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Conditional Use Permit No. 2014 -43 December 8, 2014 Page 2 The display and storage areas for alcoholic beverages will be located in a refrigerator, a storage shelf, and a dispensing station, all located behind the service counter. The proposed alcohol display and storage areas total 25 square feet in size, which is less than two percent of the gross floor area of the establishment, This percentage of alcohol storage is below the SAMC's maximum for eating establishments serving alcoholic beverages of five percent of the gross floor area of the restaurant (Exhibits 4 and 5). Although overconcentration criteria are not applicable to on -sale ABC licenses, a review of the project vicinity indicates that there are 11 ABC licenses located within 500 feet of the project site. These 11 ABC licenses include the following: one Type 48 license (public premise beer, wine and distilled spirits); one Type 40 license (on- premise beer); five Type 41 licenses (on- premise beer and wine); and four Type 47 licenses (on- premise beer, wine, and distilled spirits). However, this information does not affect the analysis or recommendation contained in this report. Project Background Blackmarket Bakery will be a fast - casual restaurant that will offer a host of specialty "from scratch" baked goods to complement its brunch and dinner menus. The first Blackmarket Bakery was established in 2004 in Irvine, California. Subsequently, Blackmarket Bakery opened its first retail location in Costa Mesa, California, in 2013, The proposed eating establishment will be Blackmarket Bakery's third location in Southern California and its first in Santa Ana. General Man and Zoning Consistency The General Plan land use designation for the site is District Center (DG). District Center land -use districts serve as anchors to the City's commercial corridors, and to accommodate major development activity. District Centers are developed In an urban character that include a mixture of office, commercial, and residential uses which provide shopping; business,, cultural, education, recreation and entertainment, such as this restaurant. The project site is consistent with this General Plan land use designation, The site is located within the Transit Zoning Code (SD -84) zoning district in the Downtown (DT) sub - zone. The SD -84 zoning district allows for eating establishments, making the proposed use consistent with the zoning designation. Project Analvsls Conditional use permit requests are governed by Section 41 -638 of the SAMC. Conditional use permit requests may be granted when it can be shown that the following can be established: 31 D -4