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CUP Nos. 2015 -02 & 2015 -03 February 23, 2015 Page 2 Although overconcentration criteria are not applicable to on -sale ABC licenses, a review of the project vicinity indicates that there are currently 21 ABC licenses located within 500 feet of the project site in addition to the proposed license. These 21 ABC licenses includes nine Type 41 licenses (on -sale beer and wine only), ten Type 47 licenses (on -sale beer, wine and distilled spirits), one Type 48 license (public premise beer, wine, and distilled spirits), and one Type 23 license (brewery). These figures include operational establishments as well as recently - entitled locations that have yet to open. However, this Information does not affect the analysis or recommendation contained in this report. Project Description Eqeko Cafe currently occupies an existing single -story historic commercial building with a full - service restaurant. The site also contains a rear patio used for food service to the restaurant's patrons. The building has traditionally contained a mixture of commercial uses, including offices for law firms, medical offices for acupuncturists, and, most recently, an eating establishment. The medical office that previously occupied the subject tenant space vacated in early 2011. The applicant intends to maintain the current restaurant configuration, which features a dining room, kitchen, alcohol service and storage areas, and a rear patio dining area. 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 current restaurant is a full service, sit -down eating establishment that holds approximately 49 seats within its dining room. The on- premise sale of alcoholic beverages to customers, which requires a CUP, is intended to provide a service ancillary to the primary restaurant use. Overall alcohol storage and display areas will contain approximately 29 square feet, which is less 2.2 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 proposed hours of operation for the restaurant are seven days per week from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Operations past 12:00 midnight In the Transit Zoning Code (SD -84) require approval of a separate CUP. Project Background Following the success of William Spurgeon's founding of Santa Ana in 1869, Santa Ana's downtown area had expanded in each direction by the 1920s to include expanding commercial and civic - - - --- developments-- -T- -he- subject - building - vas-- constr�rcte -d-four - years — fte -tl cnnstu it'on of -the - --------- - adjacent Horton Building at 315 West Third Street, which features similar designs. Both buildings survived the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, which destroyed or significantly damaged many similar brick buildings in Downtown Santa Ana and the Southern California region. 31 C -4