The Brentwood Planning Commission on Monday approved a revised site plan for Coastal Grub, a restaurant proposed for 146 Pewitt Drive, and adopted a consent agenda that included five final plats and a minor site-plan alteration.

Staff presented the Coastal Grub proposal as a renovation of the former Local Taco building, including interior kitchen work, a small addition, upgraded windows, new landscaping and planters at the front of the building to provide screening and additional green space. Staff said the project will provide 25 on-site parking spaces and rely on a long-term shared parking agreement for eight additional spaces. The staff report recommends approval subject to the conditions in the packet, including that the shared parking agreement be executed and recorded before any permits are issued and that it remain in place as long as the restaurant use and the building square footage remain unchanged.

Why it matters: The commission’s approval clears the project to move to permitting with conditions that aim to ensure off-site parking is secured and preserved. Shared-parking approvals require a finding under Section 78459, which staff cited as the authority allowing the commission to accept the agreement.

Commissioners asked no substantive questions during the presentation. David Joffe of ESA, representing the applicant, said he had no additional comments but was available to answer questions. Joffe told commissioners, “Not necessarily, but I mean, if you had questions, I’m prepared to answer.” Jay Pennington, identified in the presentation as the applicant’s principal, did not add technical details during the public discussion; Joffe estimated an opening “sometime during the fall.”

Staff noted the project’s open-space calculation in the packet and said it meets the C4 district requirement for minimum open space; the staff packet lists a required open-space figure of 1,366 square feet and a proposed open-space figure of 1,348 square feet (the packet language contains both numbers). The final condition of approval requires the recorded shared-parking agreement before building permits will be issued and that the agreement remain in force while the restaurant use and the building square footage identified in the approval remain unchanged.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of minutes, Dec. 2 meeting — Motion to approve by Commissioner Pippen; second by Commissioner Statnick; outcome: approved. (Recorded as motion, no roll-call tallies provided in the transcript.)

- Consent agenda — Items BPC 2411-006 (Final plat, Sub Seattle Subdivision, 19227 Old Smyrna Road; zoning ARIP), BPC 2412-001 (Final plat, Indian Pointe Subdivision, sect. 1, lot 10, 9212 Cherokee Lane; zoning R2), BPC 2412-002 (Revised hillside protection site plan review, Raintree Forest Subdivision, sect. 5B, lot 537, 9485 Foothills Drive; zoning OSRD), BPC 2412-003 (Minor site plan alteration, Blue Pearl Franklin, Mallory Park Subdivision, phase 2, lot 203, 1569 Mallory Lane; zoning C3 SR), and BPC 2412-004 (Hillside protection site plan review, Crockett Springs Subdivision, sect. 1, lot 141, 725 Andrew Crockett Court; zoning OSRD) — Motion to approve consent agenda by Commissioner Kaplan; second by Commissioner Travis; outcome: approved as presented.

- BPC 2410-6, Coastal Grub, revised site plan (146 Pewitt Drive; zoning C4) — Motion to approve subject to staff conditions by Commissioner Church; second by Commissioner Pippen; outcome: approved subject to staff report conditions.

- December security/financial report (monthly security report as published in packet; increase reported) — Motion to approve by Commissioner Kaplan; second by Commissioner Vitucci; outcome: approved.

Discussion, next steps and conditions

Staff said 17 standard requirements in the packet apply and reiterated the requirement that the shared-parking agreement be executed and recorded before permits are issued. Section 78459 of the municipal code was cited as the provision authorizing the planning commission to accept a shared parking agreement. No amendments to the staff conditions were proposed during the public hearing, and commissioners voted without extended discussion.

The meeting also included a prolonged thank-you to departing city staff member Kirk; commissioners and staff offered remarks of appreciation for his years of service. The meeting adjourned with no further business.

(Quotations in this report are verbatim from the meeting transcript.)