans.
3. The Plan complies with the General Plan Land Use Plan and implements
policies of the General Plan, including policies with regard to residential
village size, density of residential development, diversity of housing,
pedestrian and vehicular linkages and neighborhood parks.
4. The Integrated Conceptual Development Plan requires no further
environmental review under P ublic Resources Code Section 21094. T he
Plan implements the General Plan's requirement for a conceptual
development plan to be adopted prior to any residential development being
permitted within the Conceptual Development Plan Area, and is consistent
with General Plan policies, in particular the policies pertaining to development
in the Airport Area and the Conceptual Development Plan Area. The
residential development included in the ICDP is consistent with that evaluated
in the General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR, SCH No.
2006011119), certified on July 25, 2006.
No additional environmental review is required pursuant to Public Resources
Code Section 21166 because no substantial changes to the General Plan are
proposed which would require revisions to the General Plan EIR; no
substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under
with the project is being undertaken which would require revisions to the
General Plan EIR; and no new information, which was not known and could
not have been known at the time the General Plan EIR was certified, has
become available.
5. The City Council finds that judicial challenges to the City's CEQA
determinations and approvals of land use projects are costly and time
consuming. In addition, project opponents often seek an award of attorneys'
fees in such challenges. As project applicants are the primary beneficiaries of
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such approvals, it is appropriate that such applicants should bear the expense
of defending against any such judicial challenge, and bear the responsibility
for any costs, attorneys' fees, and damages which may be awarded to a
successful challenger.
6. No vested right is created in approving this Resolution by the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Approval of the Integrated Conceptual Development Plan requires no further
environmental review under Public Resources Code Sections 21094 and
21166.
2. The Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (Dated
September 2010) is consistent with the General Plan policies and the City
Council hereby approves the Plan (Exhibit "A "), subject to the findings stated
in this Resolution.
3. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the applicants shall indemnify, defend
and hold harmless City, its City Council, its boards and commissions, officials,
officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims,
demands, obligations, damages, actions, causes of action, suits, losses,
judgments, fines, penalties, liabilities, costs and expenses (including without
limitation, attorney's fees, disbursements and court costs) of every kind and
nature whatsoever which may arise from or in any manner relate (directly or
indirectly) to City's approval of the Airport Business Area Integrated
Conceptual Development Plan. This indemnification shall include, but not be
limited to, damages awarded against the City, if any, costs of suit, attorneys'
fees, and other expenses incurred in connection with such claim, action,
causes of action, suit or proceeding whether incurred by applicant, City,
and /or the parties initiating or bringing such proceeding. The applicants shall
indemnify the City for all of City's costs, attorneys' fees, and damages which
City incurs in enforcing the indemnification provisions set forth in this
condition. The applicants shall pay to the City upon demand any amount
owed to the City pursuant to the indemnification requirements prescribed in
this condition.
City Council Resolution No.
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This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption. Passed and adopted
by the City Council of Newport Beach at a regular meeting held on the
September 28, 2010 by the following vote to wit:
AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT "A"
Airport Business Area
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan
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Airport Business Area ICDP
Dated September 2010
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AIRPORT BUSINESS AREA
RECOMMENDED INTEGRATED
CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
FOR KOLL AND CONEXANT
PROPERTIES
Introduction
In 2006 the City of Newport Beach adopted a compre-
hensive update to its General Plan, which includes a
plan for infill development within the Airport Busi-
ness Area, immediately east ofjohn Wayne Airport,
bounded by jamboree Road, Campus Drive and
Bristol Street The policies promote the introduc-
tim, of residential and mixed -use development within
this industrial and commercial district, provided that
such development contributes to the creation of viable
neighborhood clusters with appropriate infrastructure,
pedestrian- oriented femerrs and open spaces, and with
a pattern ofdevelopment disc offers a strong sense of
community and livability.
Ilse General Plan policies allow for a maximum of
2,200 units of housing within the Airport Business
Area. All but 550 of these units must replace existing
development so that there is no net gain of vehicular
trips; the 550 "additive' units nnay be constructed
on existing surface parking lots or areas not used for
occupiable buildings located east of MacArthur Boule-
vard. This area, referred to in the General Plan as
the Conceptual Development Plan Area, has strong
potential for the introduction of new residential devel-
opment, as it includes two large erasers of assembled
property, including the 75 -acre gall property, and the
25 -acre Conexant site 'the General Plan requires the
property owners in this area to collaborate in the prep-
aration of a single Conceptual Development Plan to
"demonstrate the compatible and cohesive integration
of new housing, parking structures, open spaces, recre-
ational amenities, pedesttian and vehicular linkages,
and other improvements with existing non - residential
structures and uses." The purpose of this Integrated
Development Plan is to allocate the additive units to
prapertles within the Conceptual Development Plan
Area and to satisfy the General Plan rquiremener for a
Conceptual Development Plan.
Each of the principal property owners has prepared
a Conceptual Development Plan for their properties
which the City has evaluated in relation to [he poli-
cies and standards of the General Plan to formulate a
recommended Integrated Conceptual Development
Plan.
General Plan Policies
The General Plan provides policies for the orderly
evolution of the Airport Business Arco, from a single -
purposed business park, to a mixed -use district with
cohesive residential villages integrated within the
existing fabric ofoffice, industrial, retail, and airport -
related businesses. The goal of the Plan is to create
livable neighborhoods with a strong sense of place and
community — "residential villages centering on neigh-
borhood parks and interconnected by pedestrian walk-
ways (with) a mix of housing types and buildings._ at
a sufBciew scale to achieve a complete neighborhood."
In formulating the General Plan policies, there was
concern that residential development not occur on a
"piecemeal' basis, and that there he sufficient critical
mass to enable each new increment of bouncing to stand
alone as a viable and livable neighborhood This was
felt to be particularly important in the Airport Business
Area where there has been no residential development,
and where the predominant land use pattern has been
commercial and industrial.
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The General Plan establishes several fundamemal
criteria for the configuration and design of new residen-
tial villages in the Airport Business Area in general, and
in the Conceptual Development Plan Arcs in particular:
Neighborhood Size: Each residential village shall
be at least 10 -acres in six at build -our, and be
organized around a neighborhood park and other
similar amenities. The first phase of residential
development in each village shall be at least five
gross acres, exclusive of existing rights- of-way.
Although the General Plan exempts the "Concep-
tual Development Plan Area' from this minimum
first phase requirement, it does requite residential
villages within this sub -area be able to be built
out to a minimum area of 10 acres (LU6.15.6,
LU6.15 -10 and LU6 15.11).
Neighborhood Densities: In addition to
providing a minimum land area for residential
development, the General Plan also establishes
minimum densities to ensure that a sufficient
critical mass of residential in is created within
each 10 -acre village. As such, the overall minimum
density for each village at build out is 30 dwelling
units per net acre, exclusive of existing and future
rights -of -way, open spaces and pedestrian ways;
a maximum net density of 50 unitsiacre is also
established. The General Plan also establishes a
minimum density of 45 units per acre for each five -
aote first phase increment of residential develop-
ment although the Conceptual Development Plan
Area is exempt from this specific numerical require-
ment, any first phase increment of residential
development should demonstrate an appropriate
critical mass (LU6.15.7, LU6.15.8 and LU6.15.9).
Diversity of Housing: Within the density enve-
lope (30 to 50 du/ac), the General Plan promotes
a diversity of building types, including now houses,
and podium mid -rise and high rise buildings to
maximmodate a range of household types and
incomes and to promote a variety of building
masses and scales. (LU6.15.7).
Neighborhood Parks: The General Plan calls for
residential villages to be centered on neighborhood
parks to provide structure and a sense of commu-
nity and identity. 'the General Plan requires that
each park be a minimum of one acre in size, or
at least eight percent of the total land area of the
residential village, whichever is greater. In order
to promote useable and cohesive open space, the
General Plan also requires that each neighborhood
park have a minimum dimension, no less than 150
feet, and require that each neighborhood park is
clearly public in character and is accessible to all
residents of the neighborhood. Each park shall be
surrounded by public streets on at least two sides
(preferably with on-etrect parking to serve the
park), and shall he linked in residential uses in its
respective neighborhood by streets or pedestrian
ways. (LU6.15.13 and LU6.15.14).
Integrated Conceptual
Development Plan
'the Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (here-
after referred to as the Plan), provides for the rede-
velopment of the 25 -acre Conexant site, and for the
redevelopment of a 12.7 -acre portion of the Koll
Center office park between Birch Street and Van
[Garman Avenue with new residential development and
open space, carefully integrated with existing office
buildings and parking structures which will remain.
Connectivity within and between the Two properties
will be provided with existing and new pedestrian ways,
improved with parking lot screening, planting and/or
enhanced livings which are compatible between the
Knit and Conexant properties (details of which will be
included in the regulatory plans).
The Plan is aimed at fulfilling the policies of the
General Plan, ensuring cohesive and livable neighbor-
hoods oriented to parks and pedestrian ways, and a
finer - grained network of structures which will remain
(Figure 1: illustrative Plan).
The Plan would result in a total of up to 1,504 new
residential writs; 1,244 of which are planned and
could be developed on the Conexanr site and the
remaining 260 on the Koll property, All 260 of die
new residential min on the Koll site would be "addi-
tive' units since no existing office or industrial uses
would be removed.
On the Conexant site, up to 632 units would replace
existing industrial and office uses that are planned to
be demolished. The remaining 290 units would be
additive. The Conexant plan includes the ability to
construct up to 322 density bonus units onsita m an
incentive to provide affordable housing in addition to
that needed to satisfy the City's inclusionary housing
requirements. Together, the two properties would use
A of the 550 additive units prescribed for the Concep-
tual Development Plan area by the General Plan.
Conexant
The plan for the Conexant site represents a Complete
redevelopment of the property from an industrial/
office Complex to a residential village. The Plan calls
for the 25 -acre site to be configured with a pattern of
streets and blocks that provide a pedestrian4iendly
environment, with strong Connectivity to adjacent
commercial /office areas. (Figure 2: Conexant Site
Illustrative Plan). Several principles guide the organi-
zation of the CODCxant mixed -use village, building on
the policies of the General Plan:
Establish a pattern of pedestrian- scaled streets and
paseos that break up the large blocks and provide
connectivity within and between neighbodtoods
and with community amenities.
Create a neighborhood parkas the principal focal
point of the village, with additional pocket parks
that provide community identity and amenity.
• Provide for building massing chat creates a strong
spatial definition along streets, and steps down to
promote a pedestrian- scaled character.
UNIT ALLOCATION SUMMARY
Property
Additive
Replacement
Bonus
Totals
Koll
260
11,500
-Density
260
Conexant
290
632
322
1,244
Totals
550
632
322
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• Integrate residential with ground level uses that
promote active and engaging street fronts. Parking
should either be encapsulated or below grade.
• Establish a diversity of housing types, including
tow, houses, podium mid -rise and high -rise
apartments.
• Provide parking that reflects the mix of uses in the
neighborhood. Encourage on- street parking to
serve the neighborhood park and visitors.
The Plan for the Conexanr sire provides a net develop-
able residential land area of 18.45 acres, which would
Allow for a maximum program of 922 dwelling units
(18.45 x 50 du/ad, of which 290 would bcaddi-
rive units and up to 632 would be replacement units
(Figure 3: Conexant Site Framework Plan). This
density is consistent with General Plan policies. The
precise number of replacement units will be finalized in
the regulatory plan for development of the Conexant
property, based on traffic analysis to comply with
General Plan Policy LU 6.156.
CONEXANT SITE ILLUSTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Conexant
Net Area
(Acres)
Residential
(Dwetting Units)
Commercial
(Gross Sq. Ft.)
Totals
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18.45
922
11,500
Bonus Units
322
Total(s)
18.45
1,244
11,500
Total Park Area
2.01
RECOMMENDED INTEGRATED CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN: JUNE 2010
In addition to its residential program, the Conexant
Village will allow up to I I, 500 square feet of ground
level retail and commercial uses located along A Street,
and adjacent to the central neighborhood park, The
precise amount of commecial square footage will be
finalized in the regulatory plan for development of the
Coma nt property, based on traffic analysis to comply
with General Plan Poldy LU6.15.5
To help meet the City's Housing Element goals, the
Conexant portion of the Plan also proposes up to a
maximum of 322 density bonus units. These units are
in addition to the 922 residential units, and may be
developed only to the career that affordable housing
units are provided to meet the standards of state
density bonus law and density bonus provisions of the
Newport Beach Municipal Code.
The Conexant proposal provides a total of 2.01 acres
of parks and open space, which meets the General
Plan requirement of 2.0 acres or 8 percent of the land
area of the residential village (i.e., 8% of 25 acres =
2.0 acres). A 1.49 acre neighborhood park is located
at the center of the community; it is accessible to all
residents of the neighborhood and is clearly public in
nature, surrounded on all sides by public streets and
by active ground level uses An additional 0.51 acres
is provided in two smaller pocket parks within the
Conexant Site.
Kell
For the Koll property the Plan demonstrates how non-
residential uses can he integrated with residential uses
along with open space, parking and other amenities
to create a livable and attractive neighborhood (Figure
4i Kell Site Illustrative Plan). In seeking m meet the
intention of the General Platt policies for a mixed -use
village on the Kali Property, the Plan has established
and followed the following principles;
• Spatially organize new residential uses with
existing office development in a way that creates
an engaging neighborhood fabric of useable and
defined open spaces, and pedestrian - friendly
streets and promenades.
Balance the amount of surface parking with
publicly accessible open spaces and sneers, so
that an appropriate residential environment is
created, and the feeling of living in a parking lot
is avoided. Provide replacement office puking for
misplaced surface puking in new struames that
are encapsulated or screened.
