TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Laurie Jester, Planning Manager
Angelica Ochoa, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Conduct Public Hearing Regarding One-Year Review of Use Permit as Required by City Council Resolution No. 18-0075 for an Existing Restaurant/Bar and Consider a Request to Amend the Use Permit to Extend Operating Hours and Other Conditions at 900 Manhattan Avenue (900 Club/Downstairs Bar) (Community Development Director McIntosh).
a) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
b) DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct the public hearing, review the existing use permit for compliance with the conditions, consider amendments proposed by applicant, and provide direction to staff. Staff does not recommend granting any additional entitlements as requested by the applicant until outstanding issues of non-compliance are addressed.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no direct fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
In 1995, a Use Permit was approved for a Restaurant/Bar at 900 Manhattan Avenue. In 2014, due to a series of complaints and public safety concerns at the location, a Use Permit Revocation process was initiated. This resulted in a number of conditions imposed on the two existing businesses, the 900 Club and the Red Room (now Downstairs Bar), to address issues that included the use of the back door, noise, after-hours operations, unpermitted special events, and nuisance issues, such as loitering, unruliness, and boisterous activities outside of the business. These conditions are contained in City Council Resolution No. 14-0063 (Attached). Public hearings were held in 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018 related to review of the Use Permit and condition changes to business operations requested by the business...
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