Title
CHIHUAHUA CERVEZA PATIO EXPANSION (PA2023-0141)
Site Location: 3107 Newport Boulevard
Recommendation
Summary:
A request for a conditional use permit and coastal development permit to expand the outdoor dining patio of an existing restaurant (Chihuahua Cerveza). Chihuahua Cerveza currently operates with 1,213 square feet of interior net public area, 498 square feet of permanent outdoor dining patio, and 867 square feet of temporary outdoor dining patio. The applicant will reconfigure the patio areas to create one,1,403-square-foot, permanent, outdoor dining patio. The applicant requests to waive the additional parking spaces required for the patio expansion. Alcohol service would be extended to the entire outdoor dining patio through Chihuahua Cerveza’s existing Type 47 (On Sale General - Eating Place) Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license. Proposed hours of operation are from 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, and 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday; however, the outdoor dining patio will close nightly at 10 p.m. Chihuahua Cerveza is currently approved for live entertainment within the interior of the restaurant and no changes are proposed to the live entertainment. If approved, this conditional use permit would supersede conditional use permit No. UP2019-035 (PA2019-160).
Recommended Action:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2024-015 approving a Conditional Use Permit and Coastal Development Permit filed as PA2023-0141.