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<br /> CARR. SMITH: Is the County clear about what it is that they're asking you to change? I mean
<br /> that's the point—Barbara, go ahead.
<br /> DEFRANCO: Yeah, I really thought this was about something that was already permitted and
<br /> all that was happening is the idea of acupuncture and chiropractic, which has become quite
<br /> popular, and massage was being separated out so there was a distinction there. They're still all
<br /> permitted in these areas, right? We're just adding, we're just clarifying these other, you know,
<br /> what other people are doing. Isn't that what this is about?We're not defining medical clinics, or
<br /> midwifery, or marijuana, or anything. We're defining that these, in these zones we have all of
<br /> these things are already permitted, all we're doing is giving a name to the chiropractic and
<br /> massage,things that are more popular now that need to be defined. That's what I got of this item.
<br /> Maybe I'm on the wrong page here.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Jeff, do you want to respond?
<br /> DARROW: Sure, that, I mean the bill heading, or the, is exactly what we're trying to achieve
<br /> through this amendment. And again, sometimes when we're amending a particular bill, other
<br /> areas pop up that may consider you know, I mean there, I gotta say there's a myriad of areas that
<br /> we need to change, but we try to work on one area at a time. In this particular amendment we're
<br /> trying to address this use of massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, and other similar uses as well as
<br /> medical clinics which, up to this point,haven't been,there's been some ambiguity in our code
<br /> because there's that part that Tracie had mentioned under the use permit section that says, "and
<br /> other similar uses devoted to the care or treatment of the aged,the sick, and the infirmed. We're
<br /> taking that out and just clearly defining that as a medical clinic and putting that in the areas that
<br /> are either requiring a use permit or a permitted use. We're also clearly separating the use of those
<br /> other health-related uses of massage,chiropractic, acupuncture, and identifying exactly where
<br /> they need a use permit and where they're permitted. That's the intent of this bill. If we can adjust
<br /> accordingly to that, you know like what Commissioner Van Pernis mentioned about requiring a
<br /> use permit for them in the RM zoning, or we can adjust the definition to make it a little clearer in
<br /> the medical clinic, but we want to kind of stay focused on the intent of the bill. This bill is not
<br /> meant to address mobile type uses at all, or,home occupations, or any of those types.
<br /> DEFRANCO: Thank you, Jeff. I just, I just want to also say, I don't think this is a good time to
<br /> be restrictive for any businesses right now. We need all of our businesses to give as much
<br /> permission to them as we can, getting it together after this COVID, after we've been so shut
<br /> down. So, I'm not into restricting massage, chiropractic, or any of those things by bringing it up
<br /> today.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Perry, do you have anything to share?
<br /> KEALOHA: I kind of agree with that last statement, you know as far as we need to be sure
<br /> about how we can keep people in business, not how we can prevent them, and also, I thought it
<br /> was pretty clear in the definition Section 25-1-5. For me it kind of captures everything. It leaves
<br /> room for everything, basically.
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