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Commission approves temporary microenterprise kitchen permit for El Gordo with conditions
Summary
The commission granted a six‑month temporary conditional use permit for El Gordo, a microenterprise kitchen at 361 South Lookout Ridge Drive, with health, grease‑trap and operating‑hours conditions.
The Granville Planning Commission on March 6 approved a temporary conditional use permit for El Gordo — an outdoor microenterprise kitchen at 361 South Lookout Ridge Drive — subject to health‑department rules, a required grease trap and limits on hours and operations.
Applicants Eduardo Ubaldo and Justino Sabala told the commission they plan to prepare weekend pickup meals (they described cooking carnitas and using warmers in a closed garage for final assembly). They said the health department had inspected their operations and provided guidance. Planning and building staff flagged a building‑code issue that could require fire‑suppression upgrades if cooking were moved fully indoors; staff advised the applicants to perform cooking outside the enclosed garage and to install a grease trap on the garage sink as required by Public Works.
Commissioners approved a temporary permit to allow the operation on a trial basis and to limit impacts on neighbors. Conditions placed on the permit include compliance with all state and local food‑service and public‑health regulations, installation of a grease trap as required by Public Works, maintenance of sanitation and waste‑disposal practices, limits on hours to Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and a requirement that outdoor cooking occur behind fencing and that the garage remain closed during operating hours to help the site retain a residential appearance. The permit is temporary and will be reviewed in six months.
Commissioners said the temporary permit structure is intended to allow staff and neighbors to observe operations and impacts, and to require upgrades or revocation if problems arise. The building official advised that if cooking were to be conducted entirely inside the garage the activity could be deemed a commercial use requiring fire‑suppression measures.
The commission voted in favor of the temporary conditional use permit; the meeting record shows an affirmative voice vote with no roll‑call tally recorded in the transcript.
