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Conditional Use Permit No. 2013 -49 January 27, 2014 Page 2 Project Description Smart & Final Stores LLC proposes to open a new Smart & Final Extra store, which is larger and contains more products than a traditional Smart & Final store. In conjunction with the new business, which is anticipated to be open seven days per week from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, the applicant is requesting approval of a conditional use permit for a Type 21 off - premise general ABC license that would allow the sale of beer, wine and distilled spirits. Numerous exterior and interior improvements are proposed for the vacant, 31,181 square foot building. The exterior fagade will be repainted and modified to incorporate a stone veneer to be consistent with the recently completed O'Reilly Auto Parts Store that is located west of this building in the same commercial center. Further, the parking lot will be repaired and repainted, with new landscaping added to the parking area where feasible. Finally, the interior of the building will be remodeled to accommodate the layout of a Smart & Final Extra store. The applicant will display and store alcohol on nine shelves and three cold -case displays that will be located at the northwest corner of the building adjacent to the store office. The total display and storage area will consist of 388 square feet, representing approximately 1.2 percent of the overall gross floor area of the establishment (Exhibits 4 and 5). Project Background Smart & Final Stores LLC is a regionally recognized retail store chain that has been in business for over 140 years, Starting with their first store in Los Angeles in 1871, the company has grown to almost 250 locations throughout the western United States, including two stores in Santa Ana. Smart & Final Extra stores are smaller, faster warehouse stores that offer a full range of items typically found within a neighborhood grocery store. Both existing Santa Ana locations received approval for a Type 21 ABC license and are authorized to sell alcoholic beverages. In 1964, Thriftimart received approval for an original Type 21 ABC license in conjunction with a new market at this location. In 1984, Safeway occupied the site and changed the license to a Type 20 ABC license. One year later, Amar Ranch Market received a land use certificate (LUC) for a Type 20 ABC license for the sale of beer and wine. In 1997, an LUC was approved to upgrade Amar Ranch Markets license to a Type 21 license and allow the sale of distilled spirits. In 2000, R Ranch Market became the new tenant and maintained the Type 21 ABC license. In 2005, El Metate Market operated at this location until December 2011, when the market vacated the premises. As the six -month time period to keep an ABC license active with a LUC expired in June 2012, and the building has remained vacant, any new sale of alcoholic beverages requires a conditional use permit. 31A-4