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18 1 applicants are willing to live with whatever regulations that the Board of County Commissioners 2 might impose for drive-thrus in the County. The stipulation that is the most problematic, which 3 was never discussed with the staff, is number 2, which says that, "No drive-thru facilities shall 4 be located within 100 feet of an exterior property line, including building, drive lane for the drive- s thru, or parking facilities. He said that this renders any of the pad sites in the site plan unusable 6 and unviable for a use that would require adrive-thru. He said that there was a discussion with 7 staff about five drive-thrus and he thought that there was a compromise that no more than three 8 of those would be for restaurants. This has been reduced to two. In addition, item #4 refers to 9 the type of planting and he said that this would require that the area be at least 10-15 feet, 10 which would dramatically impact the ability of the facility to fit on that site. He asked the Board 11 to consider adopting the language under `S' that the applicants proposed and then establish 12 Countywide guidelines for drive-thrus. 13 Commissioner Carey asked for staff response to the proposed condition 'S' by the 14 applicant. Craig Benedict said that the majority of the setbacks in the EDD zones are 100 feet. 15 The goal with the vegetative strip would be to absorb some of the emissions. Regarding 16 alternate language, staff has noticed the consternation about drive-thrus in the Hillsborough 17 EDD where drive-thrus have been prohibited. There are other sections of the County where 18 drive-thrus are allowed. At the appropriate time, staff will take the direction from the Board to 19 reexamine the drive-thru ordinance. 20 Geof Gledhill said that, with respect to Mr. Perry's proposal, so long as it is written in a 21 way that makes it apply to this permit, it is a good solution. 22 Chair Jacobs said that the Board could refer this to the Planning Board and advertise it 23 for the November 24t" public hearing. He said that Commissioner Nelson is supportive of no 24 drive-thrus and the Planning Board recommended one drive-thru for the entire development. 25 He is sympathetic to Mr. Perry's argument that it is not fair to impose restrictions on this protect. 26 27 Chair Jacobs acknowledged the Planning Board members in attendance. He asked the 28 Manager or Craig Benedict whether the $400,000 in Economic Development money has been 29 secured and Laura Blackmon said that it has not been secured. She suggested that something 30 be put in writing requesting information about this to DOT. 31 Chair Jacobs suggested putting a resolution on the agenda for October 21St and then 32 forwarding it to DOT. 33 Chair Jacobs pointed out typos and grammatical mistakes on the following pages - 69, 34 71, 73, 82, 83, 85, 91, 92, 94, and 96. He gave the corrections to staff. Commissioner Gordon 35 said to also look at page 65, number 12-a. 36 Chair Jacobs made reference to page 69, item #5, about not having smoking within 37 structures. He would like to delete smoking from all structures instead of designated structures. 38 Michael Harvey said, with respect to #5, the applicant has no concern with prohibiting 39 smoking within structures, but they requested language be added to that same section 40 indicating that residential development shall be excluded, so that residents are allowed to 41 smoke in their own homes. 42 Chair Jacobs said that he was confused about transit stops: On pages 85 and 86, #19 - 43 talks about use of parking lots to support car pooling activities. He suggested preferential 44 parking with carpooling so that it is rewarded. 45 On page 86, item 27-d, he asked why there was only 20% compact car parking. Craig 46 Benedict said that there are parking standards. If there is interest to have higher than 20%, 47 then the Board could ask the applicant. Chair Jacobs suggested wording it, "no less than 20%." 48 On page 87, #2, he said that Orange County has a landscape architect on staff and he 49 suggested having them included in these discussions about landscaping.