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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 23, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - MODIFICATIONS TO <br />CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 1996 -30 <br />FOR THE VELVET LOUNGE LOCATED AT <br />416 WEST FOURTH STREET, JASON KORDAS, <br />APPLICANT <br />Prepared by Sergio Klotz <br />Executive Director <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <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 />Planning Manadgr <br />Adopt a resolution approving modifications to Conditional Use Permit No. 1996 -30 allowing <br />expansion into the basement level and entertainment seven days a week between the hours of <br />7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. as conditioned. <br />Request of Applicant <br />Jason Kordas, the applicant for the Velvet Lounge, is requesting approval of two modifications to the <br />conditions of approval for Conditional Use Permit No. 1996 -30, which allowed for a Type 47 ABC <br />license. Specifically, the applicant is requesting to allow for entertainment to be offered seven <br />days per week instead of being limited to Friday and Saturday as currently conditioned, and to <br />allow for the entertainment hours to extend until 2:00 a.m. instead of 10:00 p.m. as currently <br />conditioned. The applicant is also requesting to expand the restaurant operations into a basement <br />area of the restaurant that was originally planned as a wine cellar /dining area. <br />Proiect Location and Site Description <br />The Velvet Lounge will occupy the space of the former Jason's restaurant on the first floor of an <br />existing two -story, multi- tenant building located on the south side of West Fourth Street, between <br />Birch and Ross Streets. The site contains an 8,356 square foot building that was constructed in <br />approximately 1922. The first floor consists of an existing restaurant space, second floor with <br />professional offices and storage within the basement level. In addition, the applicant will be utilizing <br />an existing 830 square foot outdoor patio located along the front entrance facing Fourth Street. The <br />site has no on -site parking, but utilizes the public parking garage at Third and Birch Streets. The site <br />is surrounded by commercial and office uses to the east and west; the Ronald Reagan Federal <br />Courthouse to the north; and a parking structure, surface parking lot and Birch Park to the south <br />(Exhibits 1 and 2). <br />EXHIBIT E <br />31 B -15 <br />