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CUP Nos. 2013-15,2013-16 & 2013-17 August 26, 2013 Page 2 Project Location and Site Description The applicant proposes to operate The Native Son Alehouse restaurant within an existing 2,945 square foot tenant space that is located on East Fourth Street between North French Street and North Spurgeon Street. The business will occupy the entire second floor space that is currently vacant, as well as an outdoor patio area. The first floor of the building will continue to be utilized by various restaurant and retail tenants. The building is immediately east of the Fiesta Twin Theaters. The site is surrounded by a parking structure to the north, Plaza Santa Ana to the east, the East End Marketplace to the south, and various commercial land uses to the west (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). Project Description The Native Son Alehouse is requesting approval of a Type 41 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license to allow the on-premise consumption of beer and wine, to allow the restaurant to remain open past midnight and to hold banquet events. The restaurant will be a full-service, sit-down eating establishment that consists of 1,710 square feet of interior floor space with seating for approximately 66 patrons within its dining room and another 121 seats on a 1,235 square foot outdoor patio. The on-premise sale of alcoholic beverages and banquet operation are intended to provide a service ancillary to the primary restaurant use. The proposed hours of operation for the restaurant are from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. The storage area for alcoholic beverages will be located within a cooler near the rear of the restaurant. The overall storage area for alcoholic beverages is approximately 70 square feet in size, which is less than five percent of the interior gross floor area of the restaurant and is consistent with the SAMC requirement of maintaining five percent or less of the gross floor area of the restaurant for alcohol storage and display (Exhibits 4 and 5). Project Background Jon Sanchez graduated from USC's Marshall School of Business. His food industry experience is quite extensive with over 10 years of experience at food service and consumer packaged goods companies. He has worked in both the restaurant business and the food service business as an account manager. General Plan and Zoning Consistencv 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. The project site is consistent with this General Plan land use designation. 31 B-4