TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Marisa Lundstedt, Community Development Director
Laurie Jester, Planning Manager
Ted Faturos, Assistant Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Planning Commission Approval of a Use Permit Amendment and a Categorical Exemption Under CEQA to Allow Instructional Alcohol Tastings for the Grocery Store and Full Alcohol Service for On-Site Consumption for the Existing Indoor Café at Bristol Farms, 1570 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite H (Community Development Director Lundstedt).
RECEIVE AND FILE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the decision of the Planning Commission approving the Use Permit Amendment subject to conditions.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
The application is a request for an amendment to an existing Use Permit (Resolution No. PC 90-29) to allow a Type 47, On-Sale General alcohol license and a Type 86, Instructional Tasting license. The applicant currently has an On-Sale Beer and Wine license (Type 41) for their indoor café, which was approved in 1990; and an Off-Sale General license for the grocery store (Type 21). The applicant proposes no expansion or modification to the existing grocery store and no expansion of the café area. Bristol Farms also currently caters events off site with beer and wine service and the Type 47 license will allow them to offer liquor at these catered events. A public hearing was held on June 24, 2015, at which time the Planning Commission adopted a Resolution approving the project with conditions (Attachment 1).
DISCUSSION:
Staff presented the applicant’s request to the Planning Commission at a noticed public hearing and recommended approving of the request with conditions. (Attachments 2 and 3) Staff also indicated that based on discussions with the Police Department, there were no objections to Bristol Farms’ request since Bristol Farms’ has no record of complaints and is located far away from residential uses. The applicant also spoke before the Commission and fielded questions from the Commissioners. The applicant asked for some of the Resolution’s language to be altered in order to clarify the ABC’s regulations and staff and the Commissioners did not object to the applicant’s request. No members of the public chose to participate in the hearing. The Planning Commission approved the applicant’s Use Permit Amendment request and the adopted the Resolution with the minor clarifications and revisions.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:
The project is Categorically Exempt (Class 1, Section 15301) from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as the proposal has no potential for having a significant effect on the environment.
CONCLUSION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the decision of the Planning Commission approving the Use Permit Amendment subject to conditions.
ALTERNATIVE:
Any Councilmember may request Council review of the Commission decision at a future noticed public hearing.
Attachments:
1. Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 15-04
2. Planning Commission Draft Minutes, June 24, 2015
3. Planning Commission Staff Report and Attachments, June 24, 2015