ON THE AGENDA Here are some of...

ON THE AGENDA

Here are some of the issues the commission will consider Thursday.

PARKING AGREEMENT

The commission will decide if Norm Goodin has satisfied his

off-site parking requirements for a charter boat service he intends

to open on West Coast Highway.

Goodin purchased a property at 2527 W. Coast Highway with the

intention of relocating his charter boat company, Charter Yachts of

Newport Beach, from Lido Marina Village. He also wants to open a new

yacht club, Pacific Coast Yacht Club, on the second floor of one of

the two buildings on the property, which would remain.

The number of parking spaces required for Goodin’s desired

operations and existing businesses is 123. Goodin intends to provide

128 -- 43 spaces at his property using tandem parking, 35 spaces at

2436 W. Coast Highway and 50 spaces at 2530 W. Coast Highway. Goodin

has parking agreements with the owners of both of these properties,

which are across the street from his. Parking attendants will be on

hand to instruct patrons of the charter service to park at the

off-site lots first and then the on-site lot.

Goodin is also requesting a permit to allow the tandem parking.

This kind of parking would be used weekdays after 5 p.m. and all day

on the weekends in the on-site parking lot for the charter boat

operations.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Staff members said in their report that Goodin has done a good job

providing the necessary off-site parking. They feel the parking

attendants will reduce negative traffic effects along West Coast

Highway.

WIRELESS FACILITY APPLICATION

The commission will consider granting a permit to Nextel

Communications to place its wireless equipment at 20662 Newport Coast

Drive, even though such facilities are not permitted based on zoning.

The property is a gas-recovery facility, associated with the closed

Coyote Canyon landfill, a quarter-mile from Sage Hill School and

residences to the south.

The site already has wireless equipment from three carriers

allowed by Orange County before Newport Coast was annexed by Newport

Beach. When it was annexed, zoning of the site changed, inadvertently

causing the wireless facilities to not be permitted.

Nextel wants to add a microwave dish and three panel antennas on

an existing smoke stack. Nextel’s equipment would rise about 40 feet

above ground, while the smokestack is 103 feet. It also wants to add

three antennas on 20-foot poles in the northeast corner of the

property next to a 12-foot wall. In the southeast corner of the lot,

the company would build a 10-foot high, 240-square-foot equipment

storage facility. Two global-positioning system antennas would be

placed on the storage facility and exceed it by 1 foot.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Staff members believe the site is ideal for wireless facilities

because of its elevation and remoteness. They intend to recommend

changing zoning of the property to make the wireless facilities

allowable either during the city’s general-plan update or reuse of

the landfill.

BUILDING PERMIT

The commission will consider granting a permit to Biosensors

International to put a research and development facility in an

existing office building at 20280 Acacia St. The company already has

office space in the building and wants an extra 4,077 square feet.

Because the project site is within a business-park district

established by the Santa Ana Heights Specific Plan, the commission

has to give its blessing to research and development uses.

The Santa Ana Heights Project Advisory Committee reviewed the

expansion proposal and has no objections, according to the staff

report.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Staff members recommend the commission approve 5,000 square feet

to accommodate the company’s request as well as future expansion or

addition of research and development, medical, dental and a limited

range of retail uses.