TO: Planning Commissioners
FROM: Beth Lindauer, Community Development Director
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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP2026-03); 508 MAIN STREET; REQUEST TO CONVERT AN EXISTING SECOND-FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE TO A RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT IN THE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL (HC) ZONING DISTRICT. APPLICANT- BRIAN HAUGEN
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RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
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1. Conduct a public hearing and consider all testimony; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-20 approving CUP2026-03 subject to the findings and conditions of approval.
Conduct a public hearing for the approval/denial of a Conditional Use Permit to allow the conversion of some existing upstairs floor of a commercially used building in a Historic Commercial (HC) zoning district. Notice of this public hearing was published on July 18, 2026.
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SUMMARY:
Applicant Brian Haugen, on behalf of 20/20 Investments LLC, requests approval of a Conditional Use Permit to convert the existing upstairs portion of the building into a residential apartment while retaining the ground-floor commercial use. The project is an adaptive reuse of an existing downtown building and does not expand the building footprint.
DISCUSSION:
The property is located within the Historic Commercial (HC) zoning district. Pursuant to RBMC Chapter 25, residential dwellings located above the ground floor within the HC District require approval of a Conditional Use Permit by the Planning Commission. The proposal maintains an active commercial storefront while placing residential occupancy on the upper floor, consistent with the intent of the HC District to encourage mixed-use downtown redevelopment.
Red Bluff Municipal Code (RBMC) Section ?25.79 outlines that a Conditional Use Permit shall be required in the Historic Commercial (H-C) zoning designation for residential dwelling use.
The proposal represents an appropriate adaptive reuse of an existing structure. Upper-story residential occupancy increases activity in the downtown area while pr...
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