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<br /> Resolution No. 2025-XX <br />Page 1 of 14 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XX <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE <br />PERMIT NO. 2015-19-MOD-1, THEREBY MODIFYING AND <br />SUPERCEDING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CONDITIONAL <br />USE PERMIT NO. 2015-19, AS CONDITIONED, TO ALLOW <br />THE ON-PREMISE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF <br />ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (TYPE 47 – BEER, WINE, AND <br />DISTILLED SPIRITS) AND TO EXPAND ITS OPERATIONS TO <br />A NEIGHBORING SUITE, LOCATED AT 601 E. SANTA ANA <br />BOULEVARD (APN: 398-301-21). <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA <br />ANA AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, <br />determines, and declares as follows: <br /> <br />A. Jeff Coffman, representing Benchmark SA doing business as (DBA) <br />Benchmark (“Applicant”), is requesting approval for modification to <br />Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 2015-19-MOD-1 to allow the sale of beer, <br />wine, and distilled spirits for on-premise consumption, through a Type 47 <br />license from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“ABC”), and to <br />expand its operations to a neighboring suite, at an existing eating <br />establishment located at 601 E. Santa Ana Boulevard (“Project”). <br /> <br />B. Santa Ana Municipal Code (“SAMC”) Section 41-196 requires approval of <br />a CUP for establishments wishing to sell alcoholic beverages for on- premise <br />consumption. <br /> <br />C. On January 25, 2016, the City of Santa Ana Planning Commission held a <br />public hearing for the proposal of the on-premise sale of alcoholic <br />beverages at 601 E. Santa Ana Boulevard, Unit A. The Planning <br />Commission unanimously approved CUP No. 2015-19 to allow an ABC <br />Type 41 license (beer and wine). <br /> <br />D. In April 2025, the Applicant submitted a CUP application to upgrad e to a <br />Type 47, permitting the sale and on-premises consumption of beer, wine, <br />and distilled spirits, and to expand its operations to a neighboring suite <br />addressed as 605 E. Santa Ana Boulevard. <br /> <br />E. The eating establishment meets all required standards specified by Section <br />41-196 of the SAMC and ABC for the sale of alcoholic beverages for <br /> <br />