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Subject: Additional Materials Received
Item No. 3a: Additional Materials Received
Zoning Administrator Hearing— November 28, 2012
Sweet Baby Jane Bakery MUP (PA2012 -138)
From: Patricia Ganz rmailto :bavwindCalinetmail.att. net
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Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:24 AM
To: Wisneski, Brenda
Subject: New bakery - Sweet Baby Jane
Brenda Wisneski, Zoning Administrator -
Thank you for taking the time to consider our comments regarding the above matter. We have been in a
service oriented business, here in CdM (at the same location) for 30 years and have witnessed many changes
and tremendous growth -a few missed opportunities and many successful endeavors. I would like to
comment on the Sweet Baby Jane application. We are greatly concerned about the intensification of the use of
this building, a building that provides no parking whatsoever. In addition to the parking demand of the
proposed bakery, there are residential units in the back that have no parking, plus the other half of the retail
building, which is not yet permanently occupied, will also need parking. It is clear that a bakery with indoor
and outdoor seating intensifies the use of this building much more than a non -food serving commercial / retail
use. The bakery will have cooks and service personnel in addition to customers. The employees will, of
necesssity, park on the street and leave their cars there for the duration of their work shifts, impacting parking in
the area much more than non -food serving commercial retail uses who employ fewer people and cater to fewer
customers. We have seen the parking on the residential streets adjacent to Coast Highway become extremely
congested, as well as any other business parking lots that support the adjacent commercial buildings. People
will park wherever they can find a spot, whether it is partially blocking a driveway or parking in a lot that is
supporting retail or service businesses for a specific building. A food serving use with outdoor dining is simply
an intensification of the use in this building, as well as the surrounding residences and businesses which should
be grounds for disapproval.
Thank you for your consideration.
BayWind Services
3810 East Coast Highway, Ste. 4
Corona del Mar, CA 92625