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Planning and Building Agency <br />Item # xx <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Planning Commission Staff Report <br />April 14, 2025 <br />Topic: Conditional Use Permit Nos. 2025-05 and 2025-06 – Little Pan On-Sale Beer and <br />Wine License and After-Hours Operations (2 E. Hutton Center Drive, Unit 202) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTIONS <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2025-05 for on-sale beer <br />and wine license as conditioned; and <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2025-06 for after-hours <br />operation as conditioned <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Jiayi Liu with Food Trace Management, LLC dba Little Pan (Applicant), on behalf of KRB <br />Investments Management, LLC (Property Owner), is requesting approval of Conditional <br />Use Permit (CUP) Nos. 2025-05 and 2025-06 to allow the sale of beer and wine for on- <br />premises consumption, through a Type-41 license from the Department of Alcoholic <br />Beverage Control (ABC), and to allow after-hours operation, respectively, at an existing <br />eating establishment located at 2 E. Hutton Center Drive, Unit 202. Pursuant to Section <br />41-196 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) and Section 5 of Specific Development <br />No. 76 (SD-76), establishments wishing to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises <br />consumption require approval of a CUP. Additionally, pursuant to Section 5 of SD-76, <br />uses open between the hours of 12:00 a.m. midnight and 5:00 a.m. require approval of a <br />CUP. Staff is recommending approval of the applicant’s request due to the site being <br />located away from sensitive uses and because applicable operational standards will <br />ensure that the sale of beer and wine for on-premises consumption will not negatively <br />affect the surrounding community. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Project Description <br />Little Pan occupies a 1,706-square-foot tenant space within a 13,508-square-foot multi- <br />tenant commercial building, located at a commercial center known as the MacArthur <br />Plaza, at the southeast intersection of MacArthur Place and MacArthur Boulevard. The <br />eating establishment accommodates up to 45 patrons and currently operates from 9:30 <br />a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily. <br />