Planning Commission Staff Report
Report Prepared by: Valeria Renteria, Associate Planner, Development Services Department
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SUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit #1281, initiated by Moe Jawad, property owner. The application involves a request to establish a mobile food vendor plaza for up to ten mobile food vendors with on-site seating for customers. The project consists of three parcels that total 0.68 acres or 30,000 square feet. The subject site is generally located on the northeast corner of West 16th Street and Martin Luther King Jr Way. The site has a General Plan designation of Regional/Central Commercial (CC) and is zoned Central Commercial (C-C). **PUBLIC HEARING**
ACTION: 1) Approve/Disapprove/Modify
2) Environmental Review #24-24 (Categorical Exemption)
3) Conditional Use Permit #1281
SUMMARY
Moe Jawad is requesting conditional use permit approval to establish a food truck parking area to allow up to ten food truck vendors and outdoor seating located at the northeast corner of West 16th and Martin Luther King Jr Way (231 and 245 W 16th Street and 1616 Martin Luther King Jr. Way). Mobile food vendor parking areas are considered a conditional use within a Central Commercial (C-C) Zone. The proposed parking area spans across multiple lots. The Planning Commission will be reviewing this proposal to ensure that the provided site plan is designed in a manner that minimizes negative impacts to the existing site and promotes compatible and orderly development. Staff is recommending approval with conditions.
RECOMMENDATION
Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #24-24 (Categorical Exemption) and Conditional Use Permit #1281 (including the adoption of the Draft Resolution at Attachment A) subject to the conditions in Exhibit A and the findings/considerations in Exhibit B of the Draft Resolution.
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DISCUSSION
Project Description
The applicant is proposing to es...
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