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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and consider the appeal from the applicant, Steve Rawlings representing Grocery Outlet (APL21-007); and
Uphold the Planning Commission’s decision to approve a Conditional Use Permit (CUP21-004) with conditions of approval, to allow the off-site sale of beer, wine and distilled spirits (Type 21 License) in conjunction with a 6,000-square-foot expansion of the existing grocery store located at 1340 East 7th Street in the Community Auto-Oriented Commercial (CCA) Zoning District. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
On September 16, 2021, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and conditionally unanimously approved a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the modification of an existing California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Type 20 (Off-Sale Beer and Wine) License, to allow a Type 21 (off-site sale of beer, wine and distilled spirits) License in conjunction with a 6,000-square-foot expansion of the existing grocery store (Attachment A).
Background
The project site is located on the south side of 7th Street, between Almond and Nebraska Avenues at 1340 E. 7th Street (Attachment B). The site is approximately 62,900 square feet in area and is developed with a multi-tenant commercial building consisting of a 14,470-square-foot grocery store (Grocery Outlet), a vacant 6,000-square-foot tenant space, and a 1,900-square-foot dance studio. The project site is part of an existing commercial strip, shared with the contiguous parcel to the east. The commercial strip also includes a liquor store and laundromat on the contiguous parcel, housed in a separate building. The site includes 97 parking spaces and is bordered by residential land uses in every direction. Other properties in the surrounding neighborhood have a variety of land uses including commercial, mixed-use, and more residential properties.
The applicant currently operates the grocery store, the Grocer...
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