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Premier Bank – Site Plan, Zoning Amendment, CUP, and Variances 3 Existing Site Characteristics The property is currently vacant, flat, and it does not appear to have wetlands. The principal structure on the property is a vacant, roughly 1,500 square foot single-family home with a roughly 750 square foot detached garage. The property is landscaped with several overhead deciduous trees and lines of coniferous trees providing screening from the property to the north. 4. BACKGROUND: On April 28, 2022, the Planning Commission gave informal comments on the applicant’s Sketch Plan, agreeing with staff that a neighborhood meeting held with the property owners to provide background on the FCB zoning district and how the area might develop. The neighborhood meeting was held on June 9, 2022. Attendees were given background on the Future Central Business (FCB) zoning district. The zoning of the property is Future Central Business (FCB). The future central business district (FCB) represents transition areas that have been identified as practical and generally suitable for future development as part of downtown. The purpose of the future central business district is to provide a holding zone until a landowner makes application for development, at which time the city may rezone the affected property consistent with the downtown plan, provided the development does not result in the premature extension of public utilities or impede planned road improvements. Residential land uses are allowed to continue pending future redevelopment consistent with the city's downtown plan. In general, the neighborhood was unaware of the FCB zoning of their property and were under the impression that they were all zoned residential. Most of the neighborhood did not want to have commercial in the area. Some of the neighbors were okay with commercial uses in the area. They asked what would need to be done to rezone the property to residential. Staff stated that a petition could be made for the City to consider the rezoning to residential. Staff has not received a petition to date. Premier Bank representatives were at the neighborhood meeting and presented their plan for redevelopment of the property. Some neighbors stated they did not want the access to be on Flay Avenue and the access onto 147th Street would be better. 5. ANALYSIS: A. LEVEL OF DISCRETION IN DECISION-MAKING The City’s discretion in approving or denying a site plan is limited to whether or not the proposed project complies with the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance requirements. If it meets these standards, the City must then approve the site plan. The City has discretion in approving or denying rezoning applications, based on whether or not the proposal meets the standards outlined in the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance requirements. If the City finds that all the applicable standards are met, the