SUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit #1252, Design Review Permit #20-02, and Restaurant Encroachment Permit #20-09, submitted by Main Street Revival, LLC, on behalf of Main Street OB, LLC, property owner. This application involves a request to operate a wine shop and lounge (selling wine for on-site and off-site consumption) with retail sales and food service at 629 W. Main Street, generally located on the north side of Main Street, approximately 150 feet west of M Street, within a Central Commercial (C-C) Zone. *PUBLIC HEARING* ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify Environmental Review #20-43(Categorical Exemption) Conditional Use Permit #1252 Design Review Permit #20-02 Restaurant Encroachment Permit #20-09 SUMMARY Main Street Revival, LLC, is requesting approval to operate a wine shop and lounge at 629 W. Main Street. The wine shop and lounge would be located within a 4,000-square-foot building that is currently being remodeled in Downtown Merced. A conditional use permit is required for “bars” within the Central Commercial (C-C) Zone, and for any business wanting to sell alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption within a building of 20,000 square feet or less. Design Review is required as the site is located within the City’s Design Review Boundary. A Restaurant Encroachment Permit is required to serve alcohol outdoors within the proposed patio that encroaches onto the City sidewalk. Staff is recommending approval of this application subject to conditions. RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #20-43 [Categorical Exemption] including the adoption of the Draft Resolution at Attachment A subject to the conditions in Exhibit A and the findings/considerations in Exhibit B.

Committee

Planning Commission

Requested by

Development Services Department

Introduced

December 29, 2020

On agenda

February 3, 2021

Passed

February 3, 2021