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CUP No. 2014 -53 February 23, 2015 Page 2 Project ®escriation The 828 Pho restaurant currently occupies an approximately 1,800 square foot suite in an existing commercial center. The center contains a mixture of commercial uses, including retail, office and service uses. In conjunction with the restaurant, the applicant is requesting approval of a Type 41 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license to allow the on- premise consumption of beer and wine to patrons at the restaurant. The restaurant is a full service, sit -down eating establishment that has approximately 56 seats within its 630 square foot dining room. No outdoor dining is proposed. The on- premise sale of alcoholic beverages to customers Is intended to provide a service ancillary to the primary restaurant use. Overall alcohol storage and display areas will consist of approximately eight square feet, which is less than five percent of the floor area and is consistent with the SAMC requirement of maintaining five percent or less of the gross floor area of the restaurant for alcohol storage and display (Exhibits 4 and 5). The hours of operation for the restaurant are from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. seven days per week. Project Backaround The 828 Pho restaurant has been in operation since 2008, The restaurant serves a variety of Vietnamese foods including noodle and rice dishes and specialize in pho (Vietnamese noodle soup). OC Weekly named their pho the Best of Orange County in 2009. General Plan and Zoning Consistency The General Plan land use designation for the site is General Commercial (GC). General Commercial areas are designed to provide highly visible and accessible commercial development along the City's arterial transportation corridors. General Commercial land uses provide important neighborhood facilities and services including office, retail and restaurants with ABC licenses. The project site is consistent with this General Plan land use designation. The zoning for the site is the Heninger Park neighborhood (56 -40) zoning district that allows for retail and service uses such as restaurants in this location, thereby making the proposed use consistent with the zoning code. Project Analysis 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: That the proposed use will provide a service or facility which will contribute to the general well being of the neighborhood or community. 31 B -4