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Planning commission approves live-entertainment permit for Sena on Myrtle with limits on hours and operations

5783873 · September 11, 2025
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Summary

The Monrovia Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit allowing incidental live entertainment at Sena on Myrtle, 409 S. Myrtle Ave., with limits on hours, performer size and a modified restriction barring cover charges to enter.

The Monrovia Planning Commission voted to approve a conditional use permit (CUP2025-0008) for Sena on Myrtle, 409 South Myrtle Avenue, allowing incidental live entertainment indoors and on the rear patio under a set of conditions intended to limit noise and late-night impacts. The motion passed by roll call with Commissioners Austin, Rose, Scheffler, Stehira and Chair Brown voting yes.

Staff told the commission the request is largely an administrative cleanup: a prior outdoor live-entertainment CUP granted to the earlier occupant was no longer active after a 2010 condition made earlier CUPs null and void, and the current operator, Sena on Myrtle (applicant Joseph Caiello), had been operating believing the entitlement remained. Planning staff cited Monrovia Municipal Code section 17.44.055, which requires a CUP for live entertainment, and recommended approval with conditions focused on noise control, hours and location.

Under the approved conditions,…

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