Title
SOL COCINA PATIO EXPANSION (PA2025-0199)
Site Location: 251 East Coast Highway (restaurant) and offsite parking at 151 and 201 East Coast Highway and APNs 050-451-03 and 050-451-57
Recommendation
Summary:
A request for a conditional use permit and coastal development permit to permanently retain a 641-square-foot outdoor dining patio (Detached Patio) at SOL Mexican Cocina (Restaurant), to expand the existing Type 47 (On-Sale General - Eating Place) Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) License to include the Detached Patio, and to reauthorize off-site parking on the waterfront of Balboa Marina, identified as 151 and 201 East Coast Highway and Assessor Parcel Numbers 050-451-03 and 050-451-57. As proposed, hours of operation for the Restaurant and existing attached patio will remain as currently operating, from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m., daily (i.e., late hours), with live entertainment authorized until 11 p.m. in the interior of the Restaurant. The hours of operation for the proposed Detached Patio will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., daily. No dancing is proposed. If approved, the operator will be required to obtain an operator license from the Newport Beach Police Department as the project includes alcohol service with live entertainment and late hours. Approval of the project will supersede Use Permit Nos. UP621 and UP651 and Accessory Outdoor Dining Permit Nos. OD49 and OD49A.
Recommended Actions:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15301 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities) and 15303 under Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2026-016 approving the Conditional Use Permit and Coastal Development Permit filed as PA2025-0199 (Attachment No. PC 1).