Cancer center, Raising Cane’s up for review by city commissioners

CHICO — Planning commissioners on two city panels will conduct citizen overview on development projects in Chico at meetings on consecutive days this week.

Wednesday afternoon, the three-commissioner Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board will go over the design proposed for the Enloe Comprehensive Cancer Center at the southeast corner of Meriam Park. Thursday evening, the full commission will consider a use permit for a Raising Cane’s eatery in the Chico Marketplace parking lot and approvals for a housing development in northwest Chico called Orchard Creek Estates.

Enloe Health has 6½ acres of vacant land at the northwest corner of East 20th Street and Bruce Road to consolidate and expand cancer care services. Plans call for “a three-story medical office building … designed in a contemporary architectural style,” according to the staff report.

Raising Cane’s, a chain of fast-food restaurants known for chicken fingers, intends to open a Chico store on the north side of East 20th Street at the mall. It’s new building with a two-lane drive-thru would take 1.15 acres of the parking lot. Commissioners will review plans along with the application for a use permit.

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The developer of Orchard Creek Estates, Tatreau Construction, proposes a 15-acre subdivision with 74 lots on a total property of 20 acres including the Chico Masonic Lodge on East Avenue. For the project to proceed, the city must approve a rezone, general plan amendment and an environmental declaration that the development would not have serious impacts provided it fulfills prescribed measures for mitigation. Ultimately, the city would need to annex the property that’s currently unincorporated in Butte County jurisdiction.

The Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board generally meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m.; the Planning Commission meets the first and third Thursday at 6 p.m. Meetings are at Chico City Council Chambers, 421 Main St., and open to the public.