Meeting Date: 2 April 2013
Prepared by: Marc Wiener, Associate Planner
City Council
Agenda Item Summary
Name: Consideration of a use permit application, water allocation transfer and certification of a negative declaration for the establishment of an event center at a site located in the Service Commercial (SC) District.
Description: The project site is a 16,000 square foot commercial property that is developed with two buildings totaling 5,357 square feet. The applicant is proposing to use the existing buildings on the site as an event center to provide a venue for special events, such as meetings, conferences, wedding receptions, cooking demonstrations, hands-on classes, retail shows, etc. A valet service is proposed to park cars at the Carmel Plaza garage and the Sunset Center parking lot. The project will require certification of the Initial Study/Negative Declaration and the approval of a use permit to allow for off-site parking. The project will also require the transfer of City water into the "Commercial Category" to be used for this project.
Overall Cost:
City Funds: N/A
Grant Funds: N/ A
Staff Recommendation: 1) Certify the Initial Study IN egative Declaration; 2) Approve the use permit application to allow for off-site parking; 3) Direct staff to return with a resolution for the transfer of water into the "Commercial" category for the subject project, upon receiving recommendations from the Planning Commission.
Important Considerations: An Initial Study (IS) was prepared by RBF Consulting. Based on
the IS the consultant and staff determined that the project would not cause a significant
effect on the environment and prepared a Negative Declaration (ND). The City currently
has 2.97 acre-feet of water in reserves. The property contains 0.3750 acre-feet of water
would require an additional 0.5110 acre-feet ofwater from the City.
Decision Record: Planning Commission reviewed the project on January 9, 2013 and was
supportive of the proposed use of the site and request for off-site parking.
Attachments:
• Staff Report
• Attachment "A"- Initial Study/Negative Declaration
• Attachment "B" - Attorney Analysis Letter (Brian Finegan)
• Attachment "C" - Correspondence
• Attachment "D"- CMC Section 17.38.30
Reviewed by:
Jason Stilwell, City Administrator Date
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