TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Laurie Jester, Planning Manager
Ted Faturos, Assistant Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Application for a Use Permit for the Expansion of an Existing Retail Use That Would Exceed 1,600 Square Feet of Buildable Floor Area Located at 1115, 1117, 1121 Manhattan Avenue (Skechers USA, Inc) (Community Development Director McIntosh).
CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 17-0065 APPROVING THE PROJECT WITH CONDITIONS
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that after conducting the public hearing, the City Council adopt Resolution No. 17-0065, (Attachment 1) conditionally approving the Use Permit.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The subject site is an existing Skechers retail space located at 1117 and 1121 Manhattan Avenue. Skechers proposes to merge its existing retail space with a vacant adjacent retail space located at 1115 Manhattan Avenue, thereby creating a larger single retail space (Attachment 2). Although the proposed use is a permitted use in the Downtown Commercial (CD) zone, the Downtown Interim Zoning Ordinance (IZO) 16-0013-U (Attachment 4) requires a use permit for any proposed retail use that would exceed 1,600 square feet of Buildable Floor Area.
The Planning Commission's decision has been appealed (Attachment 6). The Municipal Code provides that appeals of Commission decisions are public hearings de novo. 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 the hearing. The Applicant (not the Appellant) has the burden of showing that the proposed Project satisfies the necessary findings.
DISCUSSION:
Background-Proposed Project
The existing Skechers store occupies a 3,435 square foot retail space locate...
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