TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Marisa Lundstedt, Community Development Director
Eric Haaland, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Encroachment Permit to Allow Retractable Awnings in the Public Right-of-Way - 117 Manhattan Beach Boulevard (The Strand House) (Community Development Director Lundstedt).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
The Parking and Public Improvements Commission recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Resolution (Attachment 1) allowing the retractable awnings over the public right-of-way.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
MBMC Section 7.36.170 A (Long-term commercial use encroachment permits) provides that commercial use of the public right of way requires City Council approval, except for certain exceptions, including awnings. The Council had previously adopted Resolution No. 6304, allowing an encroachment permit for two second floor encroaching dining area balconies for the subject property. The applicant seeks permission to install retractable awnings over the balconies previously permitted. However, Resolution No. 6304 prohibits any additional encroachments. Thus, the Parking and Public Improvements Commission (PPIC) must review the request and forward its recommendations to the City Council. The City Council, after receiving this PPIC recommendation, can amend its previous approval as it determines to be appropriate. At its regular meeting of September 22, 2016, the PPIC recommended (4-1 vote, Nicholson dissenting) that the City Council approve the amendment to the encroachment permit to allow The Strand House restaurant to install retractable awnings over the balconies (Attachments 2 and 3).
DISCUSSION:
The submitted plan shows two new fabric awning structures being attached to the upper front wall of an existin...
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