(A) The Zoning Administrator shall hear and decide applications for permits for the sale of alcoholic beverages, as defined in Cal. Business and Professions Code § 23004, for on-premises consumption.
(B) The Zoning Administrator may grant an alcoholic beverages permit under this chapter if he or she makes a finding that the following four conditions exist:
(1) The site for the proposed sale of alcoholic beverages is designated for restaurant, craft brewery, micro distillery or winery, liquor lounge, café or eating place uses as defined in this title;
(2) The sale of alcoholic beverages is necessary or desirable for the development of the community, is in harmony with the various elements and objectives of the General Plan and is not detrimental to existing uses or to uses specifically permitted in the zone in which the proposed use is to be located;
(3) The site for the sale of alcoholic beverages is adequate in size and shape to accommodate said use and all of the yards, setbacks and walls or fences, landscaping and other features are adequate to buffer said use from existing or permitted future uses on other land in the neighborhood; and
(4) The site for the sale of alcoholic beverages relates properly to streets and highways and said streets and highways are designed and improved to carry the type and quantity of traffic generated by the proposed use.
(`78 Code, § 17.99.020.) (Ord. 3302 § 6, 2019; Ord. 3201 § 6, 2015; Ord. 2157 § 3 (part), 1993; Ord. 2047 § 1 (part), 1991.)