TO:
Honorable Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners
THROUGH:
Michael Codron, Interim Community Development Director
FROM:
Adam Finestone, Planning Manager
Ted Faturos, Senior Planner
Fel Cortez, Assistant Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Planned Development Plan ("PD Plan") Amendment to allow instructional alcohol tastings and off-sale of distilled spirits in addition to the existing allowance for on-sale and off-sale beer and wine, an expansion to permitted hours for on-site consumption, and an extension of the hours of operation from 7:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M. daily to 7:00 A.M. - 11:00 P.M. daily, in conjunction with the operation of existing food and beverage sales use and ancillary eating and drinking establishment use within an existing commercial development located at 1700 Rosecrans Avenue, and associated environmental determination finding the project exempt from further review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Planning Case Nos. PE-25-00216/PDP-25-00004).
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 PD Plan Amendment, subject to conditions, and find the project exempt from further review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
APPLICANT:
Nowhere Manhattan Beach, LLC
1800 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Vernon, CA, 90058
BACKGROUND:
On April 17, 2025, the Community Development Department received an application requesting a PD Plan amendment to allow instructional alcohol tastings and off-sale of distilled spirits in addition to the existing allowance for on-sale and off-sale beer and wine, to extend the hours of operation from 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m., including the hours permitted for on-site consumption, in conjunction with the operation of existin...
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