02-16-2021 Planning Commission Packet

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Date Application Received: 01/20/2021 Date Application Considered as Complete:02/02/20211_OA V 60-Day Review Period Expires: 04/03/2021 O To: Chair Ressler and Planning Commission Members 4' Ron Olson, Interim City Administrator F� 'kESHG°' From: Melanie Curtis, Planner h'1GG Date: 16 February 2021 Subject: #LA-000011,Jason Fischer& Kara Honebrink, 3420(3216)Shoreline Drive, CUP—Expand Lulu's Pizzeria Public Hearing Application Summary: The applicants are requesting conditional use permit in order to expand the existing delivery/take out restaurant into adjacent vacant space. Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval. Background Lulu's Pizzeria opened their takeout and delivery restaurant in May of 2020 in the old D'Vinci's space. Their website is https://pizzerialulu.com/. An adjacent tenant vacancy has provided them with an opportunity to expand their kitchen and prep spaces as well as add some "take and bake"cooler spaces. See Exhibit B for the applicants' narrative and business details. Restaurants are a conditional use in the B-1 district. A conditional use permit is required in order to expand the restaurant use into adjacent space. Applicable Regulations: Restaurant Use (Code Section 78-644) The City Code separates restaurants into two separate categories.The different distinctions in the restaurant categories are not necessarily in line with contemporary restaurant models, including the proposal.The primary difference between the two categories is live entertainment and/or intoxicating liquor sales, neither of which are provided by the applicants'establishment. The applicants' restaurant provides takeout and delivery service with no dine in or seating opportunities. Conditional Use Permit(Section 78-916) The Planning Commission may recommend and the Council may grant a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) as the use permit was applied for or in modified form. On the basis of the application and the evidence submitted,the city must find that the proposed use at the proposed location is or will be: 1) Consistent with the community management plan; A restaurant use in the B-1 zoning district is consistent with the CMP.This criterion is met.