The Campbell Planning Commission is meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers to hear proposals for a new fitness studio as well as a new restaurant and bar asking for late-night hours and general alcohol sales.
The later is a new restaurant and bar that will be moving in to the former Odd Fellows building at 280 E Campbell Ave. According to the planning documents, the new business is described as a Gastropub and will have "Steam Punk" motif throughout.
The floor plan for the new restaurant includes multiple dining rooms, a lounge area, a primary bar and outdoor patio, with a total of 157 indoor seats and 22 outdoor. The restaurant will tentatively be open 11:00 a.m to 1:00 a.m. daily with patio hours from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Campbell Police expressed concern over the 1:00 a.m. closure, citing that during 2011-12, the highest amount of calls for service came between 1:00 and 1:59 a.m.
The commission is strongly advising a closing time of 12:00 a.m.
Proposed Fitness Studio
The applicant, Gregg Sunday is seeking a fiv-year term limited Conditional Use Permit with a parking modification permit for a new fitness studio within an existing commercial space. The area the studio will occupy is 4,860 square feet, and the proposed hours of operation are from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily. It will function as a one-on-one personal training facility and the anticipated capacity on a daily basis is 40.
The commercial space has a mobile home park to the north and industrial to the south, west and east. The new business will have 26 parking spots per 330 square feet. It is required to have 19 per 250 quare feet. To accommodate for this, Sunday has agreed to have no more than 12 people in the facility at any given time.
Other businesses within the commercial complex include The Alarm Company and Hurricane Art Studio.
