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encouraging businesses to remain open later at night. The existing and proposed conditions of approval give the City the appropriate controls to ensure that the use does not have any negative impacts on the surrounding residences and businesses. If necessary, the application could be brought back to the Planning Commission for additional conditions to mitigate and/or prevent any nuisances that were identified. In summary, staff feels this finding can be made. B. That the proposed location of the conditional use and the conditions under which it would be operated or maintained will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare, or materially injurious to the properties or improvements in the vicinity. The proposed expanded music /dancing hours at Redcoats British Pub and Restaurant is not anticipated to generate adverse impacts on any of the surrounding properties due to the existing and proposed conditions of approval that will ensure that the safety and general welfare of the surrounding neighborhood is maintained. The proposed activities would also need to comply with the City's noise regulations, which were designed to protect the peace, health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City. Conditions have been included that would require the applicants to mitigate any future nuisances as a result of the proposed use. Therefore, staff feels this finding can be made. C. That the proposed conditional use will comply with each of the applicable provisions of the zoning ordinance. The site's Central Commercial zoning conditionally permits restaurants which sell alcohol past 10:00 p.m. Staff feels that the recommended conditions of approval will help to integrate the expanded music /dancing hours without detrimentally affecting the surrounding properties and the City in general. As with any use permit, this use can be revoked if the conditions are not met. As conditioned, the proposed modification to the existing use permit would comply with all applicable provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. Therefore, staff believes this finding can be made. VII. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Projects of this nature are categorically exempt (Section 15301, Existing Facilities, Class 1) from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Therefore, no environmental document accompanies this report. VIII. CONCLUSION Staff believes that businesses on or near Main Street should be allowed to have late -night activities such as music and dancing as long as they operate in a manner which respects the nearby businesses and residents. Staff believes that the applicant's proposal as conditioned will Page -10