Create a network of pedestrian - friendly streets
and walkways that connect to existing and future
activities within the area, and that give structure
and organization to the village.
Create ground level retail and residential uses that
promote active and engaging sheet fronts.
• Create A neighborhood park as a focal point of die
village with pedestrian connectivity to existing
amenities that contribute to the residential quality
of the village.
The mixed -use village shown on the Integrated Plan
for the Koll Company property exceeds the 10 -acre
minimum requirement and can be considered to
encompass approximately 12.7 gross acres of land
north of Von Korman Avenue and south of Birch
Street. lie village area would include several existing
office buildings and would provide for the conversion
of parking lots into residential development parcels
along with the creation of new open space amenities
and the connection of these to existing open spaces
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It also calls for the modification of surface parking
areas to create a better balance of buildings and open
spaces, link existing and future open space amenities
and to create a network of pedestrian friendly streets.
The implementation of the Kali plan will utilize land
that is currently used for surface parking, which must
be replaced to serve the office uses that will remain.
Parking requirements will be addressed in the regula-
tory plan.
The Plan provides for 5-78 net acres of new residential
land, and as such will allow for the development of 260
units based on the minimum and maximum allowable
densities in the General Plan. Three development areas
comprise the 5.78 acres of residential land.
To create an active street front, Koll is proposing to
include 3,400 square feet of retail development in the
village, with existing unused commercial entitlement in
the General Plan and zoning. As existing entitlement,
this square footage does not need m comply with
General Plan Policy LU 6.15.5.
The Koh Plan provides fat the creation of central
neighborhood park of approximately 1.016 acres which
meets the General Plan requirement of 8% of the land
area of the residential village (i.e. 8% of 12,70 acres =
1.016 acres) General Plan policies require neighbor-
hood parks be public in nature and must have public
streets on at east two sides as well as be connected with
adjacent residential development by pedestrian ways
and streets. (LU 6,153 adn LU 6.15.14) 'Ihe plan AS
proposed meets this land use policy.
KOLL SITE ILLUSTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Koll Site
Area
(Acres)
Residential
(Dwelling
Units)
Commercial
(Gross Sq. Ft.)
Total Park Area
1.01.6
The Plan also provides for enhanced access to existing
amenities and destinations, pedestrian access into the
existing office buildings, As well as revisions to die site's
vehicular access.
Implementation
The approval of an hrtegratcd ConcepnIal Development
Plan by the City Council is a pre - requisite for the prep-
aration of the entitlement documents, called for in the
General Plan. These documents include a Regulatory
flan and a Development Agreement. Once Council
has reviewed and approved the Integrated Conceptual
Development Plan, each property owner will be respon-
sible to independently prepare and submit to the City,
the proposed Regulatory Platt for their property, The
Regulatory Plans, along with any required environ-
mental clearance documents, will then be the subject of
a public review process as established by the City and
the basis for action by the City Courell.
'the Regulatory Plans will, in substantial compliance
With the Integrated Conceptual Development Plan,
describe inure fully die proposed design of build-
ings, parking, streets, pedestrian ways, parks and open
spaces, and how infrastructure, including parking,
required to support the proposed development will be
provided. The Regulatory Plans should include suffi
dent detail for the City to determine that the design of
infrastructure connecting the two properties is coor-
dinated. They will also include provisionsto ensure
compatibility with office, industrial and other nonresi-
dential uses. The Regulatory Plan will thus provide
a description of the location, intensity and density of
allowable and conditional uses, the height and massing
of buildings; required setbacks and stepbacks; the loca-
tion, configuration and treatment of ground level uses;
design standards and guidelines for streets, pedestrian
ways and open spaces, iududmg requirements far
lighting and landscaping; standards and guidelines
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for the location of driveways, service and trash areas; a
description of how commercial uses that enhance the
residential uses will be incorporated; and how required
parking is to be provided and treated so that it does
not detract from the livability of the neighborhood
and the quality of the pedestrian environment, They
will also describe the proposed phasing of development
and linkage of open space, street and infrastructure
improvements in relation to development Any use
of the City's density bonus provisions for affordable
housing, or for the ransfer of development rights from
other properties, will also be addressed in the Regula-
tory Plan.
Regulatory Plans must be in substantial compliance
with the intent of the Integrated Conceptual Devel-
opment Plan, particularly in terms of the number of
additive residential units and the connectivity between
the Kell and Conexam residential villages, and most
maintain the easterly access to Birch Street m shown
on Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the Integrated Conceptual
Development Plan. In addition, the General Plan calls
for Development Agreements with respect to randen-
dal projects in the Airport Business Area. Each appli-
unr shall enter into a Development Agreement for all
residential units in the Conceptual Development Plan
Area. Such Development Agreements will "define the
improvements and public benefits to be provided by
the developer in exchange for the City's commitment
for the number, density, and location of the housing
units" (LU6.1$.12). The Development Agreements
will include performance provisions to ensure confor-
mance with the commitments that have been made.
They will also establish a time frame for meeting the
performance provisions, m well as the phasing and
linkage requirements of open space and infrastructure
improvements.
The City of Newport Beach has an interest in timely
implementation of this Integrated Conceptual Devel-
opment Plan to ensure implementation of its Housing
Element and to provide unused development oppor-
tunities to property owners who have the interest and
capacity to implement the City's plans. If, after a
reasonable period of time as determined by the City
Council, owners of property within the area of this
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan do not
submit and prosecute Regulatory Plans and Develop-
ment Agreements, the City may initiate and adopt an
amendment to this Plan to reallocate additive units.
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Planning Commission
Resolution No. 1823
RESOLUTION NO. 1823
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF
THE AIRPORT BUSINESS AREA INTEGRATED CONCEPTUAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL (PA2007 -170 &
PA2008 -063)
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH HEREBY FINDS AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF FACTS.
1. The Koll Company and Conexant have filed applications with respect to their properties
located within a portion of the Airport Area that is generally bounded by MacArthur Blvd,
Jamboree Road and Birch Street.
2. The applications seek approval of an Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (Plan) for
the Airport Area that will implement certain General Plan Land Use policies.
3. A public hearing was held on September 9th, 2010 in the City Hall Council Chambers,
3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California. A notice of time, place and
purpose of the meeting was given in accordance with the Newport Beach Municipal
Code. Evidence, both written and oral, was presented to, and considered by, the
Planning Commission at this meeting.
SECTION 2. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT DETERMINATION.
1. The Integrated Conceptual Development Plan requires no further environmental
review under Public Resources Code Section 21094. The Plan implements the
General Plan's requirement for a conceptual development plan to be adopted prior to
any residential development being permitted within the Conceptual Development Plan
Area, and is consistent with General Plan policies, in particular the policies pertaining
to development in the Airport Area and the Conceptual Development Plan Area. The
residential development included in the ICDP is consistent with that evaluated in the
General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR, SCH No. 2006011119), certified on
July 25, 2006.
No additional environmental review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 21166 because no substantial changes to the General Plan are proposed
which would require revisions to the General Plan EIR; no substantial changes have
occurred with respect to the circumstances under with the project is being undertaken
which would require revisions to the General Plan EIR; and no new information, which
was not known and could not have been known at the time the General Plan EIR was
certified, has become available.
2. The Planning Commission finds t
determinations and approvals of land
addition, project opponents often see k
As project applicants are the primary
that such applicants should bear the
challenge, and bear the responsibilit
which may be awarded to a successfu
SECTION 3. FINDINGS.
The Planning Commission finds that:
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hat judicial challenges to the City's CEQA
use projects are costly and time consuming. In
an award of attorneys' fees in such challenges.
beneficiaries of such approvals, it is appropriate
expense of defending against any such judicial
y for any costs, attorneys' fees, and damages
I challenger.
1. The Plan will ensure compatible and cohesive integration of new housing, parking
structures, open spaces, recreational amenities, pedestrian and vehicular linkages,
and other improvements with the existing non - residential structures and uses.
2. The Plan is consistent with the General Plan, specifically Policy LU6.15.11, which
requires the preparation of a Conceptual Development Plan prior to developing
residential uses in the Conceptual Development Plan Area of the Airport Area.
SECTION 4. DECISION.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
The Planning Commission of the City of Newport Beach hereby recommends that the
City Council of the City of Newport Beach approve the Airport Business Area
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan is consistent with the General Plan policies
and recommends approval of the Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and by
reference made a part hereof. The Commission's recommendation includes the
addition of the following underlined language to the third paragraph of the
Implementation section of the Integrated Conceptual Development Plan:
Regulatory Plans must be in substantial compliance with the intent of the
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan, particularly in terms of the
number of additive residential units and the connectivity between the Koll
and Conexant residential villages, and must maintain the easterly access
to Birch Street as shown on Figures 1. 2 and 3 of the Integrated
Conceptual Development Plan. In addition, the General Plan calls for
Development Agreements with respect to residential projects in the Airport
Business Area. Each applicant shall enter into a Development Agreement
for all residential units in the Conceptual Development Plan Area. Such
Development Agreements will "define the improvements and public
made. They will also establish a time frame for meeting the performance
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provisions, as well as the phasing and linkage requirements of open space
and infrastructure improvements.
2. The Planning Commission recommends to the City Council that, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the applicants shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless City, its
City Council, its boards and commissions, officials, officers, employees, and agents
from and against any and all claims, demands, obligations, damages, actions, causes
of action, suits, losses, judgments, fines, penalties, liabilities, costs and expenses
(including without limitation, attorney's fees, disbursements and court costs) of every
kind and nature whatsoever which may arise from or in any manner relate (directly or
indirectly) to City's approval of the Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual
Development Plan. This indemnification shall include, but not be limited to, damages
awarded against the City, if any, costs of suit, attorneys' fees, and other expenses
incurred in connection with such claim, action, causes of action, suit or proceeding
whether incurred by applicant, City, and /or the parties initiating or bringing such
proceeding. The applicants shall indemnify the City for all of City's costs, attorneys'
fees, and damages which City incurs in enforcing the indemnification provisions set
forth in this condition. The applicants shall pay to the City upon demand any amount
owed to the City pursuant to the indemnification requirements prescribed in this
condition.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 9TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2010.
AYES: Eaton, Unsworth, Hawkins, Ameri, and Toerge
NOES: None
ABSENT: McDaniel and Hillgren
BY:
Earl McDaniel, Chairman
F".W
Michael Toerge, Secretary
Tmplt: 04/14/10
Attachment No. CC 5
July 22, 2010 Planning
Commission Staff Report
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
July 22, 2010 Meeting
Agenda Item 2
SUBJECT: Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan
(PA2007 -170 & PA2008 -063)
4311 & 4321 Jamboree Road & 4343 Von Karman Avenue
APPLICANT: The Koll Company & Conexant
CONTACT: Rosalinh Ung, Associate Planner
rung(a)newportbeachca. gov
(949) 644 -3208
PROJECT SUMMARY:
The proposed Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan is intended
to implement General Plan Land Use Policy LU 6.15.11 (Conceptual Development Plan
Area), which requires a single conceptual development plan for that portion of the
Airport Area that is generally bounded by MacArthur Blvd, Jamboree Road and Birch
Street, prior to residential development in the area. The proposed General Plan
Amendment is a minor change in policy language allowing new neighborhood parks
provided for infili rbsidential development in the Conceptual Development Plan Area
with one public street frontage with public parking.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Conduct a public hearing;
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2010 -_ (Attachment PC 1), recommending that the City
Council approve General Plan Amendment No. GP2010 -002; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. 2010 -_ (Attachment PC 2), recommending that the City
Council approve the Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development
Plan (Development Plan Nos. DP 2007 -002 & 2008 -003).
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INTRODUCTION:
Project Setting:
The proposed Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (Plan),
as shown on Attachment PC 3, applies to a portion of the Airport Area that is generally
bounded by MacArthur Blvd, Jamboree Road, and Birch Street (Conceptual Development
Plan Area). The Airport Area generally encompasses properties abutting the western
edge of the John Wayne Airport (JWA), and is bounded by Campus Drive, Jamboree
Road and the Corona Del Mar Freeway. MacArthur Boulevard bisects the Airport Area
in a north /south direction. The Airport Area is also in close proximity to the Irvine
Business Complex (IBC) and the University of California, Irvine (UCI). This proximity
has influenced the area's development with uses that support JWA and UCI, such as
research and development, "high tech" industrial, and visitor - serving uses.
In addition, there are a number of buildings occupied by corporate offices for industrial
and financial uses. The Koll Center Newport Planned Community, which covers the
area bounded by Campus Drive, MacArthur Boulevard, and Jamboree Road, was
adopted and developed in 1972 as a master planned campus to facilitate the
development of an officellight industrial park that also includes supportive retail and
visitor - serving uses. Other areas surrounding the proposed Plan are developed with a
diverse mix of low- intensity industrial, office, and airport- related uses, including a
number of auto - related commercial uses. More recently, residential development has
been introduced in the IBC area to the east of the project site.
Project Description:
To allow residential uses in the Conceptual Development Plan Area, Policy LU 6.15.11
requires the preparation of one conceptual development plan that would `demonstrate
the compatible and cohesive integration of new housing, parking structures, open
spaces, recreational amenities, pedestrian and vehicular linkages, and other
improvements with existing non - residential structures and uses." The proposed Airport
Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan has been prepared to satisfy
this requirement. The Plan is a pre- requisite for the preparation of the regulatory plans
called for in the General Plan. Once the City Council has reviewed and approved the
Conceptual Development Plan, each property owner will be responsible to
independently prepare and submit to the City a proposed regulatory plan for their
property. The regulatory plans, along with any required environmental documents, will
then be subject to a public review process.
