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Conditional Use Permit No. 2013-24 <br />August 26, 2013 <br />Page 2 <br />The large commercial shopping mall at 2800 North Main Street contains over one million square feet of <br />tenant space and was constructed in 1987. Mall tenants share 4,987 parking spaces that are provided <br />in a combination of surface parking lots and parking structures. The site is surrounded by the Garden <br />Grove (State Route 22) Freeway to the north, professional and administrative office uses to the south, <br />commercial and residential uses within the City Place development to the east, and the Santa Ana <br />(Interstate 5) Freeway to the west (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />Project Description <br />Boudin is currently constructing tenant improvements to occupy a vacant tenant space on the first <br />(ground) floor of the mall that was previously occupied by a retail use and to open a new restaurant. In <br />conjunction with the new restaurant, the applicant is requesting approval of a Type 41 Alcoholic <br />Beverage Control (ABC) license to allow the on-premise sale of beer and wine to patrons of the <br />restaurant. Boudin will operate a sit down, full-service fast casual bakery/restaurant that will specialize <br />in American cuisine, including specialty dishes made with their famous sourdough bread. The <br />restaurant will encompass a total of 4,037 square feet of floor area, including two separate patio <br />dining areas. The restaurant has been designed to accommodate 67 patrons within its interior floor <br />space and another 86 patrons within the patio dining areas. The proposed patio areas will be <br />enclosed within 36-inch high wrought iron fences that are in compliance with all applicable City and <br />State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's standards. The on-premise sale of alcoholic <br />beverages to customers is intended to provide a service ancillary to the primary restaurant use. The <br />expected hours of operation for the restaurant are from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., seven days per <br />week. <br />The display and storage areas for the alcoholic beverages will be located within the kitchen area. The <br />overall storage area for alcoholic beverages will be 17.5 square feet, which is no more than one <br />percent of the floor area and is consistent with the SAMC requirement of maintaining five percent or <br />less of the gross floor area of the restaurant for alcohol storage and display (Exhibits 4 and 5). <br />Prolect Background <br />Boudin is proposing to open their first bakery/restaurant in Santa Ana at the Westfield MainPlace Mall. <br />Headquartered in San Francisco, Boudin is best known for their "Original San Francisco Sourdough <br />French Bread," which is baked with the same mother dough, or sour dough starter, used since 1849. <br />Boudin operates several restaurants in California, primarily in the Northern California region; however, <br />restaurants are also found in Costa Mesa and Irvine. <br />General Plan and Zoning Consistency <br />The General Plan land use designation for the site is District Center (DC). District Center land use <br />districts provide highly visible and accessible commercial development along the City's arterial <br />transportation corridors and provide important neighborhood facilities and services, such as this <br />restaurant. The project site is consistent with this General Plan land use designation. <br />31A-4