TO:
Honorable Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners
THROUGH:
Michael Codron, Interim Community Development Director
FROM:
Adam Finestone AICP, Planning Manager
Tari Kuvhenguhwa, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Use Permit to Allow a Change of Use from Food and Beverage Sales to Eating and Drinking Establishment (Restaurant) with Indoor and Outdoor Seating and Proposed Hours of Operation from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Daily at an Existing Commercial Building Located at 904 Manhattan Avenue (Caffe Luxxe), and Associated Environmental Determination Finding the Project is Exempt from Further Review Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. (PLANNING CASE NOS. PE-25-00201/UP-25-00035)
A) CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING
B) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. PC 25-XX
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission: (1) conduct a public hearing; and (2) adopt the attached resolution approving the Use Permit, subject to conditions, and finding the project categorically exempt from further review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act.
APPLICANT
Mark Wain
Caffe Luxxe
904 Manhattan Ave #1
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
BACKGROUND:
On January 7, 2025, the Community Development Department received an application requesting a Use Permit to allow for a change of use from food and beverage sales to eating and drinking establishment (restaurant) with indoor and outdoor seating and proposed hours of operation from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily at an existing commercial building ("Project") located at 904 Manhattan Avenue #1 ("Property").
Site Overview
The site is currently permitted with a 7,253 square-foot, two-story, multi-tenant commercial building containing a food and beverage sales establishment (Caffe Luxxe), retail, and office uses. The Property is in the Downtown Commercial (CD) zoning district, Area District III, and has a General Plan designation of Downtown Com...
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