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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 27, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY JALIL HAERI <br />FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2014-08 <br />TO ALLOW A TYPE 41 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE <br />CONTROL LICENSE FOR BELLA COCINA <br />RESTAURANT AT 1501 WEST MACARTHUR <br />BOULEVARD, UNIT A <br />Prepared by Ricardo <br />� Inte Executive ctor <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 />Acting PI nnin anager <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2014 -08 as conditioned. <br />Request of Applicant <br />Jalil Haeri, representing Bella Cocina restaurant, is requesting approval of a conditional use permit for <br />a Type 41 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license for the on- premise sale and consumption of <br />beer and wine at 1501 West MacArthur Boulevard, Unit A. Establishments that sell alcoholic <br />beverages require a conditional use permit (CUP) pursuant to Section 41 -196 of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code (SAMC). <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />Bella Cocina is currently operating within an existing multi - tenant commercial center on MacArthur <br />Boulevard, just west of Bristol Street. The existing commercial center is approximately 2.5 -acres in <br />size and contains 23,050 square feet of building area, as remodeled and expanded in 2011. The site <br />parking and drive aisle are integrated with the adjacent 1,800 square foot drive- through restaurant. <br />The Gateway Plaza project site includes three buildings with 11 tenant spaces, occupied by a variety <br />of retail, medical office and restaurant uses. The Bella Cocina beer and wine license is proposed at <br />1501 West MacArthur Boulevard, Unit A, within a 2,400 square foot tenant space. A total of 152 on- <br />site parking spaces are provided for the mixture of commercial uses in the center. The site is <br />surrounded by multiple - family residential to the north and west, and commercial uses to the south and <br />east (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />Prolect Description <br />Bella Cocina is requesting approval of a Type 41 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license to allow the <br />on- premise sale of beer and wine as part of the existing eating establishment's operations. The <br />restaurant is a full - service, 2,400- square foot sit -down eating establishment that holds approximately <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31A-3 <br />