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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 9, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — VARIANCE NO. 2011 -07 TO <br />ALLOW A REDUCTION IN SETBACKS AND LOT <br />SIZE FOR A TAQUERIA DE ANDA RESTAURANT <br />AT 1221 NORTH BRISTOL STREET <br />Prepared by Vince Fregoso <br />Executive Dfrector <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />❑ Applicant's Request <br />❑ Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />" - klex�.J04__ <br />Planning Manager <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution approving Variance No. 2011 -07 as conditioned. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Request of the Applicant <br />Ruben Burrola of Archeion Nevada, representing Taqueria De Anda Restaurants, is requesting <br />approval of two variances in order to allow a vacant building to be re- occupied by a new restaurant. <br />Specifically, the applicant is requesting approval of a variance from Sections 41 -372 (a) and 41 -373 of <br />the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) to allow a commercial building to encroach into the required <br />15 -foot landscaped setback -and to allow the use on a site that is less than 15,000 square feet in size. <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />The subject property is located at 1221 North Bristol Street. The site is approximately 11,709 square <br />feet in size, semi - rectangular in shape and contains a vacant, 1,124 square foot structure. The <br />building is situated on the northwest corner of the site and has an existing 15 -foot setback along <br />Bristol Street and a six -foot setback along Washington Avenue. No landscaping is located in the <br />setbacks as they are currently paved with concrete. <br />The site is surrounded by a vacant parcel of land, commercial and single - family residential uses to the <br />north, a Southern California Edison substation and commercial uses to the south, single - family <br />residential uses to the east and commercial uses across Bristol Street to the west (Exhibits 1 and 2). <br />Project Description <br />The proposed project will consist of numerous improvements to the building and site in order to <br />facilitate the Taqueria De Anda restaurant. The exterior of the building will be improved to include <br />the removal of the curved metal roof and the construction of a new roof fagade, the installation of <br />Exhibit A <br />31 B -3 <br />