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CUP No. 2025-07 – Santa Ana River Brewing Company (501 N. French Street) April 28, 2025 Page 2 4 9 6 1 menu and food offerings for this location, but will serve the necessary hot meals to comply with ABC regulations pertaining to bona fide eating establishment requirements. Pending approval of the CUP, the Applicant would submit tenant improvement plans that would include demolition of the interior walls and construction of a kitchen for meal service, restrooms, storage rooms, beer taps and bar, and a new building entry at the northeast corner of French Street and Fifth Street. Exterior improvements would include construction of an outdoor patio, in accordance with the regulations set forth in Article XXI (Outdoor Dining on Private Property) of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the SAMC, and a new roll- up door for deliveries, as well as restriping of the surface parking lot. As part of the conditions of approval and to enhance the site’s overall condition, staff is recommending that the existing landscape planters along French Street and Fifth Street be rehabilitated with new landscape, that the nonconforming chain-link fence along the west and north property lines be removed, that all barbed wires be removed from the property, that the east block wall be repaired, as needed, and repainted with an anti-graffiti coating, and that the existing trash enclosure be altered to meet current code requirements per Section 41-623 of the SAMC. Once constructed, the brewpub will accommodate approximately 60 patrons within the indoor and outdoor dining areas. The indoor area will operate daily from 12:00 p.m. (noon) to 12:00 a.m. (midnight) while staff is recommending that the outdoor patio cover be conditioned to only be operational Sunday to Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. All alcoholic beverages will be stored and displayed in accordance with Section 41-196 of the SAMC. The Applicant is not requesting approval of after-hours operation nor live entertainment at this time. Should the Applicant seek these additional operations in the future, the Applicant will need to submit a new CUP application for after-hours operation and an entertainment permit application pursuant to Section 11-6 of the SAMC. Table 1: Project and Location Information Item Information Project Address and Council Ward 501 N. French Street – Ward 6 Nearest Intersection French Street and Fifth Street General Plan Designation District Center – Medium High (DC-3) Zoning Designation Downtown District (DT) of SD-84 North Laundromat East Live/work building South Vacant lot Surrounding Land Uses West Multi-family residences Existing Site Development The subject site is developed with a 2,024-square foot commercial building and associated surface lot. Tenant Size 2,024 square feet Use Permissions Allowed with a conditional use permit (CUP) Uses Section 41-2007 of SD-84 Section 41-196 of the SAMCZoning Code Sections Affected Operational Standards Section 41-196(g) of the SAMC