Title
EAST COAST HIGHWAY RESTAURANT SPACE (PA2024-0231)
Site Location: 3025 & 3027 East Coast Highway
Recommendation
Summary:
A request to build out a new tenant space for a new 2,329-square-foot eating and drinking establishment (restaurant) within the shopping center by expanding the 1,205-square-foot suite currently occupied by La Fogata into an adjacent 1,124 square-foot vacant suite, formerly occupied by a dry cleaner business. A specific tenant has not been identified at this time. The request includes an allowance for both interior and outdoor dining, the service of alcohol through a Type 47 (On-Sale General - Eating Place) Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) License, and hours of operation from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., daily. No live entertainment, dancing, or late-hour operations (after 11 p.m.) are proposed. The restaurant will continue to operate the existing 130-square-foot outdoor dining area that is currently used by the existing restaurant. The project requires the following approvals from the City:
• Conditional Use Permit (CUP): To allow the restaurant and authorize a reduction of off-street parking requirements pursuant to Section 20.40.110(B) (Adjustments to Off-Street Parking Requirements) of the NBMC; and
• Coastal Development Permit (CDP): To allow expansion of the restaurant and authorize a reduction of off-street parking requirements pursuant to Section 21.40.110(A) (Adjustments to Off-Street Parking Requirements) of the NBMC for property located in the Coastal Zone.
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 significance effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2025-017 approving a Conditional Use Permit and Coastal Development Permit filed as PA2024-0231.