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File #: 26-1757    Version: 1
Status: Public Hearing
File created: 1/14/2026 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 1/22/2026 Final action:
Title: EL CHOLO OUTDOOR DINING PATIO EXPANSION (PA2025-0042) Site Location: 3520 East Coast Highway, 3536 East Coast Highway, 410 Narcissus Avenue, 409 Orchid Avenue
Attachments: 1. Item No. 3 Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 2 - Project Design, 4. Attachment 3 - Project Plans, 5. Attachment 4 - Parking Survey, 6. Attachment 5 - Police Memorandum

Title

EL CHOLO OUTDOOR DINING PATIO EXPANSION (PA2025-0042)

Site Location: 3520 East Coast Highway, 3536 East Coast Highway, 410 Narcissus Avenue, 409 Orchid Avenue

 

Recommendation

 

Summary:

 

A request to expand the existing outdoor dining patio by 975 square feet, resulting in a total of 1,709 square feet of outdoor dining area, with no change to the existing 5,012-square-foot interior of the restaurant. The proposed hours of operation for the outdoor patio are from 10 a.m. and 11 p.m., daily, consistent with the interior restaurant hours. No live entertainment, dancing, or late hours are proposed, and there are no changes to the existing Type 47 (On-Sale General - Eating Place) California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control license. To authorize the expanded outdoor dining area, the applicant requests a waiver of 17 of the 66 required parking spaces and authorization to provide the remaining spaces through a combination of off-site parking lots. Approval of the project would supersede all previous approvals

 

Recommended Actions:

 

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. PC2026-001, approving the Conditional Use Permit filed as PA2025-0042.