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included a copy of the September 10, 2003, Planffmg Commission staff report, minutes, and final Planning Commission conditions of approval for the applicant's prior conditional use permit application (Case No. PCUP-92). Staff notes that the applicant's prior proposal differed slightly from the current application (e.g., size, hours of operation, live bands/DJ music and dancing, parking, etc.). The nearest residences to the 780 Main Street property are located at 340/374 Ray Street, directly abutting the 780 Main Street property. Additional residences are located further east on Ray Street and Walnut Drive. Several residents, including one of residents directly abutting the site, and a Downtown business owner had contacted staff with concerns regarding the proposed use at 780 Main Street and its hours of operation. With the previous application, staff had discouraged the applicant's use of live bands/DJ music due to the close proximity to residences. In that case, the applicant responded by not including live bands/DJ music or dancing as part of her proposal. With the current application, the nearest residence, 377 St. Mary Street, is located a minimum of 130 feet away on the opposite side of St. Mary Street. This residence is commercially zoned and was granted approval last year to be converted to an office, although staff believes that it is still being used as a residence. Additional residences are located in the residentially zoned area west of Peters Avenue, a minimum of 225 ft. away. Staff believes that the St. Mary Street location provides an adequate buffer from the adjacent residences to support the applicant's request for live bands/DJ music, as conditioned. The applicant has stated that live bands/DJ music is essential to make the business profitable at the subject location, as there are more up-front costs for the current space compared to the 780 Main Street property. For instance, the applicant will have to install all of the interior improvements at the 336 St. Mary Street property, including flooring, interior walls, and a new kitchen, whereas the flooring, interior walls, and some of the kitchen equipment had already been installed at 780 Main Street. The approved hours of operation for the 780 Main St. location were 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and 8:00 a.m. to midnight on Sundays. The outdoor dining on the south side of the building was required to close at 10:00 p.m. due to its proximity to the adjacent residences. Dissenting Commissioners felt that the business should close earlier due to its proximity to the residential properties. Regarding parking, staff believes that parking for the current application is an improvement over the prior application. The 780 Main Street property has a 20-space parking lot that is shared with the upstairs office tenants. Staff believed that the 20-space lot would not provide adequate parking for the proposed use and felt that additional parking should be provided for the use due to the potential impacts on the surrounding residences if patrons were to park late at night on Ray Street or Walnut Drive. With the current application, staffbelieves that the 72-space public parking lot provides an ideal location for employees and customers to park with minimal impacts on the surrounding residences. As noted above, the subject property was one of several properties in this block that created this parking lot. Although the parking lot is used by the public, staff believes that the SR:05:023 Page 7