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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 BRUCE MARSH <br />FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NOS. 2012-18 <br />AND 2012-20 TO ALLOW THE RESTAURANT'S <br />HOURS OF OPERATION TO EXTEND PAST MIDNIGHT <br />AND TO ALLOW THE RESTAURANT TO ALSO BE <br />USED AS A BANQUET FACILITY <br />Prepared by Hally Soboleske <br />Executive Director <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <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 />Planning Manag6l <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2012-18 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. 2012-20 to allow the restaurant to be used <br />as a banquet facility as conditioned. <br />Request of Applicant <br />Bruce Marsh is requesting approval of conditional use permits for after-hours operation and a <br />banquet facility at the Little Sparrow Caf6 at 300 North Main Street. Operations that occur after <br />midnight, as well as a banquet facility use, requires a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 41- <br />2007 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC), Transit Zoning Code. <br />Proiect Location and Site Description <br />The site is currently developed with a single-story 6,200 square foot commercial building. While <br />described as a "noncontributing building", it is located within the National Register Historic District, and <br />was built in 1916. The proposed restaurant will be occupying 2,622 square feet of the total structure <br />and will be located directly at the corner. Parking is supplied by public parking structures including one <br />that is immediately west on Third Street and owned by the City of Santa Ana, and one located at the <br />northwest corner of Third and Birch Streets, owned by the City of Santa Ana. Both public parking <br />opportunities are shared by all the businesses in the immediate area. There is also metered street <br />parking on Third Street. Surrounding land uses include commercial on all sides, with residential land <br />uses within 100 feet to the southwest (Exhibits 1 and 2). <br />31A-5