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Conditional Use Permit No. 2013-0~ March 27, 2013 Page 5 The proposed ABC license will be detrimental to the health, safety, or general welfare of persons residing or working in the vicinity. The Police Department has determined that the proposed market is located in an area that is above-average in police-related incidents and is located within Reporting District No. 186, which ranks 1Sf out of 102 citywide districts in total number of police-related incidents. Alcohol is a contributing #actor in crimes, such as drunk driving, fatal traffic collisions, homicide, assaults, rape, domestic violence, drunk in public and other nuisance type of offenses. The addition of an alcohol sales establishment at a site that 15 located in an area with above-average crime rates would create the potential for an increase in calls for service andlor the crime rate of the area. The proposed use will adversely affect the present economic stability or future economic development of properties surrounding the area. The denial of this application would support Policy 4.5 of the Economic Development Element of the General Plan. This policy discourages making land use decisions based purely on fiscal considerations and stresses the importance of the qualitative implications that are associated with new uses. The proliferation of alcohol licenses in a concentrated area is correlated with increases in nuisance crimes. Approving an additional ABC license at the location creates the potential to increase calls for service and nuisance crimes that will adversely affect the economic stability of the surrounding properties. • The proposed alcohol license will not be in compliance with all applicable conditions of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code regarding off-premise general liquor license since this location meets all three criteria es#ablished for defining over-concentration. The Santa Ana Municipal Code defines the overconcentration of alcohol licenses as a site tha# meets any one of the following criteria: The premise is located within 1,000 feet of anather existing off-premise license location excluding markets over 20,000 square feet; 2, The premise is boated within 1,000 feet of any property used as a school primarily attended by minors, a church or a park; 3. The premise is determined to be over-concentrated by the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The subject property is within 1,000 feet of a property used as a church, it is located within 1,000 feet of another existing off-premise license location under 20,000 square feet in size, and it is in a census tract determined to be over-concentrated by the State.