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REQUEST FOR <br />I <br />• R• • <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 9, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY BRUCE MARSH <br />FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2012 -18 <br />TO ALLOW AFTER -HOURS OPERATION FOR <br />THE LITTLE SPARROW CAFE AT 300 NORTH <br />MAIN STREET <br />Prepared by Hally Soboleske <br />Executive Director <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />• <br />Applicant's Request <br />• <br />Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Planning Ma lager <br />Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2012 -18 as conditioned to allow after -hour <br />operations. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Request of Applicant <br />The applicants, Bruce Marsh and Naseem Aflakian, are requesting approval of a conditional use permit <br />that would allow their restaurant, the Little Sparrow Cafe, to operate until 2:00 a.m. <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />The site is currently developed with a single -story 6,200 square foot commercial building. The Little <br />Sparrow Cafe occupies 2,622 square feet of the total structure and is located directly at the corner. <br />Parking is supplied by public parking structures including one that is immediately west on Third Street <br />and owned by the City of Santa Ana, and one located at the northwest corner of Third and Birch <br />Streets, owned by the City of Santa Ana, Both public parking opportunities are shared by all the <br />businesses in the immediate area. There is also metered street parking on Third Street. Surrounding <br />land uses include commercial on all sides, with residential land uses within 100 feet to the <br />southwest (Exhibits 1 and 2). <br />Protect Description <br />The Little Sparrow Cafe has been in operation for approximately seven months as a full - service eating <br />establishment (Exhibits 3 and 4). Current hours of operation are 6:00 a.m, to 12:00 midnight. They <br />offer baked goods, pastries, as well as breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The applicants would like to <br />expand their hours of operation to 2:00 a.m. to be consistent with the operations of other restaurants in <br />the area. <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31A-3 <br />