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Premier Bank – Site Plan, Zoning Amendment, CUP, and Variances 2 2. CONTEXT: Surrounding Land Use and Zoning The properties to the north and west are zoned Future Central Business (FCB) and are occupied by residential homes. The properties to the east across Highway 61 are zoned Central Business (C-1) and are occupied by commercial uses. The properties to the south are zoned Future Central Business (FCB) and Central Business (C-1) and are occupied by single family homes and a commercial use. This property and the surrounding properties are guided Mixed-Use (MIX) in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The MIX land use classification allows for a mix of residential, commercial, office, and retail, and public/quasi-public uses. This mixed-use area is guided by the Downtown Design Guidelines and is expected to be developed with a mix of uses. 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. 3. 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.