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MOTION: Acosta SECOND: Nalle <br />AYES: Acosta, Alderete, Gartner, Mill, Nalle, Yrarrazaval (6) <br />NOES: None (0) <br />ABSTAIN: None (0) <br />ABSENT: Turner (1) <br />' 2. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2012-19 <br />Filed by Bruce Marsh and Naseem Aflakian of Floral Park Cafe, LLC to allow a <br />conditional use permit for a Type 47 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license for the <br />on-premise sale and consumption of beer, wine and distilled spirits in conjunction with <br />a new restaurant, Little Sparrow, at 300 North Main Street located in the Downtown <br />(SD84) zoning district. <br />PUBLISHED IN THE ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER: September 28, 2012 <br />PUBLICLY NOTICED: September 27, 2012 <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Confirm the Zoning Administrator's action approving Conditional Use Permit No. <br />2012-19 to allow a Type 47 ABC license as conditioned. <br />Associate Planner Hally Soboleske presented the staff report and recommendation. <br />Commission discussion ensued regarding clarification on Police conditions (Nos. 2 <br />and 3) for ordering food or just drink; determination of over-concentration of liquor <br />' licenses and Police ranking of reporting districts based on off-sales liquor licenses <br />where only specific crime would be applicable; Police condition No. 7 stating that no <br />exterior advertising would be allowed, review periods (No. 19) that allow Police to <br />evaluate or modify conditions, and clarification of entitlements with conditional use <br />permits. <br />The public hearing was opened. <br />The following speakers expressed their support for the project: business owner <br />James Kendrick; Nathan Hitle, Santa Ana Restaurant Association; Dave Hoen, <br />Morrison Park Neighborhood; Sean Coolidge; Bob Quinn, The Playground <br />restaurant owner; George Mendoza, American Barbershop; Vickie Baxter, <br />Downtown Inc. and Jeffrey Jensen, Chapter One restaurant owner. <br />Applicant Bruce Marsh emphasized that the primary business would be a restaurant <br />and not a bar, but that the Type 47 license was necessary to allow for the service of <br />alcohol as part of the menu offerings. He reviewed the changes that had been made <br />to the building through his rehabilitation efforts. He also responded to questions <br />regarding the Kickstarter.com funding campaign for the business, the number of <br />employees he expected the business to generate, and how beverage service from <br />' the bar to the tables would be handled. <br />The public hearing was closed. <br />Planning Commission Minutes 3 October 8, 2012 <br />