REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 06/07/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT:
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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CUP2021-0004 TO ALLOW A DRIVE-THROUGH AND WALK-UP WINDOW COFFEE SHOP (STARBUCKS) WITHIN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL CENTER LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF GREEN RIVER ROAD AND DOMINGUEZ RANCH ROAD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF THE SIERRA DEL ORO SPECIFIC PLAN (APPLICANT: JESSICA STEINER OF BICKEL GROUP ARCHITECTURE)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks Council to affirm the Planning and Housing Commission's action granting Conditional Use Permit 2021-0004 (CUP2021-0004). CUP2021-0004 will establish a 966 square foot drive-up service coffee house for Starbucks. The project site is a vacant pad within an existing commercial center that contains various commercial, offices and restaurants. This is the last vacant pad within the center to be developed.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Take no action, thereby affirming the Planning and Housing Commission's action granting CUP2021-0004, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval.
OR
b. Set the item for review at a subsequent meeting.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The project site is a 0.39-acre (16,910 square feet) commercial parcel that is located within the Green River Promenade commercial center. The commercial center is located at the southeast corner of Green River Road and Dominguez Ranch Road and was originally constructed in the early 1990s under Precise Plan 91-08. The proposed project is located on a vacant pad at the northeast corner of the center's retail area. Based on the center's 1991 precise plan, the pad was originally intended to accommodate a 4,000-square-foot restaurant building. The intended building pad was rough graded but has not yet been developed.
The project was reviewed by the Planning and Housing C...
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