The proposed Plan has incorporated and complies with the General Plan policies that
establish the fundamental criteria for the configuration and design of new residential
villages in the Airport Area and the Conceptual Development Plan Area in all but one
nonsubstantive respect. The neighborhood park proposed on the Koll property has
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public street frontage on one side, rather than two sides as required by Policy LU
6.15.14. The Koll Company requests a modification to this policy language, which
would allow one public street frontage, which must have public parking, for infill
residential development in the Conceptual Development Plan Area.
Background:
The General Plan 2006 Update was approved by the City Council on July 25, 2006, and
the land use plan was approved by the voters on November 7, 2006. The General Plan
Land Use policies promote the introduction of residential and mixed -use development
within the Airport Area, provided that such development contributes to the creation of
viable neighborhood clusters with appropriate infrastructure, pedestrian - oriented
features and open spaces, and with a pattern of development that offers a strong sense
of community and livability.
Specifically, the General Plan allows up to a maximum of 2,200 units of housing within
the Airport Area. All but 550 of these units must replace existing development so that
there is no net gain of vehicular trips. The 550 units, known as "additive" units, may be
constructed on existing surface parking lots located east of MacArthur Boulevard. This
area is referred to in the General Plan as the Conceptual Development Plan Area,
which is identified in the Airport Area Residential Village Illustrative Concept Diagram
(Attachment PC 4).
Within the Conceptual Development Plan Area, there are two large tracts of assembled
property, owned by The Koll Company (75 acres) and Conexant (25 acres). These
property owners initially were unable to come to an agreement on a single conceptual
plan. The City then requested ROMA Design Group (who had prepared the framework
for residential development in the Airport Area as part of the General Plan update effort)
to evaluate the conceptual development plans prepared by each of the property owners,
in relation to the policies and standards of the General Plan, and to formulate an
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan for the City's consideration. The draft
conceptual development plan prepared by ROMA was reviewed by the property owners,
City staff and the General Plan /LCP Implementation Committee. The draft plan was
reviewed by the Planning Commission on November 20, 2008, and recommended to
the City Council for approval. Prior to the City Council meeting, questions on the
environmental determination were raised, and the matter was tabled. The property
owners and staff have refined and revised the Plan since the Planning Commission's
last review.
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DISCUSSION:
Analysis:
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan
Prior to any residential development within the Airport Area, the General Plan requires
the preparation of a Conceptual Development Plan to:
"Demonstrate the compatible and cohesive integration of new housing, parking
structures, open spaces, recreational amenities, pedestrian and vehicular
linkages, and other improvements with existing non - residential structures and
uses."
The Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (Plan), provides for
the redevelopment of the 25 -acre Conexant site, and for the redevelopment of a 16.08 -
acre portion of the 75 -acre Koll Center office park between Birch Street and Von
Karman Avenue with new residential development and open space, integrated with the
existing office buildings and parking structures (Figure 1 - Illustrative Plan). The Plan is
aimed at fulfilling the policies of the General Plan, ensuring cohesive and livable
neighborhoods oriented to parks and pedestrian ways, and a finer- grained network of
pedestrian - friendly streets. The Plan would result in a total of up to 1,504 new
residential units; 1,244 of which are planned on the Conexant site and the remaining
260 on the Koll property. All 260 of the new residential units on the Koll site would be
"additive" units since no existing office or industrial uses would be removed. On the
Conexant site, 632 units would replace the existing industrial and office uses which are
to be demolished, and 290 units would be additive. The remaining 322 units would be
density bonus units, and would be allowed only if affordable housing is provided at a
level to qualify for the density bonus, as provided in State law and the Newport Beach
Draft Zoning Code. Together, the two properties would use all 550 of the additive units
allocated to the Conceptual Development Plan Area by the General Plan, remain under
the Airport Area cap of 2,200 dwelling units.
Koll —The plan for this property includes three residential buildings with parking,
one new neighborhood park, enhanced access to the existing parks with frontage
on both sides of Von Karman, pedestrian access into the Conexant portion of the
ICDP and around the existing office buildings, and revisions to the vehicular
access. (Figure 4: Koll Site Illustrative Development Program and Figure 7: Koll
Site Framework Plan).
Building 1 (a "Wrap" product of rental units) contains 88 units on 3.1 acres for a
density of 28.4 DU /AC with 4 levels of residential wrapping 5 levels of above-
ground parking structure. Also, there is one level of below -grade parking solely
for office use which has no direct vehicular access to the above -grade portion of
the structure. Included in the at -grade portion of this site are 13 two -story town
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homes which front on the 1 -acre park and 10 one -story flats. The residential
height ranges from approximately 48' on the Von Karman side to 54' on the
interior'Main Street' as to mask the 5 story structure.
Building 2 contains 82 units on 1.46 acres for a density of 56.2 DU/AC with an
approximate height of 70'. It is one level parking below - grade, one level parking
/lobby at -grade and 4 levels of residential plus mezzanine elements above.
Building 3 contains 90 units on 1.7 acres for a density of 52.9 DU /AC. Building
height is approximately 90'. The building is one level below grade parking, one
level of parking/ retail /lobby at -grade and six levels of residential above.
Conexant — The proposed project would result in the demolition and replacement
of 441,127 square feet of existing industrial and office uses contained within two
buildings, with a residential and mixed -use development, referred to as the
Uptown Newport Village or the Village. The plan for the Conexant site represents
a complete redevelopment of the property from an industrial /office complex to a
residential village. The Plan calls for the 25 -acre site to be configured with a
pattern of streets and blocks that provide a pedestrian- friendly environment, with
strong connectivity to adjacent commercial /office areas. (Figure 2: Conexant Site
Illustrative Plan). Several principles guide the organization of the Conexant
mixed -use village, building on the policies of the General Plan:
• Establish a grid of pedestrian - scaled streets that break up the large
superblocks of the area and provide connectivity with the existing street
system and adjoining commercial properties.
• Create a neighborhood park as the principal focal point of the village, with
additional pocket parks that provide community identity and amenity.
• Buildings should be massed to provide strong spatial definition along
streets, and stepped down to promote a pedestrian - scaled character.
• Create ground level uses that promote active and engaging street fronts.
Parking should be either be encapsulated or below grade.
• Establish a diversity of housing types, including row houses, podium mid -
rise and high -rise apartments.
The Plan for the Conexant site provides a net developable residential land area
of 18.45 acres, which would allow for a maximum program of 922 dwelling units
(18.44 x 50 du /ac), of which 290 would be additive units and up to 632 would be
replacement units (Figure 3: Conexant Site Framework Plan). This density is
consistent with General Plan policies. The precise number of replacement units
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will be finalized in the regulatory plan for development of the Conexant property,
based on traffic analysis to comply with General Plan Policy LU 6.15.5.
In addition to its residential program, the Conexant Village will allow up to 11,600
square feet of ground level retail and commercial uses located along A Street,
and adjacent to the central neighborhood park.
To meet the City's inclusionary housing requirements and Housing Element
goals, the Conexant portion of the Plan also proposes the addition of up to a
maximum of 322 density bonus units. These units are in addition to the 922
residential units, and may be developed only to the extent that they meet the
standards of state density bonus law and density bonus provisions of the NBMC.
The proposed Plan establishes the direction for each of the property owners to
separately prepare and submit for review by the City a regulatory plan for their holdings.
Regulatory plans must be in substantial compliance with the Plan, particularly in terms
of the number and density of residential units (except for any additional density bonuses
for affordable units), the general location and configuration of residential development,
the total amount and general location of open space, the general location of parking
facilities, and the network of streets and pedestrian ways. Substantial deviations, or
additions to the number of residential units, will require an amendment to the Plan.
Lastly, the City has an interest in timely implementation of the Plan to ensure
implementation of its Housing Element and to provide unused development
opportunities to property owners who have the interest and capacity to implement the
City's plans. If, after a reasonable period of time as determined by the City Council,
owners of property within the area of this Plan do not submit and prosecute Regulatory
Plans and Development Agreements, the City may initiate and adopt an amendment to
this Plan to reallocate additive units.
General Plan Consistency
The General Plan contains several policies that provide for the orderly evolution of the
Airport Area, from a single- purpose business park, to a mixed -use district with cohesive
residential villages integrated within the existing fabric of office, industrial, retail, and
airport- related businesses. Residential opportunities "would be developed as clusters of
residential villages centering on neighborhood parks and interconnected by pedestrian
walkways. These would contain a mix of housing types and buildings that integrate
housing with ground level convenience retail uses and would be developed at a
sufficient scale to achieve a complete neighborhood.
The General Plan establishes several fundamental criteria for the configuration and
design of new residential villages in the Airport Area in general, and in the Conceptual
Development Plan Area in particular. An extensive discussion of each of the policies is
contained in the text of the Conceptual Development Plan. Outlined below is a synopsis
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of these policies along with a discussion on each of the development areas General
Plan consistency.
Neighborhood Size (LU6.15.6, LU6.15.10 and LU6 15.11): Each residential
village shall be at least 10 acres in size at build -out, and be organized around a
neighborhood park and other similar amenities. The first phase of residential
development in each village shall be at least five gross acres, exclusive of
existing rights -of -way. Although the General Plan exempts the "Conceptual
Development Plan Area" from this minimum first phase requirement, it does
require that residential villages within this sub -area be able to be built out to a
minimum area of 10 acres. At the discretion of the City, the acreage can include
part of a property in a different land use category, if the City finds that a sufficient
portion of the contiguous property is contributing to the village fabric of open
space, parking, or other amenities.
Koll - The mixed -use village is approximately 24.22 gross acres in
size, which exceeds the 10 -acre minimum requirement.
Conexant — The residential village is approximately 25 gross acres
in size, which exceeds the 10 -acre minimum requirement.
Neighborhood Densities (LU6.15.7, LU6.15.8 and LU6.15.9): In addition tc
providing a minimum land area for residential development, the General Plan
also establishes minimum densities to ensure that a sufficient critical mass of al
least 300 units is created within each 10 -acre village. As such, the overall
minimum density for each village at build -out is 30 dwelling units per net acre,
exclusive of existing and future rights -of -way, open spaces and pedestrian ways;
a maximum net density of 50 units /acre is also established.
Koll - The Plan provides for 6.26 net acres of new residential land,
which could allow the development of 188 to 313 units based on
the minimum and maximum allowable densities in the General
Plan. The Plan includes a total of 260 residential units, and
complies with the General Plan policy.
Conexant - The Plan provides a net developable residential land
area of 18.45 acres, which could allow for a maximum program of
922 dwelling units (18.45 x 50 du /ac). The Plan provides for a total
of 1,244 units, 922 of which are base units, whose density is
consistent with General Plan policies and 322 of which are density
bonus units that are not included in General Plan density limits.
The density bonus units could be developed only if the developer
provides 11% of the base units (101 units) for very low- income
households, 20% of the base units (184 units) for low- income
households, or 40% of the base units (369 units) for moderate-
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income households. The precise number of replacement units will
be finalized in the regulatory plan for development of the Conexant
property, based on traffic analysis to comply with General Plan
Policy LU 6.15.5.
Diversity of Housing (LU6.15.7): Within the density envelope (30 to 50 du /ac),
the General Plan promotes a diversity of building types, including row houses,
and podium mid -rise and high -rise buildings to accommodate a range of
household types and incomes and to promote a variety of building masses and
scales.
Koll - Housing types contemplated in the plan are two story town
homes, one story flats and podium mid -rise apartment/
condominiums.
Conexant - Housing types contemplated in the plan include ground -
level townhouse units, podium mid -rise and high -rise
apartment/condominiums.
Neighborhood Parks (LU6.15.13 and LU6.15.14): The General Plan calls for
residential villages to be centered on neighborhood parks to provide structure
and a sense of community and identity. The General Plan requires that each
park be a minimum of one -acre in size, or at least eight percent of the total land
area of the residential village, whichever is greater. In order to promote useable
and cohesive open space, the General Plan also requires that each
neighborhood park have a minimum dimension of no less than 150 feet.
Neighborhood parks are required to be public in nature (rather than internalized
open space), and to this end must have public streets on at least two sides and
be connected with adjacent residential development by pedestrian ways and
streets.
Koll - The Plan provides for the creation of a central neighborhood
park of approximately one acre, and for an additional 0.3 acres of
open space areas on land that was previously used for surface
parking. Although the neighborhood park falls short of the single
open space requirement of 1.29 acres (i.e., 8 percent of 15 acres),
the plan achieves the total amount of open space required by the
General Plan by utilizing and designating the existing lake park
amenity as public open space, which is contemplated in Policy
LU6.15.11. This is accomplished by interconnecting the existing
open space amenities and the proposed one acre park through
pedestrian linkages and promenades for a total park area of 2.64
acres. In addition, since the minimum park dedication requirement
is not met, payment of an in lieu fee to satisfy the requirements of
the Park Dedication Ordinance, as provided in Policy LU6.15.13,
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will be required. Staff believes that the park dedication
requirements of these General Plan policies are being met.
However, the Plan as proposed does not fully meet the provisions
of General Plan Policy LU6.15.14., which require neighborhood
parks "be surrounded by public streets on at least two sides
(preferably with on- street parking to serve the park),..." The new
neighborhood park shown the in Plan maintains public street
access on one side and provides an "urban plaza" /public walkway
on a second side. In addition, the existing lake park has a long
frontage on Von Karman Avenue. Koll is requesting an amendment
to the language of this policy that would apply to infill development
in the Conceptual Development Plan Area only. The proposed
language would require public street access on one side of the
park, with public parking required on that street, rather than merely
preferred. The Kell proposal would comply with the revised policy
language.
Conexant — The Plan provides a total of 2.01 acres of parks and
open space, exceeding the General Plan requirement of 2.0 acres
or 8 percent of the land area of the residential village (i.e., 8 percent
of 25 acres = 2.0 acres). A 1.49 -acre neighborhood park is located
at the center of the community; it is highly public in nature,
surrounded on all sides by public streets and by active ground -level
uses. An additional 0.52 acres is provided in two smaller pocket
parks within the village. The Plan meets the General Plan
requirements for public open space.
