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PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. PC-2002-20 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPLICATION OF FERNANDO'S MEXICAN RESTAURANT FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPROVAL, AS FILED UNDER CASE PCUP-48 WHEREAS, Fernando's Mexican Restaurant has applied for a conditional use permit to allow alcoholic beverage service until 12:00 a.m. at a new Mexican food restaurant located at 348 St. Mary Street; and WHEREAS, zoning for the property is C-C (Central Commercial) District; and WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of March 27, 2002, the Planning Commission considered all public testimony, relevant exhibits, and recommendations of the City staff concerning this application; and WHEREAS, projects of this nature aze categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission made the following findings: The proposed location of the conditional use is in accordance with the objectives of the zoning ordinance and the purpose of the district in which the site is located. The Central Commercial zoning district in which this restaurant is located allows a vaziety of commercial uses. Bazs are a conditionally permitted use in the Central Commercial (C-C) District. Restaurants, and restaurants service alcohol after 10:00 p.m. (bazs), are considered compatible uses within this commercial/office district and Downtown area of the City. The restaurant is located in an area easily accessible to the public and in an area with many other retail stores and restaurants. As conditioned, the restaurant would be operated and located in a manner and at a sufficient distance from residentially zoned properties so that noise, pazking, or other land use conflicts would not spill over to those properties.