This vacant lot at the southeast corner of Campbell and Ash streets in Baker City is the proposed site for a Taco Bell restaurant.

The Baker City Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing for June 21 to consider an application for a Taco Bell restaurant that could be built later this year at Campbell and Ash streets in Baker City.

Pacific Bells, LLC of Vancouver, Washington, has applied for a site plan review for the restaurant. The proposed site is a vacant lot, covering slightly more than a half-acre, on the south side of Campbell Street.

The restaurant would cover 2,240 square feet and have a drive-thru, according to the application.

The vacant lot is west of Coffee Corral.

The public hearing will be at 6 p.m. on June 21 at City Hall, 1655 First St.

According to the application, the Taco Bell would have 40 seats and would be open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m., from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Sundays.

The application states that construction on the restaurant could start July 10 of this year, with completion by Oct. 9, 2023.

The restaurant would have three work shifts, with a maximum of 12 employees per shift, according to the application.

This is the second application for a Taco Bell franchise in Baker City.

In 2020 a Washington company applied for a site design review for a different property, a 0.91-acre parcel on the north side of Campbell Street near Albertsons store.

That application was filed July 11, 2020, but it was withdrawn later that summer at the applicant’s request, according to the Baker City/County Planning Department.

The applicant wrote in a letter to the department that “we are still working on the access issue and our project is therefore not ready for formal approval.”

The current proposed site is about two blocks west, and on the opposite side of Campbell Street.