General Plan Amendment
As mentioned, the Koll Plan as proposed does not fully meet the public street frontage
provisions of General Plan Policy LU6.15.14. As such, a General Plan Amendment is
being requested in conjunction with the ]CDP to add the following language to the
policy:
LU 6.95.14 Location
Require that each neighborhood park is clearly public in character
and is accessible to all residents of the neighborhood. Each park
shall be surrounded by public streets on at least two sides
(preferably with on- street parking to serve the park), and shall be
linked to residential uses in its respective neighborhood by streets
or pedestrian ways. For infill residential development in the
Conceptual Development Plan Area park frontage on only one
public street may be permitted. On- street parking shall be provided
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along the street frontage of new parks, and is encouraged where an
existing amenity is used to meet the neighborhood park
requirement.
The intent of this policy is to provide parks that are visible and accessible to all residents
of the neighborhood, as well as to the general public, promoting the General Plan's
concept of residential villages. The policy seeks to avoid a development pattern that
provides private open space that is accessible only to residents of the adjacent
residential project.
By applying only to infill development in the Conceptual Development Plan Area, the
proposed policy language is consistent with other General Plan policies for the Airport
Area (e.g., 6.15.5, 6.15.6 and 6.15.11 }, which recognize that infill development in this
area will occur differently than redevelopment that completely replaces non - residential
uses, including in the provision of park amenities. Staff believes that a park with one
public street frontage that provides public parking will be accessible to all residents of
the neighborhood and maintain the original policy's intent to provide parks that are
visible and accessible to the general public.
This General Plan Amendment does not require voter approval pursuant to Charter
Section 423 because it would not increase the number of residential units or the amount
of non - residential floor area allowed by the General Plan, nor the number of peak hour
trips generated by allowed development.
Environmental Review
The consideration of the Integrated Conceptual Development Plan and General Plan
amendment is exempt from environmental review under Public Resources Code
Section 21094. The Plan implements the General Plan's requirement for a conceptual
development plan to be adopted prior to any residential development being permitted
within the Conceptual Development Plan Area, and is consistent with General Plan
policies, in particular the policies pertaining to development in the Airport Area and the
Conceptual Development Plan Area. Staff has prepared an Initial Study (Attachment
PC 5) and determined, on the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole
record, that the residential development included in the ICDP is consistent with that
evaluated in the General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR, SCH No.
2006011119), certified on July 25, 2006.
The General Plan Amendment is a minor change in policy language. The amendment
does not make a change to the amount of parkland required, and meets the intent of the
original policy to provide parks that are visible and accessible to residents of the new
residential development and the general public. This change does not affect any of the
environmental impacts analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
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No additional environmental review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 21166 because no substantial changes to the General Plan are proposed which
would require revisions to the General Plan EIR; no substantial changes have occurred
with respect to the circumstances under with the project is being undertaken which
would require revisions to the General Plan EIR; and no new information, which was not
known and could not have been known at the time the General Plan EIR was certified,
has become available.
Public Notice
Notice of this hearing was published in the Daily Pilot, mailed to property owners within
300 feet of the property and posted at the site a minimum of 10 days in advance of this
hearing consistent with the Municipal Code. Additionally, the item appeared upon the
agenda for this meeting, which was posted at City Hall and on the city website.
Prepared by:
erald S. Gilbert, Contract Planner
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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
September 9, 2010
Agenda Item 4
SUBJECT: Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan
(PA2007 -170 & PA2008 -063)
APPLICANT: The Koll Company & Conexant
CONTACT: Rosalinh Ung, Associated Planner
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(949) 644 -3208
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2010 -_ (Attachment PC -1), recommending that the City
Council approve the Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development
Plan (Development Plan Nos. DP 2007 -002 & 2008 -003).
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On July 22, 2010 the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (ICDP). The report for that meeting is
attached (Attachment PC -2). After hearing public testimony and discussing the project
the Commission continued the item to allow the applicant to address issues and
concerns that the Commission raised regarding the project. These issues are the
proposed General Plan Amendment which would allow the Koll neighborhood park to
have only one public street frontage instead of the required two, the overall size of the
Koll neighborhood park, and connectivity between the Conexant Village and Koll
Village. Public testimony raised issues regarding the applicants' rights to use of
easements and issues regarding codes, covenants and restrictions (CC &Rs).
DISCUSSION:
Chanqes to ICDP in Response to Plannino Commission Concerns
The applicant for Koll Village has redesigned the neighborhood park with frontage on
two streets. This meets the requirements of the General Plan. As such, the General
Plan amendment as previously requested has been withdrawn and is no longer a part of
the project that is under consideration. The applicant also has revised the project site
area to exclude office buildings that are not proposed for any redevelopment. With the
reduction in area from 16.08 to 12.7 acres, the required neighborhood park area is
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1.016 acres. Koll is proposing a neighborhood park of 1.016 acres, which meets the
General Plan requirement.
Additional connectivity between the two villages is demonstrated in new exhibits
contained in the attached Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development
Plan dated August 2010 (Attachment PC -3). Seven pedestrian connections between
the two sites are shown with enhanced paving and new landscaping to define the
connections and screen them from parking areas. Where connections end at parks,
additional treatment is shown to provide an arrival point or entrance to the park. The
vehicular connection at the southerly edge of the project remains unchanged.
Both applicants have provided letters addressing issues raised in public testimony at the
meeting of July 22, which are attached to this report (Attachments PC -4 and PC -5).
Comparison of the November 2008 ICDP and Auaust 2010 ICDP
The ICDP was previously reviewed and recommended for approval by the Planning
Commission in November of 2008. However, prior to the plan being considered by the
City Council, questions regarding the environmental determination were raised, and the
Council tabled the plan. During the intervening time the property owners and staff
refined and revised the plan. At the July hearing, Commissioner Eaton asked about
changes from the 2008 plan; they are summarized below. The areas of change include
overall unit count, pedestrian and vehicular circulation, and the location of development
areas.
Overall Unit Count - Under the 2008 plan the overall allowable unit count
between both villages totaled 974 residential units. The Conexant Village
proposed 714 new residential units, with 424 units replacing existing industrial
and office uses that would be demolished. The remaining 290 units would be
"additive" units. The Koll Village would consist of 260 additive units since no
existing industrial or office uses would be removed
Under the current plan there would be a total of up to 1,504 new residential units,
1,244 of which are planned on the Conexant site and the remaining 260 on the
Koll site. All 260 of the new residential units on the Koll site would still be
"additive" units since no existing office or industrial uses would be removed. On
the Conexant site, 632 units would replace the existing industrial and office uses
which are to be demolished, and 290 units would be additive. The remaining 322
units would be density bonus units, and would be allowed only if affordable
housing is provided at a level to qualify for the density bonus, as provided in
State law and the Newport Beach Draft Zoning Code.
The change in the number of units in the Conexant Village is due to the change
in the net developable acres, as well as the inclusion of density bonus units
which were not considered in the 2008 plan. Under the 2008 plan there were
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approximately 14.28 net developable acres. The current plan proposes a net
developable acreage of approximately 18.45 acres. The increase in net acres is
due to the reduction in the area devoted to streets and rights -of -way. There is no
change in the number of units proposed for the Koll Village.
Location of Development Areas — There is only one notable difference in the
areas identified for potential re -use for residential development. This area is
located within the Koll Village along its eastern boundary with the Conexant
Village. Under the 2008 plan this area was identified as a potential location for
future "row' townhouse development. However, after further study it was
determined by the applicant and concurred with by staff that this location for
residential development was very restricted. Issues included limited and
restricted vehicular and pedestrian access to the units, the location and cost of
replacement parking, aesthetics of the residential units, relationship with adjacent
office building and restricting pedestrian connectivity with the adjacent residential
uses proposed in the Conexant Village.
Under the proposed plan this area would remain as a parking area. The units
would be absorbed into the other development locations within the Koll Village.
The remaining development areas in Koll Village as well as the development
areas of Conexant Village are substantially the same as the 2008 plan.
Pedestrian and Vehicular Circulation — Pedestrian and vehicular circulation in the
2008 plan and the current plan are similar, following existing walkways and
parking lot edges and aisles on the Koll site and the proposed grid pattern of
streets and paseos on the Conexant site. The number of connections between
the two sites and locations of the connections are also similar. However, the
focus has shifted from vehicular to pedestrian connections, with pedestrian
connections highlighted by enhanced paving, landscaping and screening from
parking areas. The only vehicular connection remaining is located at the
southern edge of the project sites. One reason for this change is Koll's
elimination of previously proposed townhouses along the eastern edge of its
residential area, which removed one vehicular connection opportunity and added
an opportunity for a pedestrian connection. Another reason is Conexant's
reduction in the number of streets in favor of more pedestrian and resident
oriented paseos. In addition, both property owners agreed that it would be
unwise to have vehicular through traffic crossing the north -south parking lot on
the Koll property, at the boundary between the properties. This facility is not a
street, and is not designed for through traffic or cross traffic. Finally, the property
owners believe that vehicular access from off site is more important than
between the sites. Both the Koll and Conexant sites are designed as pedestrian
oriented villages. Residents and workers on one site who wish to use an amenity
on the other site are more likely to — and should be encouraged to — walk rather
than drive. The General Plan's Policy Overview for the Airport Area states that
residential opportunities "would be developed as clusters of residential villages
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centering on neighborhood parks and interconnected by pedestrian walkways."
Staff believes the ICDP's increased focus on pedestrian connections is
consistent with the overarching policy for residential development in the Airport
Area.
General Plan Consistency
The General Plan contains several policies that provide for the orderly evolution of the
Airport Area from a single - purpose business park to a mixed -use district with cohesive
residential villages integrated within the existing fabric of office, industrial, retail, and
airport- related businesses. Residential opportunities "would be developed as clusters of
residential villages centering on neighborhood parks and interconnected by pedestrian
walkways. These would contain a mix of housing types and buildings that integrate
housing with ground level convenience retail uses and would be developed at a
sufficient scale to achieve a 'complete' neighborhood."
The General Plan establishes several fundamental criteria for the configuration and
design of new residential villages in the Airport Area in general, and in the Conceptual
Development Plan Area in particular. An extensive discussion of each of the policies is
contained in the text of the Conceptual Development Plan. Outlined below is a synopsis
of these policies along with a discussion on each of the development area's General
Plan consistency.
Neighborhood Size (LU6.15.6 and LU6.15.10): Each residential village shall be
at least 10 acres in size at build -out, and be organized around a neighborhood
park and other similar amenities. The first phase of residential development in
each village shall be at least five gross acres, exclusive of existing rights -of -way.
Although the General Plan exempts the "Conceptual Development Plan Area"
from this minimum first phase requirement, it does require that residential villages
within this sub -area be able to be built out to a minimum area of 10 acres.
Koll - The mixed -use village is approximately 12.7 gross acres in
size, which exceeds the 10 -acre minimum requirement.
Conexant — The residential village is approximately 25 gross acres
in size,wh ich exceeds the 10 -acre minimum requirement.
Neighborhood Densities (LU6.15.7, LU6.15.8 and LU6.15.9): In addition to
providing a minimum land area for residential development, the General Plan
also establishes minimum densities to ensure that a sufficient critical mass of
residential units is created within each 10 -acre village. As such, the overall
minimum density for each village at build -out is 30 dwelling units per net acre,
exclusive of existing and future rights -of -way, open spaces and pedestrian ways;
a maximum net density of 50 units /acre is also established.
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Koll - The Plan provides for 5.78 net acres of new residential land,
which could allow the development of 173 to 289 units based on
the minimum and maximum allowable densities in the General
Plan. The Plan includes a total of 260 residential units, and
complies with the General Plan policy.
Conexant - The Plan provides a net developable residential land
area of 18.45 acres, which could allow for a maximum program of
922 dwelling units (18.45 x 50 du /ac). The Plan provides for a total
of 1,244 units, 922 of which are base units, whose density is
consistent with General Plan policies and 322 of which are density
bonus units that are not included in General Plan density limits.
The density bonus units could be developed only if the developer
provides 11% of the base units (101 units) for very low- income
households, 20% of the base units (184 units) for low- income
households, or 40% of the base units (369 units) for moderate -
income households. The precise number of replacement units will
be finalized in the regulatory plan for development of the Conexant
property, based on traffic analysis to comply with General Plan
Policy LU 6.15.5.
• Diversity of Housing (LU6.15.7): Within the density envelope (30 to 50 du /ac),
the General Plan promotes a diversity of building types, including row houses,
and podium mid -rise and high -rise buildings to accommodate a range of
household types and incomes and to promote a variety of building masses and
scales.
Koll - Housing types contemplated in the plan are two story town
homes, one story flats and podium mid -rise apartment/
condominiums.
Conexant - Housing types contemplated in the plan include ground -
level townhouse units, podium mid -rise and high -rise
apartment/condominiums.
• Conceptual Development Plan (LU6.15.11): One conceptual development
plan is required for the Koll and Conexant properties when residential
development is proposed on either property. The plan is to "demonstrate
the compatible and cohesive integration of new housing, parking
structures, open spaces, recreational amenities, pedestrian and vehicular
linkages, and other improvements with existing nonresidential structures
and uses."
Koll - The plan for this village shows three residential buildings
clustered around a new central neighborhood park. All of the land
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proposed for redevelopment is currently used for surface parking,
which is proposed to be replaced in subterranean structures or, in
limited cases, new surface locations. Existing vehicular access
from Birch Street and Von Karman Avenue is integrated into the
plan, with changes internal to the site to provide access to the new
residential buildings and neighborhood park. The urban plaza
adjacent to an existing office building and the new neighborhood
park are integrated into the village with pedestrian connections
proposed to be improved with enhanced paving and landscaping.
