TO: HARBOR COMMISSION
FROM: STEVEN GIANG, SENIOR PLANNER
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DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN EXEMPTION DECLARATION AND A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT USE AND A COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL (CLUB) USE ON PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN A COASTAL-COMMERCIAL (CC-3) ZONE, IN THE COASTAL ZONE
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RECOMMENDATION
1. Open public hearing, receive and file all documents, and correspondence on the proposed project;
2. Accept all testimony from staff, applicant and the public, and deliberate;
3. Close public hearing;
4. Adopt a Resolution by title only approving an Exemption Declaration and granting a Conditional Use Permit allowing a commercial recreation (club) use and continuation of a restaurant use on property located within a Coastal Commercial (CC-3) zone at 239 and 245 N. Harbor Drive, subject to the plans and applications submitted, and the findings and conditions contained therein.
BACKGROUND
The subject site contains two existing commercial buildings that have been utilized as restaurant uses for approximately 30 years. Over that time period, the City of Redondo Beach has issued no less than nine conditional use permit applications to allow for the restaurant use and to accommodate necessary amendments attributable to new restaurant operators. The most recent amendments were approved by the Harbor Commission in 2022 and 2023 for the new operator named California Surf Club. The business model includes both a restaurant component and a commercial recreation (club) use in which a portion of the site can be accessed for a membership fee in the form of daily, monthly, or yearly passes. While the Harbor Commission considered, deliberated, and approved both the restaurant use and commercial recreation (club) use in both 2022 and 2023, the applicable resolutions approved by the Harbor Commission omitted the commercial recreation (club) use. City staff and the applicant requests a new Condit...
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