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CUP Nos. 2025-05 and 2025-06 – Little Pan On-Sale of Beer and Wine License and After- Hours Operations (2 E. Hutton Center Drive, Unit 202) April 14, 2025 Page 3 4 9 1 6 Project Background MacArthur Plaza was developed in 1984, with a multi-tenant commercial building (nine tenant spaces), 42 parking stalls, and onsite improvements (e.g., landscape planters, lighting, trash enclosure, etc.). The subject tenant space has been occupied by eating establishments since 2001. Togo’s Eateries, LLC occupied the tenant space from 2001 through 2019. From 2019 through 2022, Yang’s Braised Chicken Rice occupied the tenant space. On June 1, 2022, Little Pan received a Certificate of Occupancy to occupy the space and has been in operation since. The applicant submitted the requested CUPs on February 18, 2025. Project Analysis CUP requests are governed by Section 41-638 of the SAMC. CUPs may be granted when it can be shown that the proposed project will not adversely impact the community. If these findings can be made, then it is appropriate to grant the CUP. Conversely, the inability to make these findings would result in a denial. The purpose of regulating establishments that sell alcoholic beverages, and establishments that operate between 12:00 a.m. (midnight) and 5:00 a.m., is to set forth operating practices and procedures and to minimize impacts to surrounding areas. Staff has reviewed the applicant’s request and has determined the proposed CUPs will not be detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of the community. Additional analysis for each CUP request is provided below. Conditional Use Permit No. 2025-05 (Alcohol Sales) An evaluation of Little Pan’s calls for service indicates that since its opening in 2022, the City has not received any complaints or issued any notice of violations to the operator. Furthermore, the subject site is not located within immediate proximity to parks, playgrounds, schools, or religious institutions. In addition, the building is located approximately 200 feet away from the nearest multi-family residences to the south (Essex Skyline at MacArthur Place Apartments) and approximately 1,200 feet (0.20 miles) from the nearest single-family residences to the west. The close proximity of the eating establishment to the multi-family residential uses to the south is consistent with the objectives and policies of SD-76, to provide a mixture of office, residential, retail and restaurants within the Hutton Center Mixed Use Specific Development. Given that the site is master-planned, the orientation and close proximity of the commercial and residential buildings was designed to foster a dynamic, mixed-use village that promotes full services on a single “campus” while minimizing impacts onto surrounding, existing communities. As a result, the granting of the CUP will not negatively impact any sensitive land uses that may be nearby. Moreover, the operational standards applicable to an ABC license will mitigate any potential impacts created by the use and will ensure that the use will not negatively affect the surrounding community.