In addition, new pedestrian connections will be added to provide
access to existing restaurants on Jamboree Road and new parks
and commercial uses in the Conexant Village.
Conexant - There is little need to demonstrate integration with
existing structures and uses because the proposal is to remove all
existing industrial and office uses and replace them with a
residential village. As phasing is proposed in the regulatory plan,
that plan will need to address integration of new residential uses
with existing nonresidential uses during early phases before the
entire site is redeveloped. As part of the residential village, a new
system of streets and paseos is proposed, which integrate with the
existing vehicular access points from Jamboree Road, Birch Street
and Von Karman Avenue. The plan for the Conexant site takes
advantage of its proximity to amenities on the Koll site and
properties along Jamboree Road (e.g., future neighborhood park,
existing fitness center and restaurants) and addresses integration
with those uses through enhanced pedestrian connections.
Neighborhood Parks (LU6.15.13 and LU6.15.14): The General Plan calls for
residential villages to be centered on neighborhood parks to provide structure
and a sense of community and identity. The General Plan requires that each
park be a minimum of one acre in size, or at least eight percent of the total land
area of the residential village, whichever is greater. In order to promote useable
and cohesive open space, the General Plan also requires that each
neighborhood park have a minimum dimension of no less than 150 feet.
Neighborhood parks are required to be public in nature (rather than internalized
open space), and to this end must have public streets on at least two sides and
be connected with adjacent residential development by pedestrian ways and
streets.
Koll - The Plan provides for the creation of a central neighborhood
park of approximately 1.016 acre which meets the General Plan
requirement of 1.016 acres or 8 percent of the land area of the
residential village (i.e., 8 percent of 12.7 acres = 1.016 acres).
This 1.016 -acre neighborhood park is located at the center of the
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community; it is highly public in nature, surrounded on two sides by
public streets and by active ground -level uses. The Plan meets the
General Plan requirements for public open space.
Conexant — The Plan provides a total of 2.01 acres of parks and
open space, exceeding the General Plan requirement of 2.0 acres
or 8 percent of the land area of the residential village (i.e., 8 percent
of 25 acres = 2.0 acres). A 1.49 -acre neighborhood park is located
at the center of the community; it is highly public in nature,
surrounded on all sides by public streets and by active ground -level
uses. An additional 0.52 acres is provided in two smaller pocket
parks within the village. The Plan meets the General Plan
requirements for public open space.
Streets and Pedestrian Ways (LU 6.15.17 and LU 6.15.19): These policies
encourage the development of streets and pedestrian ways that break up
large block areas and that are residentially scaled to improve connections
between neighborhoods and community amenities. New streets, as
tentatively identified on Figure LU23 (Attachment PC -6), should connect
with existing streets across MacArthur Boulevard, preferably at existing
signalized intersections.
Koll - The proposed residential street on the Koll site shown on Figure
LU23 would extend the existing driveway that runs diagonally from Von
Karman Avenue towards Birch Street so that it would connect
MacArthur Boulevard with Birch Street. Most of the area of this street
extension is not part of the project area. The circulation plan proposed
for the Koll Village utilizes a slightly altered alignment of the existing
diagonal driveway, which does connect Von Karman Street with Birch
Street and would allow for a future connection to MacArthur Boulevard
if the residential village was to be expanded. The proposed street has
been placed in a location that satisfies the requirements of General
Plan polices.
Conexant — The Conexant Village plan maintains a pattern of
residentially - scaled streets and paseos that break up the large blocks
and provide connectivity within and between neighborhoods and with
community amenities. Street connections are proposed in locations
that are consistent with those identified on Figure LU23, including two
connections to Jamboree Road and one connection to Birch Street.
One connection is provided to Von Karman Avenue in a more
southerly location than shown in the General Plan's illustrative concept
diagram. This proposed connection uses an existing Conexant
easement rather than converting an existing driveway aisle in an area
of the Koll site that is not proposed for redevelopment. The Conexant
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street proposal does not preclude future extension of the north -south
spine to the south, as shown on Figure LU23, if the residential village
was to be expanded.
Environmental Review
Staff has revised the Initial Study prepared for the hearing of July 22, 2010 to reflect the
withdrawal of the General Plan amendment request (Attachment PC -7). The changes
to the ICDP described in this report do not change the conclusions in the Initial Study,
and withdrawal of the General Plan amendment request further supports the conclusion
of the initial Study. Consideration of the Integrated Conceptual Development Plan
requires no further environmental review under Public Resources Code Section 21094.
The Plan implements the General Plan's requirement for a conceptual development
plan to be adopted prior to any residential development being permitted within the
Conceptual Development Plan Area, and is consistent with General Plan policies, in
particular the policies pertaining to development in the Airport Area and the Conceptual
Development Plan Area. On the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole
record, staff has determined that the residential development included in the ICDP is
consistent with that evaluated in the General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR,
SCH No. 2006011119) certified on July 25, 2006.
No additional environmental review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 21166 because no substantial changes to the General Plan are proposed which
would require revisions to the General Plan EIR; no substantial changes have occurred
with respect to the circumstances under with the project is being undertaken which
would require revisions to the General Plan EIR; and no new information, which was not
known and could not have been known at the time the General Plan EIR was certified,
has become available.
Public Notice
Notice of this hearing was published in the Daily Pilot, mailed to property owners within
300 feet of the property and posted at the site a minimum of 10 days in advance of this
hearing consistent with the Municipal Code. Additionally, the item appeared upon the
agenda for this meeting, which was posted at City Hall and on the city website.
Prepared by:
e aid S. Gilbert, Cott!a # Fanner
Submitted by:
Sharon Wood, Special Projects Consultant
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ATTACHMENTS
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Attachment No. CC 7
Planning Commission Minutes
of July 22, 2010
NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES 07/22/2010
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
SUBJECT: Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan
ITEM NO. 2
(PA2008 -063 and PA2007 -170)
(PA2008 -063
4343 Von Karman Avenue, 4311 and 4321 Jamboree Road
and PA2007-
170)
The proposed Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual
Development Plan is intended to implement General Plan Land Use
Continued to
Policy LU 6.15.11 (Conceptual Development Plan Area), which
date
requires a single conceptual development plan for that portion of the
uncertain
Airport Area that is generally bounded by MacArthur Blvd, Jamboree
Road and Birch Street, prior to residential development in the area.
The proposed General Plan Amendment is a minor change in policy
language allowing new neighborhood parks provided for infill
residential development in the Conceptual Development Plan Area
with one public street frontage with public parking.
Gerald Gilbert, contract planner, gave a presentation.
Public comment was opened.
Comments were given by the following:
Carol McDermott, Government Solutions, representing The Koll Company
Geoff LePlastrier, representing Conexant Systems, Inc.
Tom Miller, legal counsel for Conexant Systems, Inc.
John Adams, President of Courthouse Plaza Association
Ryan M. Easter, Law Offices Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, Wilhelm, & Waldron LLP
Public comment was closed.
Motion made by Commissioner Toerge, seconded by Commissioner Hawkins,
after debate, to continue item to a date uncertain, and: request the applicant to
provide a conceptual plan that better integrates the two properties, and
provides park sites that conform with minimum acreage and provides a
minimum of 470 lineal feet of street frontage or the two street frontages as
presented in the General Plan.
Motion carried with the following vote:
Ayes:
Unsworth, Hawkins, McDaniel, Toerge, and Hillgren
Noes:
Eaton and Peotter
SUBJECT: Via Lido Interim Study (PA22010 -081)
ITEM NO. 3
3388 Via Lido
(PA2010 -081)
The application consists of a Zoning Code amendment to apply the
Approved
Interim Study (IS) Overlay Zoning designation to the subject property
and approval of a Study Plan to allow the renovation of an existing 5-
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Planning Commission Minutes
of September 9, 2010
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
BJECT: Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptua
(PA2007 -170 & PA2008 -063)
An integrated conceptual development plan (ICDP) associated with a
portion of the Airport Area that is generally bounded by MacArthur
Blvd, Jamboree Road and Birch Street. This ICDP is required by
General Plan Policy - LU 6.15.11 prior to the development of
residential land uses in this portion of the Airport Area.
Sharon Wood, Special Projects Consultant, gave a brief overview of the staff
report with a slide show presentation.
Geoff Le Plastrier, on behalf of Conexant, and Scott Meserve of The Koll
Company made comments.
Carol McDermott of Government Solutions, representing applicant, presented a
slide show and made comments.
Public comment was opened.
Comments were given by the following:
Brian Adams, on behalf of properties owners of 519.3'through 5160 Birch Street
Bryan Bentrott, property owner of 4200 Von Karmin Avenue
Tom Muller of Manatt Phelps Phillips representingtonexant
John Adams, of John S. Adams & Assorlratets, )nc r J`
Rick Aiken, architect on behalf of The K& Q`Ap,Any
Public comment was
Motion made by Comm s.sionerA rhen, � 6conded by Commissioner Eaton, to
adopt revised resoYutiotr, , afte) cjebate and amendment, as follows:
recommending thii,City Coun�d ap "Yove the Airport Business Area Integrated
Conceptual Development Plarj;(Development Plan Nos. DP 2007 -002 & 2008-
003); modify Section 4 „ by jriserting the following language to the end of
paragraph one to reaQr;-�TJie Commission's recommendation includes the
addition of the following” language to the Implementation section of the
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan:
• Regulatory Plans must be in substantial compliance with the intent of the
Integrated Conceptual Development Plan, particularly in terms of the
number of additive residential units, and the connectivity between the Koll
and Conexant residential villages, and must maintain easterly access to
Birch Street as shown in the Integrated Conceptual Development Plan.
• In addition, a Development Agreement is called for in the General Plan,
and will apply to all residential units in the ICDP area (between the
property owner and the City) for all projects that include residential units,
to "define the improvements and public benefits to be provided by the
developer in exchange for the City's commitment for the number, density,
the location of the housing units" (LU6.15.12). The Development
Agreement will include performance provisions to ensure conformance
with the commitments that have been made. It will also establish a time
frame for meeting the performance provisions, as well as the phasing and
linkage requirements of open space and infrastructure improvements. "
09/09/2010
ITEM NO. 4
PA2007 -170
PA2008 -063
Approved
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NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES 09/09/2010
Motion carried with the following vote:
Ayes:
Eaton, Unsworth, Hawkins, Amen, and Toerge
Noes:
None
Excused:
McDaniel and Hill ren
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Initial Study
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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST FORM
Project Title:
Airport Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (ICDP)
Lead Agency Name and Address:
City of Newport Beach
Planning Department
3300 Newport Boulevard,
Newport Beach, CA 92658 -8915
Contact Person and Phone Number:
Rosalinh Ung, Associate Planner,
rung(a)_newportbeachca.gov
949.644.3208
Project Location:
4311 & 4321 Jamboree Road & 4343 Von Karman Avenue, Newport Beach, California
(also refer to Figure 2 [Project Site Location])
Project Sponsor's Name and Address:
Conexant Systems, Inc.
4000 MacArthur Boulevard
Newport Beach, CA 92660
General Plan Designation:
MU -H2, Mixed -Use Horizontal -2
7. Zoning:
PC - Planned Community
8. Description of Project:
The Koll Company
17755 Sky Park Circle East
Irvine, CA 92614
In 2006 the City of Newport Beach adopted a comprehensive update to its
General Plan, which includes a plan for infill development within the
Airport Business Area, immediately east of John Wayne Airport, bounded
by Jamboree Road, Campus Drive and Bristol Street. The General Plan
policies promote the introduction of residential and mixed -use
development within this industrial and commercial district, provided that
such development contributes to the creation of viable neighborhood
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clusters with appropriate infrastructure, pedestrian- oriented features and
open spaces, and with a pattern of development that offers a strong sense
of community and livability.
The General Plan policies allow for a maximum of 2,200 units of housing
within the Airport Business Area. All but 550 of these units must replace
existing development so that there is no net gain of vehicular trips; the 550
"additive" units may be constructed on existing surface parking lots
located east of MacArthur Boulevard. This area, referred to in the General
Plan as the Conceptual Development Plan Area, has strong potential for
the introduction of new residential development, as it includes two large
tracts of assembled property, including the 75 -acre Koll property, and the
25 -acre Conexant site. The General Plan requires the property owners in
this area to collaborate in the preparation of a single Conceptual
Development Plan to "demonstrate the compatible and cohesive
integration of new housing, parking structures, open spaces, recreational
amenities, pedestrian and vehicular linkages, and other improvements
with existing non - residential structures and uses."
The Integrated Conceptual Development Plan (hereafter referred to as the
"Plan "), provides for the redevelopment of the 25 -acre Conexant site, and
for the redevelopment of a 12.7 -acre portion of the Koll Center office park
between Birch Street and Von Karman Avenue with new residential
development and open space, carefully integrated with existing office
buildings and parking structures which will remain. The Plan is aimed at
fulfilling the policies of the General Plan, ensuring cohesive and livable
neighbor hoods oriented to parks and pedestrian ways, and a finer -
grained network of pedestrian - friendly streets. The Plan would result in a
total of up to 1,504 new residential units; 1,244 of which are planned and
could be developed on the Conexant site and the remaining 260 on the
Koll property. All 260 of the new residential units on the Koll site would be
"additive" units since no existing office or industrial uses would be
removed. On the Conexant site, up to 632 units would replace existing
industrial and office uses that are planned to be demolished. The
remaining 290 units would be additive. The Conexant plan includes the
ability to construct up to 322 density bonus units onsite to provide
affordable housing in addition to that needed to satisfy the City's
inclusionary housing requirements. Together, the two properties would
use all of the 550 additive units prescribed for the Conceptual
Development Plan area by the General Plan. The total number of units
allowed by the Plan, 1,504, is within the limit of 2,200 units that the
General Plan allows in the Airport Area.
