HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-09 PC Resolution PC RESOLUTION NO. 17-09
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TEMECULA MAKING A LAND USE
DETERMINATION TO ALLOW BREWERY TASTING
ROOMS AS A PERMITTED USE WHEN THE APPLICANT
POSSESSES A TYPE 23 (SMALL BEER
MANUFACTURER) ABC LICENSE AND A
CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USE WITH ANY OTHER
TYPE OF ABC LICENSE WITHIN THE
RESIDENTIAL/LIMITED MIXED-USE AND DOWNTOWN
CORE/DOWNTOWN CORE-HOTEL OVERLAY DISTRICTS
OF THE OLD TOWN SPECIFIC PLAN
Section 1. Procedural Findings. The Planning Commission of the City of
Temecula does hereby find, determine and declare that:
A. Section IV.0 of the Old Town Specific Plan authorizes the Planning
Commission to make a Land Use Determination if a proposed land use is not explicitly
stated in the land use matrix.
B. On March 13, 2017, John Maino requested that the City of Temecula
Planning Commission make a Land Use Determination for Brewery Tasting Rooms
within the Old Town Specific Plan.
C. Brewery Tasting Rooms are currently not expressly allowed in the land
use matrix for the Old Town Specific Plan. A Brewery Tasting Room allows a small
beer manufacturer the ability to market and provide product to consumers in a smaller
commercial setting as opposed to an industrial brewery.
D. The Planning Commission, at a regular meeting, considered the Brewery
Tasting Room land use on May 17, 2017, at a duly noticed public hearing as prescribed
by law, at which time the City staff and interested persons had an opportunity to and did
testify either in support or in opposition to this matter. All evidence, both written and
oral, including the Staff Report dated May 17, 2017 which is hereby incorporated by this
reference, presented during said public hearing was considered by the Planning
Commission in making their determination.
E. The Brewery Tasting Room land use is consistent with the General Plan in
that achieving and maintaining a diverse and desirable balance of land uses can ensure
the City's fiscal viability as well as have positive benefits for community livability and
quality of life.
F. The Brewery Tasting Room land use is consistent with the Land
Use/Economics — Objective 2 of the Old Town Specific Plan to encourage a broad
range of land uses in Old Town that provide a diverse mix of commercial, office, and
mixed use development.
G. The Brewery Tasting Room land use is similar to a Wine Tasting Facility
land use which is a permitted land use in the the Residential/Limited Mixed-Use district
and the Downtown Core/Downtown Core-Hotel Overlay district when an ABC Type 02
(Winery/Winegrower) license has been obtained, and is a conditionally permitted use
with any other ABC license type other than a Type 02 license.
H. A Brewery Tasting Room land use is compatible with the
Residential/Limited Mixed Use district and the Downtown Core/Downtown Core-Hotel
overlay districts in that it provides an additional land use that will create a vibrant public
realm, provide for additional retail opportunities, and is similar in operations and
intensity as other permitted land uses within the Old Town Specific Plan.
I. All preconditions to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred.
Section 2. The Planning Commission hereby determines that the Land Use
Determination of a Brewery Tasting Room within the Old Town Specific Plan is exempt
from from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) in that the determination is for an allowable land use on
unspecified parcels of land and does not have the potential for causing a significant
effect on the environment. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(d) and
15062, the Secretary is hereby directed to cause a Notice of Exemption to be prepared,
executed and filed in regard to the foregoing determination.
Section 3. Land Use Determination. The Planning Commission of the City of
Temecula determines that a Brewery Tasting Room shall be a permitted use when the
applicant possesses a Type 23 (Small Beer Manufacturer) ABC license and a
Conditionally Permitted Use with any other type of ABC license within the Residential-
Limited Mixed-Use and Downtown Core/Downtown Core-Hotel Overlay Districts of the
Old Town Specific Plan area.
Section 4. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City of Temecula
Planning Commission this 17th day of May 2017.
John Telesio, Chairman
ATTEST:
Luke Watson
Secretary
[SEAL]
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Luke Watson, Secretary of the Temecula Planning Commission, do hereby
certify that the forgoing PC Resolution No. 17-09 was duly and regularly adopted by
the Planning Commission of the City of Temecula at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 17th day of May 2017, by the following vote:
AYES: 4 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: TELESIO, TURLEY-TREJO, WATTS,
YOUMANS
NOES: 0 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: 1 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: GUERRIERO
ABSTAIN: 0 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: NONE
Luke Watson
Secretary