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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 9, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY RAUL BALDERRAMA <br />FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2016-13 TO <br />ALLOW A BANQUET FACILITY AND VARIANCE NO, <br />2016 -03 FOR A REDUCTION IN REQUIRED PARKING <br />FOR CENTRO CULTURAL BANQUET HALL LOCATED <br />AT 1002 EAST SEVENTEENTH STREET, UNIT M <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3, 2) <br />Prepared by Ali Pezeshkpour <br />�E ecuti Director ������ <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />• As Recommended <br />• As Amended <br />• Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />• Applicant's Request <br />• Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />RECOMMENDED ACTIONS <br />1. Adopt a resolution denying Conditional Use Permit No. 2016 -13. <br />2. Adopt a resolution denying Variance No. 2016 -03 <br />Request of Applicant <br />Planning Manage <br />Raul Balderrama, representing Centro Cultural Banquet Hall, is requesting approval of a <br />conditional use permit (CUP) to allow a banquet facility at 1002 East Seventeenth Street, Unit M. <br />Banquet facilities in the Community Commercial (C -1) zoning district require approval of a CUP <br />pursuant to Section 41- 385,5(j) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). In addition, the <br />applicant is requesting approval of a variance from SAMC Section 41 -1359 to allow a reduction in <br />the number of required parking spaces for the banquet facility. <br />Proiect Location and Site Descriptlon <br />Centro Cultural Banquet Hall occupies a 5,899 - square foot tenant suite without the required <br />permits on a 3.77 -acre shopping center at the southwest corner of Lincoln Avenue and <br />Seventeenth Street. Two commercial buildings, one of which contains a Hometown Buffet <br />restaurant, are located on the site. The other, larger commercial building contains a mix of <br />restaurant, service, office, and laundry uses, as well as the subject banquet facility, currently <br />operating without permits. The entire site contains 231 parking spaces. Surrounding land uses <br />include single - family residences and a multiple - family residence to the west, residential and <br />commercial to the north across Seventeenth Street, commercial uses to the east across Lincoln <br />Avenue, and single - family residences to the south across Dorman Street (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). <br />The General Plan land use designation for the site is General Commercial (GC), which allows for <br />commercial and office uses. General Commercial districts are primarily located on commercial <br />corridors and major arterial roadways in the City. They provide accessible commercial <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31A-3 <br />