The Integrated Conceptual Development Plan is a pre- requisite for the
preparation of regulatory plans for each property. The regulatory plans
will then be the subject of a public review process, including
environmental review, by the City.
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9. Surrounding Land Uses and Setting: (Briefly describe the project's surroundings.)
Current
Development:
To the north:
Campus Office Park development within the Koll Center consisting of clusters of office buildings
ranging in height from 1 to 4 stores and up to 15 stories are located to the north of the project site
and set back by large surface parking Iots.Three fast food restaurants are located at the corner of
Jamboree Road and Birch Street. Refer to Figure 2.
To the east:
Across Jamboree Rd to the east is an expanse of undeveloped open space owned by the University
of California, Irvine (UCI) referred to as the North Campus Area of the UCI campus. The North
Campus area, at its eastern border, is located 150 feet outside of the San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh
(SJFM) Reserve study area. Refer to Figure 2.
To the south:
Campus office park development within the Koll Center which consists of two high -rise office
buildings approximately 20 stories in height surrounded by expansive surface parking lots is located
just south of the project site. A Taco Bell restaurant is located along Jamboree Road. The Irvine
Business Complex located across Jamboree Road consists of several mixed -use buildings ranging in
height from 9 to 15 stories. Refer to Figure 2.
To the west:
Campus Office Park development within the Koll Center is located to the west of the project site on
both sides of Von Karman Avenue and range in height from 1 to 4 stories. Two lakes surrounded by
office buildings on either side of Von Karman Avenue and some open space features are also
located to the west of the project site. Refer to Figure 2,
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10. Other public agencies whose approval is required (e.g., permits, financing approval, or
participation agreement.)
Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB)
Orange County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED:
The environmental factors checked below would be potentially affected by this project, involving at
least one impact that is a 'Potentially Significant Impact' as indicated by the checklist on the following
pages.
❑ Aesthetics
❑ Biological Resources
❑ Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
❑ Land Use & Planning
❑ Population & Housing
❑ Transportation/
Circulation
❑ Agriculture & Forest
Resources
❑ Cultural Resources
❑ Hazards & Hazardous
Materials
❑ Mineral Resources
❑ Public Services
❑ Utilities & Service
Systems
❑ Air Quality
❑ Geology & Soils
❑ Hydrology & Water
Quality
❑ Noise
❑ Recreation
❑ Mandatory Findings of
Significance
DETERMINATION (To be completed by the Lead Agency.)
On the basis of this initial evaluation:
❑ I find that the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the environment, and
a NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared.
❑ 1 find that although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment,
there will not be a significant effect in this case because revisions in the project have been
made by or agreed to by the project proponent. A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION will
be prepared.
❑ 1 find that the proposed project MAY have a significant effect on the environment, and
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required.
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❑ 1 find that the proposed project MAY have a significant effect(s) on the environment, but at
least one effect 1) has been adequately analyzed in an earlier document pursuant to
applicable legal standards, and 2) has been addressed by mitigation measures based on the
earlier analysis as described on attached sheets, if the effect is a "potentially significant
impact' or "potentially significant unless mitigated." An ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
is required, but it must analyze only the effects that remain to be addressed.
Q I find that although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment,
there WILL NOT be a significant effect in this case because all potentially significant effects
have been analyzed adequately in an earlier General Plan EIR (SCH No. 2006011119)
certified on July 25, 2006 pursuant to applicable standards and have been avoided or
mitigated pursuant to that earlier EIR, including revisions or mitigation measures that are
imposed upon the proposed project.
Submitted by: Signature Date
Planning Department
Prepared by: Signature Date
Gerald S. Gilbert, Project Planner
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CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST
I. AESTHETICS
Would the project:
a) Have a substantial adverse effect
on a scenic vista?
b) Substantially damage scenic
resources, including, but not limited
to, trees, rock outcroppings, and
historic buildings within a state
scenic highway?
C) Substantially degrade the existing
visual character or quality of the site
and its surroundings?
d) Create a new source of substantial
light or glare which would adversely
affect day or nighttime views in the
area?
II. AGRICULTURE AND FOREST
RESOURCES
Would the project:
a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique
Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide
Importance (Farmland), as shown
on the maps prepared pursuant to
the Farmland Mapping and
Monitoring Program of the
California Resources Agency, to
non - agricultural use?
b) Conflict with existing zoning for
agricultural use, or a Williamson Act
contract?
3tentially Less Than Less than No
gnificant Significant with Significant Impact
Impact Mitigation Impact
Incorporated
❑
❑
❑
0
❑
❑
❑
0
❑
❑
❑
0
❑
❑
❑
0
❑ ❑ ❑ 0
❑ ❑ ❑ 0
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C) Conflict with existing zoning for, or
cause rezoning of, forest land (as
defined in Public Resources Code
section 12220(g)), timberland (as
defined by Public Resources Code
section 4526), or timberland zoned
Timberland Production (as defined
by Government Code section
51104(g))?
d) Result in the loss of forest land or
conversion of forest land to non -
forest use
e) Involve other changes in the
existing environment which, due to
their location or nature, could result
in conversion of Farmland, to non-
agricultural use or conversion of
forest land to non - forest use?
III. AIR QUALITY
Would the project:
a) Conflict with or obstruct
implementation of the applicable air
quality plan?
b) Violate any air quality standard or
contribute to an existing or
projected air quality violation?
C) Result in a cumulatively
considerable net increase of any
criteria pollutant for which the
project region is non - attainment
under an applicable federal or state
ambient air quality standard
(including releasing emissions
which exceed quantitative
thresholds for ozone precursors)?
d) Expose sensitive receptors to
substantial pollutant
concentrations?
e) Create objectionable odors affecting
a substantial number of people?
IV. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
Potentially
Less Than
Less than No
Significant
Signiflcantwith
Significant Impact
Impact
Mitigation
Impact
❑
Incorporated
0
❑
❑
❑ 0
❑
❑
❑
0
❑
❑
❑
0
❑
❑
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0
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a) Have a substantial adverse effect,
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either directly or through habitat
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modifications, on any species
Significant with
identified as a candidate, sensitive,
Impact
or special status species in local or
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regional plans, policies, or
Incorporated
regulations or by the California
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?
b)
Have a substantial adverse effect
on any riparian habitat or other
sensitive natural community
identified in local or regional plans,
policies, regulations or by the
California Department of Fish and
Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service?
C)
Have a substantial adverse effect on
federally protected wetlands as
defined by Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act (including, but not limited
to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.)
through direct removal, filling,
hydrological interruption, or other
means?
d)
Interfere substantially with the
movement of any native resident or
migratory fish or wildlife species or
with established native resident or
migratory wildlife corridors, or
impeded the use of native wildlife
nursery sites?
e)
Conflict with any local policies or
ordinances protecting biological
resources, such as a tree
preservation policy or ordinance?
f)
Conflict with the provisions of an
adopted Habitat Conservation Plan,
Natural Community Conservation
Plan, or other approved local,
regional, or state habitat
conservation plan?
V.
CULTURAL RESOURCES
Would the project:
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Less man NO
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Significant with
Significant Impact
Impact
Mitigation
Impact
Incorporated
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a) Cause a substantial adverse
change in the significance of a
historical resource as defined in
§15064.5?
b) Cause a substantial adverse
change in the significance of an
archaeological resource pursuant to
§15064.5?
C) Directly or indirectly destroy a
unique paleontological resource or
site or unique geologic feature?
d) Disturb any human remains,
including those interred outside of
formal cemeteries?
VI. GEOLOGY AND SOILS
Would the project:
a) Expose people or structures to
potential substantial adverse
effects, including the risk of loss,
injury, or death involving:
i) Rupture of a known earthquake
fault, as delineated on the most
recent Alquist - Priolo
Earthquake Fault Zoning Map
issued by the State Geologist
for the area or based on other
substantial evidence of a known
fault? Refer to Division of Mines
and Geology Special
Publication 42.
ii) Strong seismic ground shaking?
iii) Seismic - related ground failure,
including liquefaction?
iv) Landslides?
b) Result in substantial soil erosion or
the loss of topsoil?
C) Be located on a geologic unit or soil
that is unstable, or that would
become unstable as a result of the
project and potentially result in on-
or off -site landslide, lateral
spreading, subsidence, liquefaction
or collapse?
Potentially
Less Than
Less than
No
Significant
Significant with
Significant
Impact
Impact
Mitigation
Impact
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Potentially
Less Than
Less than
No
Significant
Significantwith
Significant
Impact
Impact
Mitigation
Impact
Incorporated
d)
Be located on expansive soil, as
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defined in Table 18- 1 -B of the
Uniform Building Code (1994),
creating substantial risks to life or
property?
e)
Have soils incapable of adequately
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supporting the use septic tanks or
alternative waste water disposal
systems where sewers are not
available for the disposal of waste
water?
VII. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Would
the project:
a)
Generate greenhouse gas
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emissions, either directly or
indirectly, that may have a
significant impact on the
environment?
b)
Conflict with an applicable plan,
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policy or regulation adopted for the
purpose of reducing the emissions
of greenhouse gases?
VIII.
HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS
Would
the project:
a)
Create a significant hazard to the
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public or the environment through
routine transport, use, or disposal of
hazardous materials?
b)
Create a significant hazard to the
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public or the environment through
reasonably foreseeable upset and
accident conditions involving the
release of hazardous materials into
the environment?
C)
Emit hazardous emissions or
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handle hazardous or acutely
hazardous materials, substances,
or waste within one - quarter mile of
an existing or proposed school?
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d) Be located on a site which is
included on a list of hazardous
materials sites which complied
pursuant to Government Code
Section 65962.5 and, as a result,
would it create a significant hazard
to the public or the environment?
e) For a project within an airport land
use plan or, where such a plan has
not been adopted, within two miles
of a public airport or public use
airport, would the project result in a
safety hazard for people residing or
working in the project area?
f) For a project within the vicinity of a
private airstrip, would the project
result in a safety hazard for people
residing or working in the project
area?
g) Impair implementation of or
physically interfere with an adopted
emergency response plan or
emergency evacuation plan?
h) Expose people or structures to a
significant risk of loss, injury or
death involving wildland fires,
including where wildlands are
adjacent to urbanized areas or
where residences are intermixed
with wildlands?
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IX. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY
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or waste discharge requirements?
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supplies or interfere substantially
with groundwater recharge such
that there would be a net deficit in
aquifer volume or a lowering of the
local groundwater table level (e.g.,
the production rate of pre- existing
nearby wells would drop to a level
which would not support existing
land uses or planned uses for which
permits have been granted)?
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Potentially
Less Than
Less than
No
Significant
Significant with
Significant
Impact
Impact
Mitigation
Impact
Incorporated
C)
Substantially alter the existing
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drainage pattern of the site or area,
including through the alteration of
the course of a stream or river, in a
manner which would result in
substantial erosion or siltation on-
or off -site?
d)
Substantially alter the existing
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drainage pattern of the site or area,
including through the alteration of a
course of a stream or river, or
substantially increase the rate or
amount of surface runoff in a
manner which would result in
flooding on or off -site?
e)
Create or contribute runoff water
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which would exceed the capacity of
existing or planned stormwater
drainage systems or provide
substantial additional sources of
polluted runoff?
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water quality?
g)
Place housing within a 100 -year
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flood hazard area as mapped on a
federal Flood Hazard Boundary or
Flood Insurance Rate Map or other
flood hazard delineation map?
h)
Place within a 100 -year flood
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hazard area structures which would
impede or redirect flood flows?
i)
Expose people or structures to a
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significant risk of loss, injury or
death involving flooding, including
flooding as a result of the failure of
a levee or dam?
j)
Inundation by seiche, tsunami, or
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mudflow?
X.
LAND USE AND PLANNING
Would the proposal:
a)
Physically divide an established
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community?
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b) Conflict with any applicable land
use plan, policy, or regulation of an
agency with jurisdiction over the
project (including, but not limited to
the general plan, specific plan, local
coastal program, or zoning
ordinance) adopted for the purpose
of avoiding or mitigating an
environmental effect?
G) Conflict with any applicable habitat
conservation plan or natural
community conservation plan?
XI. MINERAL RESOURCES
Would the project:
a) Result in the loss of availability of a
known mineral resource that would
be of value to the region and the
residents of the state?
b) Result in the loss of availability of a
locally - important mineral resource
recovery site delineated on a local
general plan, specific plan, or other
land use plan?
XII. NOISE
Would the project result in:
a) Exposure of persons to or
generation of noise levels in excess
of standards established in the local
general plan or noise ordinance, or
applicable standards of other
agencies?
b) Exposure of persons to or
generation of excessive
groundborne vibration or
groundborne noise levels?
C) A substantial permanent increase in
ambient noise levels in the project
vicinity above levels existing without
the project?
d) A substantial temporary or periodic
increase in ambient noise levels in
the project vicinity above levels
existing without the project?
Potentially
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Significant Impact
Impact
Mitigation
Impact
Incorporated
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Potentially
Less Than
Less than
No
Significant
Significant with
Significant
Impact
Impact
Mitigation
Impact
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Incorporated
growth in an area, either directly (for
e) For a project located within an
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airport land use land use plan or,
where such a plan has not been
and businesses) or indirectly (for
adopted, within two miles of a public
example, through extension of
airport or public use airport, would
roads or other infrastructure)?
the project expose people residing
b)
Displace substantial numbers of
or working in the project area to
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excessive noise levels?
f) For a project within the vicinity of a
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private airstrip, would the project
housing elsewhere?
expose people residing or working
C)
Displace substantial numbers of
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people, necessitating the
noise levels?
