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RESOLUTION No. 50, SERIES 1999, A RESOLUTION APPROVING A FINAL PUD DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CARRABBA'S ITALIAN GRILL, LOT 3, CENTENNIAL VALLEY, PARCEL L, FILING No. 13, McCASLIN BOULEVARD Sisk called for staff presentation. Paul Wood, Planning Director, stated that Carraba's Italian Grill has requested approval of a final PUD Development Plan for the vacant lot to the north of Chili's. Firegrill restaurant was previously approved as a PUD on this lot in 1996. Firegrill was approved in conjunction with the overall final subdivision plat for Parcel L1, along with a final PUD for Eagle Hardware and Chili's. Overall subdivision improvements, including private access roads and common stormwater detention ponds, were established during that process and are in place. In 1997 and early 1998, Rite Aid and the Bank of Boulder were approved as PUDs and constructed. Since the previous approval for Firegrill, the City has adopted the Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines, which now apply to the development proposal on this property. Ordinance No. 1289 pertaining to the areas and activities of state interest associated with areas around arterial highway interchanges applies to this property. The property is required to receive City Council approval of a 1041 Development Permit prior to the issuance of any building permit. Approval of this final PUD would not waive this requirement. He explained that staff is working to develop a process for reviewing 1041 Development Permits, consistent with State Land Use Commission requirements. The applicant is attempting to maintain the same general site plan as was approved for the Firegrill. The access, circulation and parking remain essentially the same as previously approved. Revisions have been made to the site plan to bring it into compliance with stricter standards in the Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines. The parking setback from the north property line has been increased, and the number of parking islands has been increased in order to meet stricter Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines requirements in those areas. The applicant is requesting an exception to the Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines to the requirement for a ten-foot parking setback, proposing a 7.5-foot parking setback, in order to maintain the drive aisle alignment with Chili' s. Wood stated that staff and the Planning Commission recommend granting this request. The site plan provides good pedestrian access and amenities, including colored concrete sidewalk crossings of the parking lot and a flagstone sidewalk leading to the main entry. There is no outdoor dining area currently proposed; though there are large areas under the covered patio on the north and east sides of the building where bench seating is provided. 30