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File #: 19-0323    Version: 1
Type: Public Hearing - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 8/6/2019 Final action:
Title: Conduct Continued Public Hearing to Review Use Permit Amendment for an Existing Restaurant/Bar and Consider Request to Amend the Use Permit to Extend Operating Hours and Revise Other Conditions at 900 Manhattan Avenue (900 Club/Downstairs Bar) (Continued from the July 2, 2019, City Council Regular Meeting) (Community Development Director McIntosh). a) CONDUCT CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING b) DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
Attachments: 1. Applicant's Additional Information, 2. Resolution No. 14-0063, 3. Resolution No. 18-0075
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager

FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Laurie Jester, Planning Manager
Angelica Ochoa, Associate Planner

SUBJECT:Title
Conduct Continued Public Hearing to Review Use Permit Amendment for an Existing Restaurant/Bar and Consider Request to Amend the Use Permit to Extend Operating Hours and Revise Other Conditions at 900 Manhattan Avenue (900 Club/Downstairs Bar) (Continued from the July 2, 2019, City Council Regular Meeting) (Community Development Director McIntosh).
a) CONDUCT CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
b) DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council consider public comment at the continued public hearing, review compliance with conditions of approval, consider revisions to conditions proposed by Applicant, and provide direction to staff. Staff further recommends that the Council consider modifying some of the conditions as requested by the Applicant but decline Applicant's request to add another hour of operation to Thursday nights.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no direct fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.

BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
After conducting a duly noticed public hearing in 2018, the City Council adopted Resolution 18-0075, amending certain conditions of approval for the use permit issued to the 900 Club LLC ("900 Club") pursuant to Resolution 14-0063. Resolution 14-0063 approved a modified and restated use permit in 2014. Pursuant to Resolution 18-0075, the City Council approved:


1. An additional one hour on Thursday nights; and
2. An increase in the number of special events to 24 annually.

In addition, the Council removed an early "last call" condition. The approval was conditioned upon ten conditions, including that a duly noticed public hearing be held before the City Council for the purpose o...

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