XIII.
POPULATION AND HOUSING
Would
the project:
a)
Induce substantial population
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growth in an area, either directly (for
example, by proposing new homes
and businesses) or indirectly (for
example, through extension of
roads or other infrastructure)?
b)
Displace substantial numbers of
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existing housing, necessitating the
construction of replacement
housing elsewhere?
C)
Displace substantial numbers of
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people, necessitating the
construction of replacement
housing elsewhere?
XIV.
PUBLIC SERVICES
Would
the project:
a)
Would the project result in
substantial adverse physical
impacts associated with the
provision of new or physically
altered government facilities, need
for new or physically altered
government facilities, the
construction of which could cause
significant environmental impacts,
in order to maintain acceptable
service ratios, response times or
other performance objectives for
any of the public services:
Fire protection?
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Potentially
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Less than
No
Significant
Significant with
Significant
Impact
Impact
Mitigation
Impact
Incorporated
Police protection?
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Schools?
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Other public facilities?
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XV.
RECREATION
Would
the project:
a)
Would the project increase the use
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of existing neighborhood and
regional parks or other recreational
facilities such that substantial
physical deterioration of the facility
would occur or be accelerated?
b)
Does the project include
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recreational facilities or require the
construction of or expansion of
recreational facilities which might
have an adverse physical effect on
the environment? opportunities?
XVI.
TRANSPORTATION/TRAFFIC
Would
the project:
a)
Conflict with an applicable plan,
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ordinance or policy establishing
measures of effectiveness for the
performance of the circulation
system, taking into account all
modes of transportation including
mass transit and non- motorized
travel and relevant components of
the circulation system, including but
not limited to intersections, streets,
highways and freeways, pedestrian
and bicycle paths, and mass
transit?
b)
Conflict with an applicable
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congestion management program,
including, but not limited to level of
service standard and travel demand
measures, or other standards
established by the county
congestion management agency for
designated roads or highways?
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C) Result in a change in air traffic
patterns, including either an
increase in traffic levels or a change
in location that results in substantial
safety risks?
d) Substantially increase hazards due
to a design feature (e.g., sharp
curves or dangerous intersections)
or incompatible uses (e.g., farm
equipment)?
e) Result in inadequate emergency
access.
f) Conflict with adopted policies,
plans, or programs regarding public
transit, bicycle, or pedestrian
facilities?
XVIL UTILITIES & SERVICE SYSTEMS
Would the project:
a) Exceed wastewater treatment
requirements of the applicable
Regional Water Quality Control
Board?
b) Require or result in the construction
of new water or wastewater
treatment facilities or expansion of
existing facilities, the construction of
which could cause significant
environmental effects?
C) Require or result in the construction
of new storm water drainage
facilities or expansion of existing
facilities, the construction of which
could cause significant
environmental effects?
d) Have sufficient water supplies
available to serve the project from
existing entitlements and resources,
or are new or expanded
entitlements needed?
e) Result in a determination by the
wastewater treatment provider,
which serves or may serve the
project that it has adequate capacity
to serve the project's projected
demand in addition to the provider's
existing commitments?
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nificant Significant with Significant Impact
n pact Mitigation Impact
Incorporated
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f) Be served by a landfill with sufficient
permitted capacity to accommodate
the project's solid waste disposal
needs?
g) Comply with federal, state, and
local statutes and regulation related
to solid waste?
XVIII.
MANDATORY FINDINGS OF
Less than
SIGNIFICANCE.
a)
Does the project have the potential
Significant
to degrade the quality of the
Impact
environment, substantially reduce
Impact
the habitat of a fish or wildlife
species, cause a fish or wildlife
population to drop below self -
sustaining levels, threaten to
eliminate a plant or animal
community, reduce the number or
restrict the range of a rare or
endangered plant or animal or
eliminate important examples of the
major period of California history or
prehistory?
b)
Does the project have impacts that
are individually limited, but
cumulatively considerable?
( "Cumulatively considerable" means
that the incremental effects of a
project are considerable when
viewed in connection with the
effects of past projects, the effects
of other current projects, and the
effects of probable future projects.)
C)
Does the project have
environmental effects which will
cause substantial adverse effects
on human beings, either directly or
indirectly?
Potentially
Less Than
Less than
No
Significant
Significant with
Significant
Impact
Impact
Mitigation
Impact
Incorporated
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DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Earlier Analyses
The 2006 General Plan, including the land use plan for the Airport Area and the Conceptual
Development Plan Area, was analyzed in the General Plan EIR (SCH No. 2006011119) certified on
July 25, 2006. The Plan does not propose any substantial changes to the General Plan's provisions
and policies for the Airport Area and the Conceptual Development Plan Area, and does not deviate
from the number and density of residential units allowed or the amount of parkland required by the
General Plan. The Plan does not affect any of the environmental impacts analyzed in the General
Plan EIR, as discussed below.
EIR(s) will be prepared on regulatory plans for development in the ICDP area, when additional detail
is available to allow for full environmental review.
Aesthetics
The General Plan EIR found that there would be less than significant impacts in the areas of
obstruction of scenic vistas and change in the visual character of portions of the City, and no
mitigation measures were required. The only area in which significant unavoidable impacts due to
new sources of light and glare could occur was Banning Ranch, not the Airport Area. The Plan
makes no changes to the amount or intensity of development allowed in the General Plan and
evaluated in the General Plan EIR, and there are no effects that were not analyzed in the General
Plan EIR.
Aariculture Resources
Agriculture resources were not evaluated in the General Plan EIR because the Initial Study for that
project found that there was no potential for environmental impacts in this area. The Conceptual
Development Plan Area is currently developed with urban uses and there are no agricultural
resources on the site. The Plan makes no changes to the amount or intensity of development
allowed in the General Plan and evaluated in the General Plan EIR, and there are no effects that
were not analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Air Quality
The General Plan EIR found that there would be significant unavoidable impacts in the areas of
conflict with the Air Quality Management Plan, construction emissions that would contribute to an
existing or projected air quality violation, and cumulatively considerable net increase of criteria
pollutants for which the region is in nonattainment under a national or State standard. All feasible
mitigation measures were included in the General Plan EIR, and would be required for development
to implement the Plan. The General Plan EIR found impacts to be less than significant in the areas of
exposing sensitive receptors to substantial CO concentrations and creating objectionable odors. The
Plan does not increase the amount or intensity of development allowed in the General Plan, and there
are no effects that were not analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
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Biological Resources
The General Plan EIR found that there would be less than significant impacts to candidate, sensitive
or special status plant and wildlife species; less than significant impacts on riparian habitat or other
sensitive natural communities; interference with the movement of native resident or migratory fish or
wildlife species or corridors. No mitigation measures were required. The Conceptual Development
Plan Area has been developed with urban uses for over thirty years, and has no natural habitat areas
or areas identified on a Habitat Conservation Plan or Natural Community Conservation Plan. The
Plan makes no changes to the amount or intensity of development allowed in the General Plan, or the
areas in which development may occur, and and there are no effects that were not analyzed in the
General Plan EIR.
Cultural Resources
The General Plan EIR found that impacts to cultural resources would be less than significant and no
mitigation measures were required. However, significant unavoidable impacts were identified with
regard to the potential for the demolition of historic structures. None of the eleven properties
identified in the General Plan EIR as being or potentially being historically significant is in the Airport
Area or the Conceptual Development Plan Area. Therefore, the Plan does not have the potential to
impact these resources. There are no effects that were not analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Geology and Soils
The General Plan EIR found that geology and soils impacts would be less than significant, and no
mitigation measures were required. The amount and location of development allowed by the Plan is
no different than that included in the General Plan and the General Plan EIR's analysis, and there are
no effects that were not analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Plan proposes no change in the amount and intensity of development from that allowed in the
General Plan, and no further analysis or revisions to the General Plan EIR are required.
Hazards and Hazardous Materials
The General Plan EIR found that hazards and hazardous materials impacts would be less than
significant, and no mitigation measures were required. Potential impact areas analyzed in the
General Plan EIR included oil and gas seeps from oil fields in the Newport Oil Field and West
Newport Oil field, both of which are approximately five miles from the ICDP site. Another potential
impact was the location of existing hazardous materials sites within one - quarter mile of existing or
proposed schools. The two existing sites identified were Hixson Metal Finishing in West Newport,
approximately five miles from the ICDP site, and Big Canyon Reservoir, approximately 3.5 miles from
the ICDP site. There are no existing or proposed schools within one - quarter mile of the ICDP site.
The General Plan EIR identified both the Conexant and Koll sites as EPA - registered large quantity
generator facilities. General Plan Policy S7.1, which requires proponents of projects in known areas
of contamination to perform comprehensive soil and groundwater contamination assessments and, if
necessary, to undertake remediation procedures under the supervision of the appropriate agency,
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was identified in the EIR as reducing impact in this area to a less than significant level. Development
within the Conceptual Development Plan Area will be subject to this policy.
The Conceptual Development Plan Area is within the John Wayne Airport land use plan area and
within two miles of the airport. The General Plan EIR found that the development of new residential
neighborhoods in this area would not result in a significant impact because all development would be
required to comply with the JWA "Airport Environs Land Use Plan" (AELUP) and be referred to the
Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) for review. In addition, the ALUC reviewed and certified the
General Plan as being in conformance with the AELUP, and regulatory plans for the Conexant and
Koll properties will be reviewed by the ALUC. Finally, General Plan policies in the Safety Element
were cited as reducing impacts to a less than significant level. Development in the Plan would be
required to comply with these policies, and no change to the amount or location of development is
proposed in the Plan. There are no effects that were not analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Hydrology and Water Quality
The General Plan EIR found that hydrology and water quality impacts would be less than significant,
and no mitigation measures were required. The amount and location of development allowed by the
Plan is the same as contemplated in the General Plan and the General Plan EIR's analysis, and there
are no effects that were not analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Land Use and Planning
The General Plan EIR's analysis of the Airport Area noted that the introduction of residential
neighborhoods could create incompatibilities with adjacent land uses. However, the Land Use
Element policies calling for the creation of residential villages designed to ensure compatibility with
existing uses and the requirement for the preparation of a plan for the Conceptual Development Plan
Area would ensure that development is designed to be compatible with non - residential development.
Therefore, this impact was considered less than significant. The Plan implements and is consistent
these General Plan policies, as discussed below.
Neighborhood Size (LU6.15.6, LU6.15.10 and LU6 15.11): Each residential village shall be at
least 10 acres in size at build -out, and be organized around a neighborhood park and other
similar amenities. The first phase of residential development in each village shall be at least
five gross acres, exclusive of existing rights -of -way. Although the General Plan exempts the
"Conceptual Development Plan Area" from this minimum first phase requirement, it does
require that residential villages within this sub -area be able to be built out to a minimum area of
10 acres. At the discretion of the City, the acreage can include part of a property in a different
land use category, if the City finds that a sufficient portion of the contiguous property is
contributing to the village fabric of open space, parking, or other amenities.
Koll - The mixed -use village is approximately 12.7 gross acres in size, which
exceeds the 10 -acre minimum requirement.
Conexant — The residential village is approximately 25 gross acres in size, which
exceeds the 10 -acre minimum requirement.
• Neighborhood Densities (LU6.15.7, LU6.15.8 and LU6.15.9): In addition to providing a
minimum land area for residential development, the General Plan also establishes minimum
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densities to ensure that a sufficient critical mass of residential units is created within each 10-
acre village. As such, the overall minimum density for each village at build -out is 30 dwelling
units per net acre, exclusive of existing and future rights -of -way, open spaces and pedestrian
ways; a maximum net density of 50 units /acre is also established.
Koll - The Plan provides for 5.78 net acres of new residential land, which could
allow the development of 173 to 289 units based on the minimum and maximum
allowable densities in the General Plan. The Plan includes a total of 260
residential units, and complies with the General Plan policy.
Conexant - The Plan provides a net developable residential land area of 18.45
acres, which could allow for a maximum program of 922 dwelling units (18.45 x
50 du /ac). The Plan provides for a total of 1,244 units, 922 of which are base
units, whose density is consistent with General Plan policies and 322 of which
are density bonus units that are not included in General Plan density limits. The
density bonus units could be developed only if the developer provides 11 % of the
base units (101 units) for very low- income households, 20% of the base units
(184 units) for low- income households, or 40% of the base units (369 units) for
moderate - income households. The precise number of replacement units will be
finalized in the regulatory plan for development of the Conexant property, based
on traffic analysis to comply with General Plan Policy LU 6.15.5.
Diversity of Housing (LU6.15.7): Within the density envelope (30 to 50 du /ac), the General
Plan promotes a diversity of building types, including row houses, and podium mid -rise and
high -rise buildings to accommodate a range of household types and incomes and to promote a
variety of building masses and scales.
Koll - Housing types contemplated in the plan are two story town homes, one
story flats and podium mid -rise apartment/ condominiums.
Conexant - Housing types contemplated in the plan include ground- level
townhouse units, podium mid -rise and high -rise apartment/condominiums.
Neighborhood Parks (LU6.15.13 and LU6.15.14): The General Plan calls for residential
villages to be centered on neighborhood parks to provide structure and a sense of community
and identity. The General Plan requires that each park be a minimum of one -acre in size, or at
least eight percent of the total land area of the residential village, whichever is greater. In
order to promote useable and cohesive open space, the General Plan also requires that each
neighborhood park have a minimum dimension of no less than 150 feet. Neighborhood parks
are required to be public in nature (rather than internalized open space), and to this end must
have public streets on at least two sides and be connected with adjacent residential
development by pedestrian ways and streets.
