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Planning commission approves conditional use permit for beer-and-wine service at East Allisal restaurant
Summary
The Salinas Planning Commission on June 4 approved Conditional Use Permit 2024-033 to allow on‑sale beer and wine service at a 1,320‑square‑foot restaurant at 864 East Allisal Street, with conditions including surveillance, lighting and trespass signage; the permit is subject to a 10‑day waiting period for appeal.
The Salinas Planning Commission on June 4 voted to approve Conditional Use Permit 2024-033, authorizing an on‑sale beer-and-wine (Type 41) license for a 1,320‑square‑foot restaurant at 864 East Allisal Street in the Cardenas Shopping Center.
Senior Planner Thomas Wiles told commissioners the applicant, Aeropolito Vasquez Aureliana, requested the permit because the restaurant would be within 100 feet of nearby residences, which requires a conditional use permit for an on‑sale alcohol use. Wiles said the proposed restaurant hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily and that alcohol sales would be limited to beer and wine only between 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m., served only on the premises; "no off sales of alcohols allowed," he said.
The nut of the commission’s action is the set of conditions added to the permit. Wiles said the Salinas Police Department raised no objections in a May 2025 memorandum and recommended conditions that have been included in the draft permit, including installation of a digital surveillance system, ample parking‑lot lighting, and posting of trespass…
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