NEWPORT BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 100 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022
REGULAR MEETING – 6:30 P.M.
TELECONFERENCE LOCATION PURSUANT TO GC§54953(B):
2253 POIPU RD UNIT #21, KOLOA, HI 96756
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Public comments are invited on non-agenda items generally considered to be within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Planning Commission. Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes. Before speaking, please state your name for the record and print your name on the blue forms provided at the podium.
REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES
CONSENT ITEMS
ITEM NO. 1 MINUTES OF JULY 7, 2022
Recommended Action: Approve and file
DISCUSSION ITEMS
ITEM NO. 2 BAJA SHARKEEZ CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REVIEW (PA2017-255) Site Location: 110 and 114 Mc Fadden Place
Summary:
A one-year review will be conducted for Conditional Use Permit No. UP2017-034, which authorizes the operation of an eating and drinking establishment with late hours and a type 47 (On-Sale General Eating Place) Alcoholic Beverage control (ABC) License. The purpose of this review is to determine compliance with the conditions of approval of the conditional use permit with a focus on alcohol sales in the morning between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Recommended Action:
Receive public comments;
Find this project review categorically exempt under Section 15321, of the State CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) Guidelines – Class 21 – Enforcement Actions by Regulatory Agencies; and Accept and file the one-year review for Conditional Use Permit No. UP2017-034.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
Speakers must limit comments to three (3) minutes on all items. Before speaking, please state your name for the record and print your name on the blue forms provided at the podium.
If in the future, you wish to challenge in court any of the matters on this agenda for which a public hearing is to be conducted, you may be limited to raising only those issues, which you (or someone else) raised orally at the public hearing or in written correspondence received by the City at or before the hearing
ITEM NO. 3 LIDO HOUSE HOTEL EXPANSION (PA2020-068)
Site Location: 3300 Newport Boulevard, 475 32nd Street Summary:
The Applicant requests to add 15,103 square feet to the previously approved 130-room Lido House Hotel. The additional floor area would allow for the construction of five new cottages (i.e., “rooms”), increased storage space, enlarged pre-function/breakout meeting rooms, a new greenhouse seating room, expansion of three existing hotel rooms, and an enclosed area on the rooftop terrace. Also included is the demolition of the former Fire Station No. 2 building to create additional public and private parking spaces. To implement the project, the request requires the following approvals from the City of Newport Beach:
General Plan Amendment – To amend Anomaly No. 85 to increase the development limit to 118,573 gross square feet; Local Coastal Program Amendment – To increase the development limit as described above; Zoning Code Amendment – To increase the development limit as described above; Site Development Review – To ensure the changes to the site are developed in accordance with applicable development standards; and Conditional Use Permit – To allow the operational changes that result from the changed floor plan.
If approved by the City, a coastal development permit amendment will also be required from the California Coastal Commission since it was the original review authority for the Lido House Hotel project.
Recommended Action:
Conduct a public hearing; and
Adopt Resolution No. PC2022-020 recommending City Council approval of General Plan Amendment No. GP2020-004, Local Coastal Program Amendment No. LC2020-006, Zoning Code Amendment No. CA2020-003, Site Development Review No. SD2020-008, Conditional Use Permit No. UP2020-039, and Addendum No. 2 to the Certified Final Environmental Impact Report for the Lido House Hotel (SCH#2013111022).
ITEM NO. 4 DENSITY BONUS ZONING CODE AND LCP AMENDMENTS (PA2020-032) Site Location: Citywide
Summary:
Amendments to Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) and Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code updating standards and establishing an approval process for considering density bonuses with housing developments. These amendments are required to ensure the City’s regulations are in compliance with California Government Code Section 65915, et. Seq (Density Bonuses and Other Incentives). A housing development project that includes a minimum percentage of affordable units is eligible for additional units above the otherwise allowed City-established maximum density and it is also eligible for reduced parking requirements, incentives/concessions, and waivers of development standards.
Recommended Action:
Conduct a public hearing;
Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3), the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects, which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment; Adopt Resolution No. PC2022-018 recommending the City Council approve Zoning Code Amendment No. CA2020-004 to amend Title 20 (Planning and Zoning) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code pertaining density bonus to comply with State law; and Adopt Resolution No. PC2022-019 recommending the City Council authorize submittal of Local Coastal Plan Amendment No. LC2020-004 to the California Coastal Commission to amend Title 21 (Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code pertaining density bonus to comply with State law.
STAFF AND COMMISSIONER ITEMS
ITEM NO. 5 MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
ITEM NO. 6 REPORT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR REQUEST FOR MATTERS WHICH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM NO. 7 REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
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