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PLN20-0365 - Use Permit - 980 Island Drive - Applicant: Rubicon Group, LLC. Public Hearing to consider a Use Permit to allow extended hours of operation for a proposed drive-through caf? and use of a patio for outdoor dining. The applicant is requesting that the business be permitted to open at 5:30 A.M., and is not requesting an extension of closing hours. General Plan: Community Commercial. Zoning: C-2-PD Central Business District Planned Development Zoning District. Environmental Determination: Exempt, Section 15301 - Existing Facilities
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Deborah Diamond, Planner
Date: September 28, 2020
BACKGROUND
The applicant is seeking the Planning Board's approval for a Use Permit to extend morning business hours from 7:00 A.M. to 5:30 A.M. and use of a patio for outdoor seating at a proposed drive-through caf? at 980 Island Drive. The applicant seeks to capture patronage of early morning commuters and an offer outside seating option. The business will be open seven days per week and will close by 7:00 P.M.
On August 3, 2020 staff approved a Design Review application for the tenant improvements to establish the caf? on the site. The project consisted of site modifications and minor changes to the existing building. The approved plans are submitted here as Exhibit 1, and the Design Review Approval is Exhibit 2.
This triangular site is a single property surrounded by city streets. The C-2-PD zoning is linked to a larger C-2-PD zoned area across Island Drive and occupied by the Harbor Bay Landing Shopping Center. Several businesses within the Center currently have extended business hours. Residential properties are opposite the site on Mecartney Road and County Road. The existing building on the subject property is currently vacant. On July 30, 2019, a daycare was issued a zoning clearance at this location but it was never opened. Prior to that the site was occ...
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