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CUP Nos. 2012 -11, 2012 -12 & 2012 -13 -MOD October 28, 2013 Page 2 Proiect Location and Site Description Playground is an existing restaurant located adjacent to the Spurgeon promenade on the south side of 4�h Street. They are proposing to expand the restaurant from 1,334 to 3,140 square feet through the use of the second floor of the building, as well as an adjacent tenant suite. The site is surrounded by commercial land uses (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). Proiect Description The Playground restaurant was originally approved for a Type 47 on- premise alcohol license, after hours, and banquet conditional use permits on September 10, 2012. The owners of Playground are requesting modification of the existing CUPS for alcohol sales, after -hours operations and banquet events. The restaurant will be increasing by 1,806 square feet of interior floor space with seating for an additional 139 patrons within its dining room and lounge. This expansion of use requires the modification to the existing conditional use permits to include the new floor area. The ground floor expansion will offer an Italian pasta /wood -fired pizza menu. The second floor expansion will include a lounge /waiting area where patrons can wait far their tables to be ready and /or order food from a smaller menu for service on the second floor. The alcohol storage area is approximately 330.5 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 Playground restaurant is a full- service, sit -down eating establishment which opened in 2012. The menu features a wide variety of items that change based on the seasonable availability of ingredients. Their capsule restaurant, Playground 2.0, features food prepared by a chef in a demonstration style for small groups. General Plan and Zoning Consistency The General Plan land use designation for the site is District Center (DC). District Center land use districts are major activity areas in the City that are designed to serve as commercial anchors with an urban character and mix of uses. 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 service and retail uses such as a restaurant. Further, the zoning allows for the sale of alcoholic beverages, after -hours operations and banquet facilities subject to issuance of a conditional use permit. This project is consistent with the SD -84 zoning designation. 31 C -4