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File #: ID19-11604    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/18/2019 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 12/4/2019 Final action: 12/4/2019
Title: Consideration of Conditional Use Permit Application No. P19-02593 request to establish a bar & nightclub with a Type 48 alcohol sales license (On Sale General - Public Premises (Bar, Night Club) for the sale of beer, wine and distilled spirits for consumption on the premises where sold) for the proposed Chido Bar, located at 3315 North Cedar Avenue in the Palm Plaza Center. (Council District 4). 1. ADOPT Environmental Assessment for P19-02593 dated November 20, 2019, a determination that the proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) through a Class 1 Categorical Exemption. 2. DENY the applicant's appeal and UPHOLD the action of the Planning and Development Department Director to deny Conditional Use Permit Application No. P19-02593 request to establish a bar/nightclub with a Type 48 alcohol sales license.
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Vicinity Map, 2. Exhibit B - Land Use and Zoning Map, 3. Exhibit C - Project Information Tables, 4. Exhibit D - Master Application / Owner's Letter of Authorization, 5. Exhibit E - Operational Statement / Site Plan & Floor Plan, 6. Exhibit F - Correspondence, 7. Exhibit G - CUP Application Denial Letter, 8. Exhibit H - Applicant Appeal Letter, 9. Exhibit I - District 4 Committee Review, 10. Exhibit J - Neighborhood Meeting Information, 11. Exhibit K - Public Hearing Notice & Noticing Map, 12. Exhibit L - ABC License Reports (Census Tract 52.03), 13. Exhibit M - Environmental Assessment, 14. Exhibit N - Fresno Municipal Code Findings
REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION



December 4, 2019


FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Planning & Development Department

THROUGH: MIKE SANCHEZ, AICP, Assistant Director
Development Services Division

BY: RALPH KACHADOURIAN, Supervising Planner
Development Services Division

SUBJECT
Title
Consideration of Conditional Use Permit Application No. P19-02593 request to establish a bar & nightclub with a Type 48 alcohol sales license (On Sale General - Public Premises (Bar, Night Club) for the sale of beer, wine and distilled spirits for consumption on the premises where sold) for the proposed Chido Bar, located at 3315 North Cedar Avenue in the Palm Plaza Center.
(Council District 4).



1. ADOPT Environmental Assessment for P19-02593 dated November 20, 2019, a determination that the proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) through a Class 1 Categorical Exemption.

2. DENY the applicant's appeal and UPHOLD the action of the Planning and Development Department Director to deny Conditional Use Permit Application No. P19-02593 request to establish a bar/nightclub with a Type 48 alcohol sales license.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Conditional Use Permit Application No. P19-02593 was filed by Sheryl Brady, Permit Place on behalf of Ofelia Laurel of Laurel's Unique Imports pertaining to a vacant 4,000 sqft tenant space within the Palm Plaza center property. The owner is proposing to re-establish a new bar/nightclub within the former Crossroads Bar/Nightclub tenant space. The project site is within the CC (Community Commercial) zone district and Bars, Nightclubs and Lounges, including alcohol sales for these uses, is subject to conditional use permit approval.

On August 16, 2019, the conditional use permit application was denied as the proposed reuse of the tenant space for the new bar/nightclub will be substantially adverse to the public health, safety or general welfare of the community, and detrimental to ...

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