Koll - The Plan provides for the creation of a central neighborhood park of 1.016
acres, which meets the General Plan requirement of 1 acre or 8 percent of the
village land area (i.e., 8 percent of 12.7acres = 1.016 acre).
Conexant — The Plan provides a total of 2.01 acres of parks and open space,
exceeding the General Plan requirement of 2.0 acres or 8 percent of the land
Airport Area Integrated Development Plan (ICDP)
24
area of the residential village (i.e., 8 percent of 25 acres = 2.0 acres). A 1.49 -
acre neighborhood park is located at the center of the community; it is highly
public in nature, surrounded on all sides by public streets and by active ground -
level uses. An additional 0.52 acres is provided in two smaller pocket parks
within the village. The Plan meets the General Plan requirements for public open
space.
The General Plan limits the number of residential units in the Airport Area to 2,200. The total number
of units allowed by the Plan, 1,504, is within this limit.
Lastly, the General Plan EIR found that there would be less than significant impact in the area of
physically dividing an existing community. The Plan implements the General Plan's policies
regarding residential development in the Airport Area and the Conceptual Development Plan Area,
and does not propose any changes in the amount, intensity or location of new residential
development.
Because the Plan implements and is consistent with the General Plan and its policies for
development in the Airport Area and Conceptual Development Plan Area, there are no effects that
were not analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Mineral Resources
The Plan proposes no change in the amount and intensity of development from that allowed in the
General Plan, and no further analysis or revisions to the General Plan EIR are required.
Noise
The General Plan EIR found that there would be less than significant impact in the area of exposure
of persons to substantial temporary or periodic ambient noise increases, and no mitigation measures
were required. Significant unavoidable impacts were found in the areas of exposing persons to
ambient noise levels in excess of standards, exposing persons to vibration levels generated during
construction activities, substantial permanent increases in traffic - related ambient noise levels, and
exposure of sensitive receptors in proximity to the John Wayne Airport to excessive noise levels.
Among the roadway segments that would have a significant increase in traffic - related noise are Birch
Street and Jamboree Road, which are adjacent to the Conceptual Development Plan Area. General
Plan Noise Element policies require the use of interior noise insulation, double paned windows or
other noise mitigation measures, and these policies would apply to development pursuant to the Plan.
The Conceptual Development Plan Area is outside the 65 CNEL contour, but within the 60 CNEL
contour, for John Wayne Airport, and residential land use is considered a "conditionally consistent:
land use in the AELUP. Policy N3.2 in the General Plan Noise Element requires that any residential
use in this area maintain an interior noise level of 45 dBA.
The Plan proposes no change in land use, or location or intensity of development, from that which
was analyzed in the General Plan EIR, and all General Plan noise policies will apply to development
pursuant to the Plan. There are no effects that were not analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Airport Area Integrated Development Plan (ICDP)
25
Population and Housing
The General Plan EIR found that the increase in residential units and associated population increase
in population allowed by the General Plan would exceed projections by the Southern California
Association of Governments, which would be a significant unavoidable impact. The development of
1,504 new residential units allowed in the Plan was included in the General Plan EIR's analysis.
These units, in particular the affordable and density bonus units, would assist the City in meeting its
Regional Housing Needs Assessment Goals. There are no existing residential units in the
Conceptual Development Plan Area, and the Plan would not result in the displacement of existing
housing or people. The Plan proposes no changes to the amount of residential development allowed
in the General Plan and analyzed in the General Plan EIR, and there are no effects that were not
analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Public Services
The General Plan EIR found that public services impacts would be less than significant, and no
mitigation measures were required. The amount and location of development allowed by the Plan is
no different than that included in the General Plan and the General Plan EIR's analysis, and there are
no effects that were not analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Recreation
The General Plan EIR found that there would be less than significant impacts resulting from the
increased use of existing parks and recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration
of the facilities would occur or be accelerated, including as a result of residential development in the
Airport Area. Policy LU6.15.13 requires residential developers in the Airport Area to dedicate and
develop neighborhood parks. As discussed in the Land Use and Planning section of this Initial Study,
the Plan complies with this policy. Residential development pursuant to the Plan will also be subject
to the City's Park Dedication Fee Ordinance, and contribute funds for the maintenance and
preservation of existing park and recreation facilities.
The amount of residential development allowed, and the amount of park dedication required, by the
Plan is the same as that analyzed in the General Plan EIR, and there are no effects that were not
analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Transportation/Traffic
The General Plan EIR found that there would be a significant unavoidable impact from a substantial
increase in deficient freeway segments and ramps. All other transportation and traffic impacts were
considered less than significant, and no mitigation measures were required. The Plan incorporates
the same level of development as analyzed in the General Plan EIR, and no further analysis or
revisions to the General Plan EIR are required.
Utilities and Service Systems
The General Plan EIR found that utilities and service systems impacts would be less than significant,
and no mitigation measures were required. The amount and location of development allowed by the
Plan is the same as that included in the General Plan and the General Plan EIR's analysis, and there
are no effects that were not analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Airport Area Integrated Development Plan (ICDP)
26
Mandatory Findings of Significance
No substantial changes to the development intensity contemplated by the General Plan would occur
as a result of the Integrated Conceptual Development Plan, and there are no effects that were not
analyzed in the General Plan EIR.
Summary
The Integrated Conceptual Development Plan requires no further environmental review under Public
Resources Code Section 21094. The Plan implements the General Plan's requirement for a
conceptual development plan to be adopted prior to any residential development being permitted
within the Conceptual Development Plan Area, and is consistent with General Plan policies, in
particular the policies pertaining to development in the Airport Area and the Conceptual Development
Plan Area. The residential development included in the ICDP is consistent with that evaluated in the
General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR, SCH No. 2006011119), certified on July 25, 2006.
No additional environmental review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21166
because no substantial changes to the General Plan are proposed which would require revisions to
the General Plan EIR; no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under
which the project is being undertaken which would require revisions to the General Plan EIR; and no
new information, which was not known and could not have been known at the time the General Plan
EIR was certified, has become available.
SOURCE LIST
The following enumerated documents are available at the offices of the City of Newport Beach, Planning Department,
3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California 92660.
1. Final Program EIR — City of Newport Beach General Plan
2. General Plan, including all its elements, City of Newport Beach.
3. Specific Plan, District #8, Central Balboa.
4. Title 20, Zoning Code of the Newport Beach Municipal Code.
5. City Excavation and Grading Code, Newport Beach Municipal Code.
6. Chapter 10.28, Community Noise Ordinance of the Newport Beach Municipal Code.
7. South Coast Air Quality Management District, Air Quality Management Plan 1997.
8. South Coast Air Quality Management District, Air Quality Management Plan EIR, 1997.
Airport Area Integrated Development Plan (ICDP)
27
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On l -z:�, . zu 10. 1 posted the Notice of Public Hearing regarding:
China Palace Use Permit.
Date of Hearing;: September 28, 2010
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., a public hearing
will be conducted in the City Council Chambers (Building A) at 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport
Beach. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach will consider the following application:
Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan — An integrated conceptual
development plan (ICDP) associated with a portion of the Airport Area that is generally bounded
by MacArthur Blvd, Jamboree Road and Birch Street. This ICDP is required by General Plan
Policy - LU 6.15.11 prior to the development of residential land uses in this portion of the Airport
Area.
Consideration of the ICDP requires no further environmental review under Public Resources
Code Section 21094. The ICDP implements the General Plan's requirement for a conceptual
development plan to be adopted prior to any residential development being permitted within the
Conceptual Development Plan Area, and is consistent with General Plan policies, in particular
the policies pertaining to development in the Airport Area and the Conceptual Development Plan
Area. The residential development included in the ICDP is consistent with that evaluated in the
General Plan Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2006011119) certified on July 25, 2006
( "General Plan EIR "). No additional review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 21166 because no substantial changes to the General Plan are proposed which would
require revisions to the General Plan EIR; no substantial changes have occurred with respect to
the circumstances under which the project is being undertaken that would require revisions to
the General Plan EIR; and no new information, which was not known and could not have been
known at the time of the General Plan EIR was certified, has become available. Copies of the
General Plan EIR are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Department,
City of Newport Beach, 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California.
All interested parties may appear and present testimony in regard to this application. If you
challenge this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone
else raised at the City Council meeting (described in this notice) or in written correspondence
delivered to the City, at or prior to, the review. The agenda, staff report, and documents may
be reviewed at the City Clerk's Office (Building B), 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport
Beach, California, 92663, or at the City of Newport Beach website at
www.newportbeachca.aov on the Wednesday prior to the hearing. For more information
please call 949 - 644 -3204.
For questions regarding details of the project please contact Rosalinh Ung, Associate Planner, at
(949) 644 -3208, rung anewportbeachca.gov..
Project File No.: PA2007 -170 and PA2008-
063
Zone: Koll Center Planned Community (PC-
15)
Location: A portion of the Airport Area that is
generally bounded by MacArthur Blvd,
Jamboree Road and Birch Street
Activity No.: Airport Area ICDP (DP 2007 -002
& 2008 -003)
General Plan: Mixed Use Horizontal (MU -1-12)
Applicant: The Koll Company and Conexant
Leilani Brown, City Clerk
City of Newport Beach
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., a public hearing
will be conducted in the City Council Chambers (Building A) at 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport
Beach. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach will consider the following application:
Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan — An integrated conceptual
development plan (ICDP) associated with a portion of the Airport Area that is generally bounded
by MacArthur Blvd, Jamboree Road and Birch Street. This ICDP is required by General Plan
Policy - LU 6.15.11 prior to the development of residential land uses in this portion of the Airport
Area.
Consideration of the ICDP requires no further environmental review under Public Resources
Code Section 21094. The ICDP implements the General Plan's requirement for a conceptual
development plan to be adopted prior to any residential development being permitted within the
Conceptual Development Plan Area, and is consistent with General Plan policies, in particular
the policies pertaining to development in the Airport Area and the Conceptual Development Plan
Area. The residential development included in the ICDP is consistent with that evaluated in the
General Plan Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2006011119) certified on July 25, 2006
( "General Plan EIR "). No additional review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 21166 because no substantial changes to the General Plan are proposed which would
require revisions to the General Plan EIR; no substantial changes have occurred with respect to
the circumstances under which the project is being undertaken that would require revisions to
the General Plan EIR; and no new information, which was not known and could not have been
known at the time of the General Plan EIR was certified, has become available. Copies of the
General Plan EIR are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Department,
City of Newport Beach, 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California.
All interested parties may appear and present testimony in regard to this application. If you
challenge this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone
else raised at the City Council meeting (described in this notice) or in written correspondence
delivered to the City, at or prior to, the review. The agenda, staff report, and documents may
be reviewed at the City Clerk's Office (Building B), 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport
Beach, California, 92663, or at the City of Newport Beach website at
www.newportbeachca.gov on the Wednesday prior to the hearing. For more information
please call 949 - 644 -3204.
For questions regarding details of the project please contact Rosalinh Ung, Associate Planner, at
(949) 644 -3208, rung(a) newportbeachca.gov..
Project File No.: PA2007 -170 and PA2008-
063
Zone: Koll Center Planned Community (PC-
15)
Location: A portion of the Airport Area that is
generally bounded by MacArthur Blvd,
Jamboree Road and Birch Street
Activity No.: Airport Area ICDP (DP 2007 -002
& 2008 -003)
General Plan: Mixed Use Horizontal (MU -1-12)
Applicant: The Koll Company and Conexant
Leilani Brown, City berk
City of Newport Beach
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., a public hearing
will be conducted in the City Council Chambers (Building A) at 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport
Beach. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach will consider the following application:
Airport Business Area Integrated Conceptual Development Plan — An integrated conceptual
development plan (ICDP) associated with a portion of the Airport Area that is generally bounded
by MacArthur Blvd, Jamboree Road and Birch Street. This ICDP is required by General Plan
Policy - LU 6.15.11 prior to the development of residential land uses in this portion of the Airport
Area.
Consideration of the ICDP requires no further environmental review under Public Resources
Code Section 21094. The ICDP implements the General Plan's requirement for a conceptual
development plan to be adopted prior to any residential development being permitted within the
Conceptual Development Plan Area, and is consistent with General Plan policies, in particular
the policies pertaining to development in the Airport Area and the Conceptual Development Plan
Area. The residential development included in the ICDP is consistent with that evaluated in the
General Plan Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2006011119) certified on July 25, 2006
( "General Plan EIR "). No additional review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 21166 because no substantial changes to the General Plan are proposed which would
require revisions to the General Plan EIR; no substantial changes have occurred with respect to
the circumstances under which the project is being undertaken that would require revisions to
the General Plan EIR; and no new information, which was not known and could not have been
known at the time of the General Plan EIR was certified, has become available. Copies of the
General Plan EIR are available for public review and inspection at the Planning Department,
City of Newport Beach, 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, California.
All interested parties may appear and present testimony in regard to this application. If you
challenge this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone
else raised at the City Council meeting (described in this notice) or in written correspondence
delivered to the City, at or prior to, the review. The agenda, staff report, and documents may
be reviewed at the City Clerk's Office (Building B), 3300 Newport Boulevard, Newport
Beach, California, 92663, or at the City of Newport Beach website at
www.newportbeachca.aov on the Wednesday prior to the hearing. For more information
please call 949 -644 -3204.
For questions regarding details of the project please contact Rosalinh Ung, Associate Planner, at
(949) 644- 3208, rung(a.newportbeachca.gov..
Project File No.: PA2007 -170 and PA2008-
063
Zone: Koll Center Planned Community (PC-
15)
Location: A portion of the Airport Area that is
generally bounded by MacArthur Blvd,
Jamboree Road and Birch Street
Activity No.: Airport Area ICDP (DP 2007 -002
& 2008 -003)
General Plan: Mixed Use Horizontal (MU -1-12)
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