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Davidson was pleased to have an independent restaurant opening in Louisville. He liked the architecture and layout and agreed with staff comments. Mayer and Howard agreed with Davidson. Sisk wanted to have Planning Commission and staff look at the parking issues. He did not want cars parking on Century Drive. Keany moved that Council move this onto the Planning Commission, seconded by Mayer. All in favor. DISCUSSION/DIRECTION - FINAL PUD DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A RED ROBIN RESTAURANT ON LOT 6B, CENTENNIAL VALLEY, PARCEL H - MCCASLIN BLVD. Paul Wood, Planning Director, stated that HSG proposed developing a 6,200 sq. fi. restaurant on Lot 6B, Centennial Valley, Parcel H, between Ruby Tuesday and Outback Steakhouse. Parking at 97 spaces slightly exceeded the City requirement. He explained that staff's primary concerns come down to architecture, landscaping, and lighting. Under the new Commercial Design Guidelines, there is a 25' setback from McCaslin for parking, rather than 20'. If Council chooses to allow the 20', rather than 25', staff recommended incorporating additional landscaping and berming. Staff' s initial architectural design comments to the applicant had expressed concern with the relationship of the proposed building style and materials to adjacent buildings. Sign letter heights at 3' were larger than recent approvals for similar buildings in the McCaslin corridor. Staff believes the current lighting proposal would exceed a tasteful level of lighting for the site. They recommend eliminating the roof lighting and reducing the soffit and architectural feature lighting. Davidson called for the applicant's presentation. Craig Cahen, Cahen Architectural Group, P.C., 7535 East Hampton Avenue, #425, Denver, Colorado 80231, remarked that the restaurant would seat approximately 200 people for lunch and dinner in a family- style atmosphere. They have added additional parking lot screening along McCaslin, 23 shade trees 20' on center, additional evergreen screening around the trash and service yard areas. They included pedestrian improvements recommended by staff, such as patterned concrete crosswalks at the main entrance to the site, as well as additional crosswalks connecting the Marriott property, and wooden benches and bike racks out front. Davidson stated that, even though he liked the restaurant's food and atmosphere, this was the ugliest building he has ever seen proposed for Louisville. He suggested they not waste their time going to the Planning Commission or waste their money presenting it. Mayer agreed with Davidson. 6