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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 27, 2012 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - FILED BY BOB QUINN FOR <br />CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NOS. 2012-11 AND <br />2012-13 TO ALLOW THE RESTAURANT'S HOURS <br />OF OPERATION TO EXTEND PAST MIDNIGHT TO <br />2:00 A.M. AND TO ALLOW THE RESTAURANT TO <br />ALSO BE USED AS A BANQUET FACILITY <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />? Applicant's Request <br />? Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Prepared by Hally Soboleske <br />Executive Director <br />Planning Mana r iiiiiiiim <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2012-11 to allow the restaurant's hours of <br />operation to extend to 2:00 a.m. as conditioned. <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2012-13 to allow the restaurant to be used <br />as a banquet facility as conditioned. <br />Request of Applicant <br />Bob Quinn is requesting approval of conditional use permits for after-hours operation and a banquet <br />facility at the Playground restaurant at 220 East Fourth Street, Suite 102. Operations that occur <br />after midnight, as well as a banquet hall, require a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 41- <br />2007 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC), Transit Zoning Code. <br />Prolect Location and Site Description <br />The site is currently developed with a single-story, 20,802 square foot commercial building. Parking is <br />located within the City of Santa Ana nearby public parking structures, including one that is southeast on <br />Third Street and owned by the City of Santa Ana, and a public metered parking lot south of the <br />restaurant. Both public parking opportunities are shared by all the businesses in the immediate area. <br />There is also metered parking along Fourth Street. Surrounding land uses include commercial on all <br />sides, with residential land uses within 250 feet (Exhibits 1 and 2). <br />Prolect Description <br />The Playground restaurant is requesting approval of an after-hours conditional use permit so they may <br />operate the restaurant until 2:00 a.m. The proposed general hours of operation for the restaurant are <br />weekdays from noon to 2:00 a.m., and Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with brief closures <br />between lunch and dinner. <br />31A-4