Hi Scott,
You can try using our "Try It Live application here: Public Notification" to select individual parcels without a buffer. Thus only selecting parcels not buffering them.
To select individual parcels:
Click on the parcel you want to select
Click the +Add adjacent parcel button
Press Ctrl+Map click to select the next parcel (etc, until all parcels are selected)
Click on any selected parcel (all parcels are still selected)
Click on the evelope icon at the top of the popup
Enter 0 as the buffer
Select other parameter options you desire
Click Download
This will give you only the parcels selected.
Please let us know if this satisfies your requirements
Cheers,
Lindsay
(Thanks for coming out to the SIG at UC)