HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Res 1337 - 1984-10-03
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RESOLUTION NO. 1337
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION
DENYING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 14-84 FOR OFF-SALE
BEER AND WINE AT 1200 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
(THE SOUTHLAND COPORATION - 7-11 STORES)
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE:
WHEREAS, an application was duly filed by Southland Corporation,
1240 State College Boulevard, Suite 100, Anaheim, California
92806; and
WHEREAS, the property is described as a portion of Lots 66, 68,
70 and 74 of Block 212, Bay View Tract, Seal Beach, California,
County of Orange, as recorded in Book 8, Pa~e 91 of Miscellaneous
Maps of Orange County, California; and
WHEREAS, the subject property contains approximately 14,700 square
feet and is located at the southeast corner of 12th Street
and Pacific Coast Highway (1200 Pacific Coast Highway);
and
WHEREAS, the subject property contains a single story donut shop
and a one story convenience store (7-11); and
WHEREAS, the surrounding land use and zonine are as follows:
North - A local shopping center in the C-l (Service Commercial)
zone
East - Vacant land in the R-l (Single Family Residential)
zone and an auto sales and service facility in
the C-2 (General Commercial) zone
South - A mixture of single family residences, legal
and legal nonconforming multi-family units in
the R-3 (High Density Residential) zone.
West - The former Zoeter School located in the PLU (Public
Land Use) zone; and
WHEREAS, in 1979, an old service station site at 1200 Pacific
Coast Highway was redeveloped into a Winchell's Donut
Shop and a 7-11 store; and
WHEREAS, on June 18, 1982, the Southland Corporation (7-11 Stores)
applied for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP 5-82); and
WHEREAS, on July 2, 1982, the Southland Corporation requested
that the Conditional Use application 5-82 be continued
due to the impending election to determine if the Seal
Beach School District would merge with the Los Alamitos
School District and the unknowns about the future use
of Zoeter School; and
WHEREAS, on January 5, 1983, the Planning Commission held a public
hearing on continued CUP 5-82 (Southland Corporation).
After much discussion, the item was continued with directions
to staff to provide a readin8 as to what the Los Alamitos
School Board would be planning for the Zoeter School
site in the future (minutes attached). Conditional Use
Permit 5-82 had been considered by staff to be functionally
withdrawn due to the significant period of time that
has lapsed since its last hearing; and
WHEREAS, on July 18, 1984 the Southland Corporation made a new
application for on-sale beer and wine (CUP 14-84); and
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WHEREAS, the Police Department has been contacted on this application
and has stated that if conditions are such that Zoeter
School will remain closed, that they would have no objections
to the issuance of the off-sale beer and wine license.
The Police Department position is that preschool activities
are the same as the school being closed due to parental
and teacher continual supervisioni and
WHEREAS, the current status of the Zoeter School site is as summarized
as follows:
1) The Los Alamitos School Board has declared the site
surplus, and through Superintendent Charles McCully,
has offered the entire site to the City on a five-
year renewable lease arrangementi
2) The City has responded to the District with a counter-
offeri
3) The day-care facility and a nursery school currently
lease a portion of the buildings on a month-to-month
basisi
4) Another organization, the Old Zoeter School Cultural
Center, a non-profit group. is also involved in negotiations.
Their interest is in preserving the building portion
of the site by continuing the day-care and nursery
school uses in the buildings frontinB 12th Street
and Landing Avenue and converting the original building
to commercial uses of a fine arts nature and restauranti
5) The site is surplus and negotiations have begun to
lease and/or acquire the site. The site will not
be reused as an educational facilitYi and
WHEREAS, on August 15, 1984 the Seal Beach Planning Commission
held a public hearing on Conditional Use Permit 14-84
and continued the matter to the next meetingi and
WHEREAS, on September 5, 1984 the Seal Beach Planning Commission
continued the matter to allow the Chief of Police additional
time for researchi and
WHEREAS, on September 19, 1984 the Seal Beach Planning Commission
held a public hearing on Conditional Use Permit 14-84i
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission makes the following findings
regarding the Conditional Use Permit:
1) That the 7-11 Store is within 100 feet of residents
opposing the sale of beer and wine.
2) That the Zoeter School playground is still used by
children and such alcohol sales c.r:eat.es public concerns
for safety.
3) The final disposal of the school is unknown at this
time.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission does
hereby deny Conditional Use Permit 14-84.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the
City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 3rd day
of October ,1984 by the fo 11 owi ng vote: