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Planning commission approves Hop Secret Brewing expansion, keeps taproom limits
Summary
The Monrovia Planning Commission voted unanimously to amend Conditional Use Permit CUP 2016-04 to allow Hop Secret Brewing to expand manufacturing space into an adjacent unit at 162–164 West Pomona Avenue while keeping its taproom seating and incidental retail below the city's 20% limit.
The Monrovia Planning Commission on March 12 approved an amendment to Conditional Use Permit CUP 2016-04 to allow Hop Secret Brewing to expand operations into a portion of the adjacent unit at 164 West Pomona Avenue and modestly adjust operating hours.
The change increases the brewery's total space from about 2,217 square feet to roughly 3,152 square feet and adds about 935 square feet of manufacturing and storage space. Staff told the commission the taproom will remain at 17 seats and 434 square feet, keeping incidental retail use at about 19.7% of total area, below the city's 20% threshold for incidental retail.
Assistant Planner Austin Arnold told commissioners the brewery's proposal would expand mostly manufacturing and storage space while the taproom footprint would increase by only about 187 square feet, keeping the combined taproom area…
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