TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Department Director
Laurie B. Jester, Planning Manager
Eric Haaland, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Master Use Permit for a Market with Off-Site Alcohol Sales and On-Site Alcohol Consumption and Tastings and a Bank at 707 North Sepulveda Boulevard; the Provision of Off-Site Parking at 801 North Sepulveda Boulevard; Reduced Parking; Sign Program; and Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (Paragon Commercial Group- Gelson's Market) (Community Development Director McIntosh).
AFTER CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARING, DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND APPROVING APPLICATION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that after conducting the public hearing the City Council direct staff to prepare a resolution to adopt the mitigated negative declaration and conditionally approve the request.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Paragon Commercial Group ("Paragon" or "Applicant") has submitted an application for a master use permit ("MUP") to develop a bank and convert an existing automotive facility to a grocery store with an eating and drinking establishment component (the "Project") on Sepulveda Boulevard between 6th and 8th Street. In addition, Paragon has submitted a parking study to support reduced parking.
After the Planning Commission approved the Project, a Councilmember submitted a request to review the decision, and opponents to the Project filed two appeals.
The Municipal Code requires a public hearing de novo for all appeals and councilmember review requests concerning quasi-judicial matters. De novo means that the Council must take a "fresh look" at all the evidence presented at the public hearing and, after the public hearing is closed, base its decision on the evidence presented at that he...
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