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Planning staff recommends approval of alcohol-license upgrade for Fisherman’s Catch at 1185 S. Victoria Ave.
Summary
Planning staff told the commission they support replacing the restaurant’s ABC Type 41 license with a Type 47 to allow on-site sale of beer, wine and distilled spirits in the 3,359 sq ft Fisherman’s Catch tenant space; staff found the project CEQA-exempt under §15301 and said crime rates near the site are below the city commercial average.
Christopher Morio, the project planner, presented an application for the Fisherman’s Catch restaurant at 1185 South Victoria Avenue (Project No. 265101), asking the planning commission to approve a change from an ABC Type 41 license to an ABC Type 47 license to permit on-site sale of beer, wine and distilled spirits.
Morio said the restaurant occupies an existing 3,359-square-foot tenant space in the Seabird Shopping Center and that proposed hours of alcohol service would be 7 a.m. to midnight daily. He identified Rick Sanchez as the applicant’s primary agent.
“Based on the police report summary, the crime rate within 1,000 feet of the site is less than 50% of the average for commercial property citywide,” Morio said, and staff concluded the site is not considered a policing problem. He also stated the application does not constitute an undue concentration of alcohol sales under applicable city and state standards.
On environmental review, Morio recommended the commission find the project categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under Guideline section 15301 (existing facilities) and said a Notice of Exemption would be filed as part of the permit record.
Staff’s formal recommendation was that the planning commission adopt a resolution approving Planning and Zoning Permit No. 26-510-1, subject to certain findings and conditions. Morio closed the presentation after summarizing prior actions affecting the site, including a Dec. 5, 2002 planning commission resolution (No. 02-106) approving Seabird community construction in the Mandalay Bay Pacific plan area and a Feb. 18, 2010 planning commission resolution (210-04) that permitted on-site beer and wine for a bona fide public eating establishment at this location.
The presentation concluded without a vote recorded in the transcript; the planning commission’s next step, as described by staff, would be consideration of the recommendation and any public testimony and deliberation required under the commission’s procedures.
