Snarf’s Sandwiches is planning to open a new location on Arapahoe Avenue, according to planning documents submitted to the city.

The documents outline a proposed remodeling project at 1852 Arapahoe Ave. that would convert a single-story residential rental building into a sandwich shop with 60 seats inside and 12 on the patio.

The building, constructed in 1910, originally served as a commercial storefront. Later, it was a mixed-used building with dwelling units, a hair salon and a preschool. The building sits on a 7,000-square-foot lot at the southwest corner of the Arapahoe Avenue and 19th Street.

The proposed project is seeking to remodel the building, “to reconfigure the interior space as required to provide adequate facilities, access, and egress to the proposed sandwich shop,” according to the documents submitted to the city’s Planning and Development Services department. The plan includes a reconfiguration of “the existing parking lot to meet current drive lane, back-out, and turn-around standards.”

The proposal also seeks a 65% reduction in parking requirements for the sandwich shop that would operate from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, and serve about 200 to 300 patrons a day.

It potentially could be Snarf’s fourth location in Boulder. The sandwich chain’s flagship store at 2128 Pearl St. closed in March to make way for luxury townhomes at the site.

Snarf’s founder Jimmy Seidel is mentioned as lessee in a document submitted with the site and use review application on behalf of Arapahoe Mercantile Co., LLC. Seidel couldn’t be reached for comment. An email from the chain’s public relations firm stated Seidel was out of the country.

The Boulder Planning Board will hold a public hearing during its meeting Thursday, which starts at 6 p.m. All property owners within 600 feet of the site have been notified.

Planning staff is recommending denial of the request for the proposed conversion to a nonresidential restaurant, because it is not consistent with the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan’s goal of preserving existing housing stock and existing residential uses.