When Retro Row’s The Hangout closes at the end of the year, it could be replaced by the Orange County-based Everywhere Brewing if the Planning Commission votes to approve it Thursday.

The Hangout has been a staple on Fourth Street for six years, but its owners announced in October that it was moving at the end of this year to a new space in San Luis Obispo.

If the Planning Commission approves a conditional use permit Thursday, Everywhere Brewing could take over the 3,500-square-foot retail space and convert it into a new tasting room.

The brewery’s location in Orange serves several styles of beers ranging from pilsners and lagers to sours and stouts. It also offers a variety of hard seltzers including some seasonal items such as an eggnog and peppermint bark seltzer.

Everywhere Brewing needs the conditional use permit to allow for the sale of alcohol to be consumed onsite as well as to-go sales. Documents submitted to the city show it intends to offer crowlers and four-packs of their 16-ounce beer cans.

The company will continue to brew its beer at its Orange location as the proposed tasting room won’t include on-site alcohol production.

Everywhere’s proposal doesn’t qualify for a “by right” approval that it would have if it planned to brew at the proposed Retro Row location.

On Tuesday, a representative of the brewery said they would not comment on the proposal until the project moves forward.

Plans submitted to the city call for mostly minor alterations to the interior of the space, like the conversion of an existing counter to a bar top with 17 seats as well as new booths and seating throughout the interior and the outdoor patio space.

There won’t be a kitchen on site but the plans call for prepackaged snacks. The location is also expected to provide coffee and pre-packaged food service starting at 7 a.m. before beer comes available at 11 a.m. Last call for alcohol would happen at 10:30 p.m. nightly and  the business would close at 11 p.m., according to the proposal.

The outdoor patio area would be required to close at 10 p.m. nightly.

While city codes would typically require a business like this to provide parking spaces for the business, a state law (Assembly Bill 2097) prohibits parking minimums being assigned to businesses that are located near high-quality transit.

The Planning Commission is expected to vote on the conditional use permit at its Dec. 21 meeting that is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.