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REQUEST FOR Planning Commission Action PLANNING MAY 27, 2014 TITLE: MEETING DATE: PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY TRAVIS HACKETT FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2014 -11 TO ALLOW AFTER HOURS OPERATION AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2014 -12 TO ALLOW INDOOR COMMERCIAL RECREATION AT ESPORTS ARENA LOCATED AT 120 WEST FIFTH STREET Prepared by All Pezeshkpour __ _ _ Interim Executive DiDi ct PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY APPROVED • As Recommended • As Amended • Set Public Hearing For DENIED • Applicant's Request • Staff Recommendation CONTINUED TO Acting Plann ng Manager RECOMMENDED ACTIONS 1. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2014 -11 as conditioned. 2. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2014 -12 as conditioned. Request of Applicant Travis Hackett, representing Jack Jakosky of Ramona Building LLC, is requesting approval of a conditional use permit (CUP) to allow the operation of a large -scale computer game and spectator facility known as eSports Arena at 120 West Fifth Street. In addition, the applicant is requesting approval of a separate CUP that would allow the facility to operate until 2:00 a.m. Establishments that provide indoor commercial recreation and that operate between 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m. require respective conditional use permits pursuant to the Transit Zoning Code (SD- 84 /Section 41 -2007) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). Proiect Location and Site Description The applicant is in the process of obtaining necessary permits for tenant improvements to operate the eSports Arena computer game and spectator facility within the historic Ramona Building, an existing multi - level, 35,000- square foot structure that contains a basement, ground floor, partial mezzanine, and second floor, located at the southeast comer of Sycamore Street and Fifth Street. These improvements will result in the tenant occupying just under 13,000 square feet distributed between the entirety of the ground floor of the building and the mezzanine level. The remaining levels of the building, including the basement and the top floor, are currently vacant and are proposed to accommodate other uses in the future. Parking is provided in an adjacent seven -story public parking structure, as well as in other structures, surface parking lots, and metered street parking throughout Downtown. The site is surrounded by the historic Masonic Temple Building (Church of Scientology of Orange County) to the north, a commercial parking structure to the east, the historic Rohrs Building (commercial uses) to the south, and a commercial parking lot to the west (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). EXHIBIT A 31 B -3