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Council, then, you know, obviously there is an obligation and there will continue to be applications filed with the Planning Commission and with the County, and this is one of them. And in light of that, whether you have a CDP or, you know, if you’re going to prepare a CDP then generally the CDP is designed to implement and to further provide land use definition to the General Plan. And so obviously you can’t have a CDP that would, you know, if the General Plan designates this area Medium Density then obviously the CDP should not reflect a use like Industrial which would be incongruous with the General Plan, because the overriding document, as I understand, would really be the General Plan and not so much the CDP. So, relative to that, the General Plan designation in this area is Medium Density. It’s basically suggesting some sort of like a Mixed Use. And I would like to just kind of submit that the requested use would be consistent, you know, with the concept of a Mixed Use Medium Density. It’s close to a Residential area. There are performance standards, you know, relative to setback, height and landscaping; and there’s going to be road improvements fronting the property. So I think generally it kind of fulfills the concept of a Mixed Use in this area. And so with that, I think, I’d be more than happy to answer questions. ALAMEDA:Other questions -? WATANABE:Yes. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Watanabe. WATANABE:Just for clarification then, Mr. Fuke. So the application should read basically for 5,400 square feet of Commercial area? FUKE:Well, actually, the application is still for Neighborhood Commercial. They had originally proposed, you know, for graphic purposes to show like what could be done on the property. And the original plan was to have a 7200-square foot structure. But just given what the Code requirements are that that would not be -. WATANABE:Feasible. FUKE:Feasible, correct. And so I just wanted to clarify that. WATANABE:Okay. And, secondly, you know, I’m reading through this and it seems like you, I guess it’s self-imposed, but you’ve put in a 25-foot height restriction? Is that correct? FUKE:It’s not self-imposed. But if this is what the Commission wants then, again, like going back again to the other issue on Dr. Adee’s application since the property is zoned for Single Family Residential then the applicant would have no objection to capping it at the Residential height which would be 35 feet, as opposed to the CN which allows for 45 feet. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA:Yes, two things. One relating to the landscaping, I can’t see it from here if you have indicated any areas for landscaping on your site plan. 3EXHIBIT A