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CUP No. 2025-02 – Ole City Market ABC License (1623 W. Seventeenth Street)
<br />April 14, 2025
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<br />Public Notification and Community Outreach
<br />Project notifications for the March 10, 2025, public hearing were posted, published, and mailed in
<br />accordance with City and State regulations. Copies of the public notice, including a 1,000-foot
<br />notification radius map, and the site posting are provided in Exhibit 6. The project site is located
<br />within the Riverview Neighborhood Association and adjacent to the Artesia-Pillar Neighborhood
<br />Association. Staff contacted the presidents of the neighborhood associations to identify any areas
<br />of concerns due to the proposed application request. As previously discussed, staff received two
<br />public comment letters from a member of the public representing the Riverview Neighborhood
<br />Association. The comments were received prior to the public hearing, posing questions and
<br />concerns regarding the project.
<br />Since the March 10, 2025, public hearing, the applicant has worked with Planning Division staff
<br />to address concerns regarding community outreach. The applicant organized and held a
<br />community meeting on Wednesday April 2, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. at the Newsong Church at 1010
<br />W. Seventeenth Street. Notification for this meeting included flyers mailed out to property owners
<br />within 2,000-feet of the proposed project area (1623 W. Seventeenth Street). In addition, Planning
<br />Division staff assisted by emailing and notifying representatives of the Riverview Neighborhood
<br />Association and Artesia-Pillar Neighborhood Association. Lastly, Newsong Church advertised the
<br />meeting through their social media accounts.
<br />The community meeting was attended by a mix of participants who were at Newsong Church for
<br />unrelated activities, and by a group of community leaders who were in attendance specifically for
<br />the Ole City Market information. The applicant provided information to the community regarding
<br />their existing stores and the store offerings. In addition to a short presentation, the applicant met
<br />in a small group with select community leaders to discuss their concerns. Concerns brought up
<br />by the community leaders included ongoing crime and transient activities at the location and
<br />general area, as well as overconcentration of alcohol sales. Through additional information
<br />provided, the community leaders were made aware that the proposed project would be a bona
<br />fide grocery store and not a discount market.
<br />The continued public hearing required re-noticing, based on the Planning Commission’s actions
<br />at the March 10, 2025, public hearing. As such, project notifications were posted, published, and
<br />mailed in accordance with City and State regulations. Copies of the public notice for the April 14,
<br />2025, public hearing, including a 1,000-foot notification radius map, and the site posting are
<br />provided in Exhibit 7. Again, staff contacted the presidents of the Riverview Neighborhood
<br />Association and Artesia-Pillar Neighborhood Association. At the time this report was printed, no
<br />additional issues of concern were raised regarding the proposed CUP.
<br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
<br />In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines,
<br />the project is categorically exempt from further review pursuant to Section 15301 (Class 1 –
<br />Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines. Class 1 exemption applies to the operation, repair,
<br />maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private
<br />structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no
<br />expansion of existing or former use as determined by the lead agency. The project proposes to
<br />allow the sale of beer, wine, and distilled spirits, at an existing commercial tenant space located
<br />at 1623 W. Seventeenth Street. Moreover, the commercial tenant space was previously occupied
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