And no other rooms have door a door structure like this.

This is the only one.

So yeah, again, you I think you're right.

This this was the biggest, the most significant room, but these doors are like incredible.

I mean, real, real historic.

Welcome to the April 14th, 2026 Huntington Beach Planning Commission meeting.

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Thank you.

Chair Bush.

Here.

Vice Chair Babineau.

Present.

Commissioner Thinas.

Here.

Commissioner McGee.

Commissioner Palmer.

Here.

Commissioner Goldberg is absent.

Commissioner Clifford.

We have a quorum.

Now is the time for public comments for items that are not on the agenda this evening.

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Please start on my right.

Nothing to disclose.

I spoke to uh Chair Bush and Councilman Williams.

I spoke to uh Commissioner Thenis and Mayor Pro Tem Twining.

I spoke to Council or yeah, Planning Commissioner almost Councilman uh McGee and Councilman Williams.

I spoke with uh Mayor McKeon, uh Councilman Burns, and uh Commissioner Babino and Commissioner Palman.

I spoke with Commissioner Thienis and Mayor McKeon and Mayor Pro Tem Twining.

Thank you.

Staff, may we please have a staff report?

Yes, Marco Cuevas Associate Planner will be presenting.

Um yes, thank you, and good evening.

Um Chair Bush and Planning Commissioners.

Uh tonight the item before you is the appeal of the zoning and administrators approval of conditional use permit number 25-027 distractions lounge at 166 12 of Beach Boulevard, uh Unit C the request is to permit the on-site sales service and consumption of alcohol.

It's an ABC type 48 license, it's a full alcohol license within it within an approximately 1250 square foot eating and drinking establishment.

Um the business does currently have a type 42 license for on-site on-sale beer and wine.

Uh for the project location.

The site is located on the east side of Beach Boulevard and south of Ohio Avenue.

Uh the subject site has a general plan designation of MSP, which is mixed use specific plan overlay, and is zoned in the um BexEp um Beach and Edinger's corridor specific plan, otherwise known as SP 14.

The surrounding uses um to the north, south, and west share the same general plan and zoning designation.

While the area east of the subject property, um, which would be east of the project and east of the subject property, the following slides would show that in better detail.

Has a um has a subject property designation as um RL or residential low density.

This is our site plan of the area.

The floor plan is or actually the side plan is to your upper uh right.

Uh you could see the um uh property there with the unit suite C to nestled within a corner there.

Um the image to your left would be your floor plan and shows you um basically how the floor plan of the business as it exists now.

Um as far as the ABC locations, uh this slide is provided to show the location of the surrounding businesses that have ABC licenses uh within the proximity of the school.

The school is shown in yellow.

Uh the map and chart indicates the name of the businesses, the type of alcohol license issued, and their distance from the school measured to the nearest property line.

Uh the subject business is noted as number nine on the map, and has an approximate distance of 600 feet.

Um the map also indicates that uh there are other businesses located within a closer proximity to the school.

Um, as we note here, each uh location has the approximate distance and is noted by the numbers on the map.

The uh zoning administrator held a uh public hearing on February 18th, 200 2026 to consider the proposed conditional use permit.

Uh the applicant was present to answer questions.

Uh there were no speakers in opposition to the request.

Uh prior to the zoning administrator hearing, a letter was received from the Ocean View School District requesting that condition use permit 25-027 be denied or for the condition citing the citing the following concerns.