Both the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) Land Use and Planning Committee (LUPC) and the Zoning Administrator heard 320 Sunset within the last week.

The zoning administrator is holding the project open until it hears from the Venice Neighborhood Council. It heard comments but only mentioned that applicant kept adding uses.

The project appears to have started as a bakery and evolved into a restaurant with a sit-down area inside and an outdoor patio. Then onsite sale of a full line of alcohol was added in addition to off-site sales.

Parking was a major concern. Using the planning formula of 65/35 for just the building, the applicant should provide approximately 35 parking spaces. Applicant claimed he had 20 parking credits and had leased the lot next door. His claim is that he can get trash, bike racks, and 25 cars on lot. LUPC said the lot had to be tied to the restaurant.

In addition to lot tie, LUPC said hours for bakery were to be 6 am to midnight; hours for patio to be 8 am to 9 pm Sun-Thu and 8 am to 10 pm Fri and Sat. Patio is located across a 15-foot alley from residential use. Bakery product shipping was limited to 6 am to 6 pm daily.

Off-site sale of liquor was limited to beer and wine with the sale of food to go. Thus it truly would be bagels and beer a go-go at Sunset.

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