The Ukiah Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Wednesday as it considers the plans by the chain Chipotle to open a restaurant on East Perkins Street.

According to the staff report prepared for the June 24 meeting, the chain wants to build a 2,378-square-foot Chipotle Mexican Grill in the vacant lot at the corner of East Perkins Street and Orchard Avenue, across the street from McDonald’s.

Along with the restaurant building, the 18,054-square-foot lot would include two outdoor dining patios, 20 parking spaces, landscaping and a pedestrian walkway to the adjoining Pear Tree Shopping Center.

The business is expected to create 30 to 35 restaurant jobs, and about 25 temporary construction jobs, with the property owner “indicating that the majority, if not all of the sub-contractors, will be local companies.”

The business is seeking three exceptions from the Downtown Zoning Code: it does not have the required building length on the “principal street footage,” which is 70 percent; it will not be two stories, as is also required, and it will have more than double the maximum amount of parking spaces, which is eight.

The Downtown Zoning Code also prohibits what is deemed to be “formula fast-food restaurants,” but the Ukiah City Council last August determined that Chipotle did not fit the definition established in the code and therefore was not prohibited.

At that meeting, Planning Director Charley Stump said it was staff’s opinion that Chipotle was not a formula fast food restaurant because the chain’s buildings varied greatly, their signs varied greatly and their menus were more “guides” than standard menus.

If the permit for the business is approved, the company estimates construction will take four months.

The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the City Council chambers at 300 Seminary Ave.