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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/22/2019 Item 11, Blalock Wilbanks, Megan Subject:RE: council (1308 Monterey Street) From: Amy Blalock < Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:10 AM Cc: Pease, Andy < Subject: Fwd: council Dear Vice Mayor, I wish to introduce myself and speak to you about an upcoming appeal scheduled to be heard this coming Tuesday at the City Council meeting. As a resident owner in the affected property, a Mixed Use building located at 1308 Monterey Street, I am Asking th for your help in upholding the July 10, 2019 decision of the Planning Commission and deny the appeal by Taqueria Santa Cruz for extended hours. The owner/residents of the building believe the Planning Commissioners decision was fair and should not be overturned. I have attached a brief history and some pictures for your review. I would like to meet with you before the Council meeting for 5 minutes at your convenience to explain a few important points. I am available anytime, including weekends for coffee. Please email or call me at 760.799.6468. Thank you, Amy Blalock 1 For years, the Taqueria has had no valid permission to operate after 6:00pm, yet during this period they continuously operated the restaurant and patio area past 11:00pm at night causing great stress and negative impact to the residents caused by the intrusive noise. The loud noise was caused by staff after closing clean up, lingering customers some who had been drinking and out of compliance rooftop equipment. Keep in mind; the other two restaurants in the building were closing promptly at 9:00pm. The commercial restaurant exhaust fan for the Taqueria is located just 11 feet from our bedroom window and for years it has been on record that the noise level of this fan exceeds the legal noise limits for a commercial zone, let alone a residential mixed use zone. For years the Taqueria has dragged their feet to reduce the noise of the fan and to this date, after official noise testing done on 9/24/2019, they are not in compliance. Yet they are asking to extend their hours past the zoning limitations on commericial activities within a mixed use project. The ordinance hours for our Mixed Use Building is between 8:00am and 6:00pm. The owner/residents have been patient and compromising and it shows with us being agreeable to an extremely fair time of a 9:00pm closing for the Taqueria. That is a 3 hour extension for a business that as shown zero effort or respect in working with the owners of the units of our Mixed Use Building, The Mix at Monterey A 9:00pm closing time is a very fair closing time within any Mixed Use building. The two other restaurants are successfully closing at 9:00pm, making sense that all the restaurants and patios and noise will end at the same time within the building. The 9:00pm closing gives all the restaurants time to close up, customers to exit the building and exit the parking lot, staff to clean up, trash removed, fan turned off and staff picked up. While the Taqueria may claim they can close up quickly, this just would not be an accurate statement as they have shown historically. Closing a restaurant is not like closing a retail store, no matter how the Taqueria may wish to present it. They need to close at 9:00pm, to have adequate time before the more severe noise restriction kicks in at 10:00pm. Mixed Use Building hours are set for a reason. They are set to ensure that Commercial uses will not negatively impact residential uses within the project. The Mixed Use zoning for this building is 8:00am – 6:00pm. Please uphold the planning Commissions fair and balanced decision of an extension of a 9:00pm closing for the Taqueria Santa Cruz. r - �:. �; -�": �. ax��� k�� Our bedroom and living room is located 25 feet directly above the Taqueria Santa Cruz patio, front door and garage door Jun 1:.. 2019 at 12.04-.01 PM 1308 Monterey San Luis Obispo CA 93401 United States Jun 13, 2019 at 12.04,34 PM 1308 Monterey 5t San Luis Obispo CR 93401 United States Jun 13. 2019 at 12.04,53 PM 1308 Monterey St San Luis Obispo CA 93401 Uaded Sates GaEifarnia Polytechnic Slate University 5 min (1.4 mi) Steps �. gal t•alf . Taqueria Santa Cruz Foothill location is 1.4 miles from Monterey location. It is open until 12:00am (midnight) for students and community. It is much closer to Cal Poly campus.