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requires standard restaurant and retail uses on Parcel H to be use by Special Review Use. Financial offices and banks are permitted under the 'mixed use' designation as they are allowed under the PCZD-C and are not otherwise prohibited by the 5th Amendment to the development agreement. As has been discussed during the public hearings for several other recent applications in this general area, Ordinance No. 1289, Series 1998, pertaining to the areas and activities of state interest associated with areas around arterial highway interchanges, applies to this property. The US 36 and McCaslin Boulevard interchange meets the definition of an arterial highway interchange. This property is within the one-mile radius and therefore is within an area of state interest. Unless otherwise waived by City Council, the property is required to receive City Council approval of a 1041 Development Permit prior to the issuance of any building permits. The applicant has submitted a letter requesting that Council waive the 1041 permit requirement. The PUD proposes a building area of 7,132 sf which results in a floor area ratio of approximately 0.107 based upon a lot area of 66,696 sf. The PUD, if authorized, would not exceed the 'Average Floor Area Ratio' of 0.27 as allocated to Parcel H by the Sixth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Development Agreement approved in March of 1996. The Sixth Amendment increased the maximum square footage from 222,200 sf to 245,200 sf. With the approval of the Quality Inn Suites on Lot 2, and more recently Gateway Plaza on Lot 6B, approved square footage is now at 231,708 sf. This proposal would bring the total approved square footage to 238,840. Landscape coverage for the site is 31.6%. Approximately 84% of that coverage is landscaped, with pedestrian plaza and hardscape areas at 15.6%. Total building, parking, and driveway coverage is 68.4%, which is slightly less than the Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines maximum of 70%. The site plan complies with the Commercial Development Design Guidelines and Standards for both building and parking setbacks, with one exception. The trash enclosure on the west side is within the required 10-foot setback. The Planning Commission felt that was an appropriate location as it is directly opposite the dumpster for Ruby Tuesdays and is in an area of minimal visibility with building entrances and parking for both businesses located away from the trash enclosures. The Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines increased the required parking setback to 25 feet. Both Ruby Tuesdays and Outback Steakhouse have parking up to the 20-foot setback established on the overall Parcel H PUD. This site plan complies with the most restrictive setbacks established by both the Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines and the overall Parcel H PUD. It complies with the 50-foot building setback from Dillon Road as established by the overall Parcel H PUD and the 25-foot parking setback from Dillon Road as established by the Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines. There is a gas line that crosses this and other Parcel H lots. Per the recorded easement, not only are structures prohibited from encroaching or projecting into the easement, landscape materials and grading activities are also regulated within the 35-foot easement. 5