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Randy Haisfield, 6528 Columbine Court, Niwot, Colorado, provided a brief history of the project. He stated that he believes the final product will raise the standard for McCaslin Boulevard. He was then available to answer questions. Davidson called for Council comments and questions. Mayer asked Wood for clarification that the Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines require a ten-foot buffered landscape strip on all internal property lines. Wood replied, yes. Mayer expressed concern that this requirement is not met between the shared drive and the drive-through facility, specifically the area between the Outback and the proposed bank. He questioned whether the Fifth Amendment, which prohibited drive-through restaurants, also prohibited drive-through banks. Wood replied, no. Mayer questioned how the drive-through would be screened. Haisfield replied that the landscaped island between the shared drive and the bank ranges from six to nine feet in width. He apologized that the ten-foot requirement was not met; however, he understood that it was a six-foot minimum. He explained that the tree plantings in the island are intended to screen the drive-through in addition to the decreased driveway on the east elevation, which now contains additional landscaping. Mayer asked Wood if the Planning Commission provided any reasons for waiving the standard on the internal buffer. Wood replied that staff did not identify this as a specific variance. He felt the reason for that was because twelve feet of lot area is in an access easement. He interpreted that the internal buffer requirement may not apply to internal property boundaries with multiple- lot PUDs. He apologized that he may have been in error for not directing the applicant to address that. Davidson requested the exact wording from the Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines regarding internal buffers. Sam Light, City Attorney, agreed to read from Section 5.2 of the Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines. He read: "shall provide a minimum of ten foot wide buffer planting strip next to a perimeter or internal property line containing one tree for every twenty lineal feet of property line and appropriate shrubs, ground cover, and/or turf areas." He explained that this is denoted as standard. He continued to read: "this may not apply to internal property boundaries within a multiple lot development to the extent the lots are developed under a single Planned Unit Development Plan and achieve other site design policies of these guidelines." He explained that further down in 16