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Report regarding consideration and approval of application for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a Hookah Lounge and Private Events Permit with a Parking Reduction within an existing 3,875 square foot restaurant space located at 1429 San Mateo Avenue in the Mixed Industrial High (MIH) Zoning District in accordance with the South San Francisco Municipal Code (SSFMC) and determination that the project is categorically exempt per CEQA Class 1 Section 15301, Existing Facilities. (Billy Gross, Principal Planner)
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MOTIONS TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Move to determine the project is exempt from CEQA.
2. Move to approve the Use Permit entitlement, subject to the attached draft Findings and draft Conditions of Approval.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission conduct a public hearing and take the following actions:
1. Move to find the Project is categorically exempt under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Class 1, Section 15301, Existing Facilities; and,
2. Move to make findings and approve Project P25-0084, including Conditional Use Permit UP25-0005, subject to the attached draft Findings and draft Conditions of Approval.
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BACKGROUND
Existing Site / Code Enforcement History
The properties at 1429-1431 San Mateo Avenue are separate lots but have been tied together since the original buildings were constructed. The existing building on 1429 San Mateo Ave. was constructed in the early-1960s and the existing building on 1431 San Mateo Ave. was constructed as an addition to 1429 San Mateo Ave. in the mid-1960s. The combined building was originally used as a bakery, with the retail/public portion of the business at the front of the 1429 San Mateo Ave. building. The two properties have had separate businesses since at least the early-2000s.
1431 San Mateo Ave. has been occupied by Cresco Equipment Rentals since 2002; the only aspect of the 1431 San Mateo property that is ...
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