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Conditional Use Permit No. 2012-29 January 23, 2013 Page 2 Project Description Crave restaurant is requesting approval of a Type 41 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC} license to allow the on-premise sale of beer and wine as part of the eating establishment following its completion. The restaurant will be a full service, sit-down eating establishment that will hold approximately 65 seats within its dining room; no outdoor seating is proposed at this time. The an-premise sale of alcoholic beverages to customers is intended to provide a service ancillary to the primary restaurant use. The proposed hours of operation for the restaurant are seven days per week from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight. Storage areas for alcoholic beverages will be located within a bar storage and display area in the mid-section of the restaurant adjacent to the dining area. The overall storage and display of alcohol consists of approximately 49 square feet, which is less than two percent of the floor area and is less than #ive percent of the gross floor area of the restaurant. This falls below the Planning Division Guidelines for establishments serving alcoholic beverages (Exhibits 3 and 4}. Project Background Crave restaurant will occupy an existing tenant space in the Clausen Block building that once hauled another eating establishment, Tommy Pastrami, from 2008 to 2011. Although Conditional Use Permit No. 2008-26 was issued to the site for the on-site sale of alcoholic beverages, the subsequent lapse in occupancy requires that a new CUP be approved to permit the sale of alcohol at the site. Crave restaurant will open and operate its first location at the proposed site. Judy Fleenor, one of two applicants, was part-owner and chef of Cafe Chiarini, afast-casual eating establishment formerly located at 1002 West Third Street. Genera! Plan and Zonin Consistent The General Plan land use designation for the site is District Center (DC}. District Center land-use districts provide highly visible and accessible commercial development along the City's arterial transportation corridors and provide important neighborhood facilities and services, such as this restaurant. The project site is consistent with this General Plan land use designation. The parcel is located within the Transit Zoning Code (SD-84} zoning district in the Downtown {DT} sub-zone. The SD-84 zoning district allows for retail and service uses such as restaurants, making the proposed use consistent with the zoning designation. Project Anal sis Conditional Use Permit requests are governed by Section 41-638 of the SAMC. Conditional Use Permit requests may be granted when it can be shown that the following can be established: