10-15-1973 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Mrs. Hampton stated that a businessman's buffet lunch would be served between 11:00 and 3:00 P.M.; that dinner would be served between 6:00 P.M. and 8:30 P.M., which would also include a buffet as well as seven course dinners; that there was a second floor and mezzanine with private dining rooms; that the show would begin at 8:30 P.M. with a pre-warm up group with singing and dancing, followed by a play such as "I Do, I Do", "Molly Brown", and Nell Simon plays; following the play, there would be music; that the prices for dinner and show would range from $10.95 to $12.95; that there would be a Saturday matinee for the children with plays such as "Hansel and Gretel", which could be attended by a family of four for approximately $12.00; that a dinner playhouse was preferable to the usual playhouse in that there was a more intimate feeling and no person would sit more than 45 feet from center stage; that the proposed establishment would be a vital part of the entire community as well as the cultural community. Don Saungil, 62 Balboa Cove, Newport Beach, spoke in favor of the appeal, stating that he had a business in Santa Ana; that the proposed dinner playhouse was vital in that there was almost no place to see legitimate theater in the metropolitan Santa Ana area. There were no other proponents and no opponents, and the Mayor closed the public hearing. Councilman Yamamoto's motion, seconded by Councilman Garthe, to receive and file the Negative Declaration Form, grant the appeal, and instruct the City Attorney to prepare a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit 73-13 for a 10-year period, subject to conditions of approval contained in the Commission report, and subject to an annual review by Council, carried on the following Vote: AYES: Yamamoto, Garthe, Patterson, Evans, Ward, Griset NOES: Markel ABSENT: None A prior motion by Councilman Griset, seconded by Councilman Markel, to receive and file the Negative Declaration Form, uphold the decision of the Planning Commission, and instruct the City Attorney to prepare a resolution denying Conditional Use Permit 73-13, failed to carry on the following vote: AYES: Griset, Markel, Ward NOES: Garthe, Yamamoto, Patterson, Evans ABSENT: None Prior to the first motion, in response to a question from Councilman Garthe, Bob Jenkins, Architect, 1231 Sand Key, Corona Del Mar, stated that the seating capacity within the establishment would be based on a restaurant rather than a theater. The consensus of the Councilmen in favor of the first motion was that a dinner playhouse was an inappropriate use for an M 1 District and that it would create traffic and possible parking problems. CITY COUNCIL MINUTBS 384 OCTOBER 15, 1973