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Report regarding consideration of a Use Permit to allow Indoor Entertainment at 608 Dubuque Avenue in the Freeway Commercial Zoning District in accordance with Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code (SSFMC) and determination that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). (Victoria Kim, Associate Planner)
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RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the Use Permit (UP22-0007), based on the attached Draft Findings and subject to the attached Draft Conditions of Approval, and determine that the Project is categorically exempt under the provisions of CEQA, Class 1, Section 15301, Existing Facilities.
MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION
1. Make CEQA findings and approve the Use Permit, subject to the attached draft Findings and draft Conditions of Approval.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The applicant (Irene Li) submitted an application on May 26, 2022 for a Use Permit proposing live entertainment activities at an existing restaurant named HL Peninsula. Prior to the current restaurant use, the project building was used for retail and warehousing. In 2017, the applicant obtained a business license (No. 110185) to open the current restaurant use permitted by right. The Use Permit request is solely for adding the use of Indoor Entertainment with the existing restaurant services. The project would not change the existing building exterior and site conditions.
Site Overview
The subject property is located at 608 Dubuque Avenue in the Freeway Commercial (FC) Zoning District. A large commercial parking lot is situated next to the subject property on the north and the east. The Project is in the East of 101 area bordered by Dubuque Avenue on the west and a new research and development office building which is currently under construction on the south. The site has a one-story restaurant building (approximately 13,900 square feet) with parking spaces mainly on ...
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