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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY GREGG BERWIN <br />FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2014-36 <br />TO ALLOW A TYPE 41 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE <br />CONTROL LICENSE FOR PANINI CAFt TO BE <br />LOCATED AT 2800 NORTH MAIN STREET, <br />UNIT 1180 (Strategic Plan No. 3, 2) <br />Prepared by _Ali Pezeshkpour <br />Interim Exec tive rector, <br />RECOMMENDED ACTIONS <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />p Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />❑ Applicant's Request <br />❑ Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Acting Paanni g Manao r <br />Adopt resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2014 -36. <br />Reauest of Applicant <br />Gregg Berwin of Westfield Corporation, representing Panini Cafe, is requesting approval of a <br />conditional use permit (CUP) to allow a Type 41 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license for the <br />on- premise sale and consumption of beer and wine at the venue, Establishments that sell alcoholic <br />beverages require a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 41 -196 of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code (SAMC). <br />Proiect Location and Site Description <br />Panini Cafe is currently constructing tenant improvements to open a new restaurant venue at 2800 <br />North Main Street, Suite 1180. The overall site is approximately 52 -acres in size and contains a multi - <br />tenant regional mall known as Westfield MainPlace that is located at the northwest corner of North <br />Main Street and MainPlace Drive. The site is anchored by the JC Penney, Macy's, and Nordstrom <br />department stores and contains numerous retail and eating establishments. Panini Cafe will be <br />locating within a 3,400 square foot tenant space on the ground floor of the former Men's Macy's <br />building located on the southeast portion of the mall site. <br />Westfield MainPlace contains approximately 1,127,836 square feet of tenant space and was <br />significantly remodeled and expanded in 1987. Mall tenants currently share 4,768 parking spaces that <br />are provided in a combination of surface parking lots and parking structures. The site is surrounded by <br />the Garden Grove (State Route 22) Freeway to the north, professional and administrative office uses to <br />the south, commercial and residential uses within the City Place development to the east, and the <br />Santa Ana (Interstate 5) Freeway to the west (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31 DD -3 <br />