City of San Clemente

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON JUNE 21, 2023 PUBLIC HEARINGS
WILL BE HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA
RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING:

Conditional Use Permit 22-370 and Minor Cultural Heritage Permit 23-116, Drift Distillery & Kitchen Full Alcohol and Entertainment, 115 S. El Camino Real

A request to allow a restaurant, distillery tasting room with on-site light manufacturing of hard alcohol, with indoor amplified live entertainment at 115 S. El Camino Real. The restaurant will occupy existing commercial floor area, and the project will include minor exterior aesthetic alterations, such as increased landscaping, an attached pergola, and screening of rooftop equipment.

Staff recommends that the project be found categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines (14 CCR§ 15301, Class 1: Existing Facilities).

These applications are on file at the City of San Clemente Community Development Department, 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, California, and are available for public inspection and comment by contacting the Community Development Department at (949) 361-6183. If you challenge these projects in court you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Clemente at, or prior to, the public hearings.

Notice is further given that said public hearings will be conducted by the City of San Clemente Planning Commission and held on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the San Clemente City Hall Council Chambers, 910 Calle Negocio, 2nd Floor, San Clemente, California. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearings or to provide written communication to the Planning Commission to express their opinion for or against the request.

For further information, contact the Planning Division at (949) 361-6183.

Secretary to the San Clemente Planning Commission