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File #: 23-0109    Version: 1
Type: Info. Only - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 3/7/2023 Final action:
Title: Recent Planning Commission Quasi-Judicial Decisions: Use Permit Amendment to Allow Alcohol Sales (the Sale of Beer and Wine Only for On-Site Consumption) at an Existing "Eating and Drinking Establishments" Use Located at 321 Manhattan Beach Boulevard in the Downtown Commercial (CD) Zoning District. (Bluestone Lane Restaurant) (Acting Community Development Director Mirzakhanian). INFORMATION ITEM ONLY
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager

FROM:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, Acting Community Development Director

SUBJECT:Title
Recent Planning Commission Quasi-Judicial Decisions:
Use Permit Amendment to Allow Alcohol Sales (the Sale of Beer and Wine Only for On-Site Consumption) at an Existing "Eating and Drinking Establishments" Use Located at 321 Manhattan Beach Boulevard in the Downtown Commercial (CD) Zoning District. (Bluestone Lane Restaurant) (Acting Community Development Director Mirzakhanian).
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Recommended Action
On February 22, 2023, the Planning Commission considered the item described below:

1. Use Permit Amendment to allow alcohol sales (the sale of beer and wine only for on-site consumption) at an existing "Eating and Drinking Establishments" use located at 321 Manhattan Beach Boulevard in the Downtown Commercial (CD) zoning district. Per LCP Section A.16.020(L), a use permit, or use permit amendment, shall be required for any new alcohol license within the Downtown Commercial (CD) zoning district. (Bluestone Lane restaurant)

On September 9, 2021, the Community Development Department received an application requesting an amendment to a use permit, to allow alcohol sales, specifically on-site consumption of beer and wine only (Alcohol Beverage Control License Type 41 - On-sale Beer and Wine - Eating Place), at an existing "Eating and Drinking Establishment" use (Bluestone Lane) located at 321 Manhattan Beach Boulevard. The existing use currently operates in accordance with Resolution No. PC 96-11, which approved an "Eating and Drinking Establishment" use for the site on May 8, 1996.

The February 22, 2023 Planning Commission meeting was duly noticed on February 9, 2023, and the Planning Commission agenda with staff report and attachments was published on February 16, 2023. Staff received one public comment on ...

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