Here are some of the issues the...

Here are some of the issues the commission considered Monday.

CHURCH EXTENSION

The Crossing Church, at 2115 Newport Blvd., received an extension

to keep its temporary church facilities for another 2 1/2 years. The

temporary facilities include a tent of about 7,900 square feet and

some modular buildings.

The original approval for the temporary facilities was for 2 1/2

years. That expires on Friday. To get another extension, the church

needed to demonstrate sufficient progress toward the construction of

a new sanctuary.

The church’s evidence of progress includes selling its former

property, submitting plans for an auditorium project to the city’s

building division in April and starting negotiations with a

construction company with the intent of beginning construction of the

assembly building by the end of the year.

WHAT IT MEANS

The church can keep its temporary church facilities for another 2

1/2 years.

WHAT WAS SAID

“In the original plan, they had shown they had needed to ... make

some efforts to become better neighbors and get their property sold,

[and] they’ve done all of that in the last few years,” commissioner

Bill Perkins said. “Now it’s chips falling into place and, in another

2 1/2 years, that structure will be gone, and we’ll get the

permanent structure there.”

CAR-SALES LAW

The commission gave the Harbor Boulevard of Motor Cars Dealers

Assn. a year to work with its members to voluntarily restrict the use

of outdoor communication systems to the hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and

to work with code enforcement on any complaints about its dealerships

on a case-by-case basis.

Commissioner Eric Bever dissented.

The commission was set to consider a law that would change the

city’s zoning code to add rules for auto-sales businesses and outdoor

communication systems used by commercial and industrial businesses.

In April, the City Council directed the commission and planning

staff members to work with the Harbor Boulevard of Motor Cars Dealers

Assn. to discuss solutions on how to handle amplified sound and the

storage of auto inventory in residential neighborhoods.

WHAT IT MEANS

The association will now have a year to work out these issues

among its members.

WHAT WAS SAID

Bever said he voted against the year extension because the

association would be working only with its members, not smaller

dealers.

“It wasn’t an all-encompassing solution,” Bever said.