The subject 0.51-acre property is located in the Federal Highway Corridor District of the Community Redevelopment Area (CRA). The property has been vacant since the 2005 demolition of the structure which up until then housed an I-HOP restaurant. The same year, a mixed use project with office, retail and eight townhomes was proposed for the site; application was later abandoned in the midst of the real estate collapse. Note that the Mixed Use Low zoning requested in the previous application (a designation no longer within the City's Zoning Regulations) had a maximum density of 40 dwelling units per acre, twice as high as the maximum density of the currently proposed  MU-1 designation.

Residential use is not part of the subject request. Instead, the applicant proposes a three-story structure to be predominantly occupied by medical offices (for a total of 8,078 square feet), with an additional 1,920 square foot retail space on the first floor and a small, 900 square foot art museum.

The Planning and Development Board recommended approval of the item at the September 25, 2018 meeting.