Title
NEWPORT BIRCH MEDICAL PLAZA (PA2025-0220)
Site Location: 20071 Birch Street
Recommendation
Summary:
A request to construct a new 19,156-square-foot medical building on a vacant lot. The building will feature a small lobby and parking on the ground level, with two levels of medical office space above. The interior of the building is proposed as a shell design to accommodate future medical office tenants. The project also includes uncovered surface parking spaces, circulation improvements, and landscaping along the street frontage and throughout the parking lot. The project will provide a total of 89 parking spaces. The following approvals are required to implement the project as proposed:
• Minor Site Development Review: To allow the construction of a nonresidential building between 10,000 and 19,999 square feet of floor area, pursuant to Section 20.52.080 (Site Development Reviews) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code (NBMC).
• Minor Use Permit: To authorize the medical office use, pursuant to Section 20.90.120 (Business Park District: SP-7) [BP]) of the NBMC;
• Staff Approval: To waive 7 of the 96 required parking spaces, or 7.3 % of the parking requirement, pursuant to Section 20.40.110(D) (Adjustments to Off-Street Parking Requirements - Reduction of Required Off-Street Parking by Director) of the NBMC; and
• Traffic Study: To consider the projected 643 net increase in average daily trips (ADTs), pursuant to Chapter 15.40 (Traffic Phasing Ordinance) of the NBMC.
If approved, this project will supersede the Use Permit Filed as PA2023-0172.
Recommended Actions:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15332 under Class 32 (In-Fill Development Projects) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2026-017, approving the Site Development Review, Minor Use Permit, Sta...
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