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~ o o The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chainnan and Members of the County Council Page 3 dividing line between Medium Density and Industrial on the LUP AG niap. The parcel immediately adjacent to the subject propeliy - the Waiakea Kai Shopping Plaza on Kuawa Street - is zoned MCX although it is in the "Medium I?ensity" block on the LUPAG map. All of the existing uses in the block would be allowed in either the MCX or CN zoning. In 2004, when the adjacent Waiakea Kai Shopping Plaza requested a similar change of zone to MCX, a determination was made that the property was in an area of transition between commercial and industrial uses. The current zoning of the subject property is ML and zoned as s~ch since 1968. The MCX zoning would have a lesser impact to the surrounding area than the ML zoning. The MCX, or mixed industrial-commercial zoning district, was added to the Zoning Code in 1996 after the enactment of the General Plan in 1989. The practice has been to consider MCX as consistent with the Industrial designation on the General Plan, rather than the Medium Density or High Density designations, because the intent of the Zoning Code amendment seemed more to allow some commercial uses within "light industrial" areas, rather than more "light industrial" in commercial areas. The MCX zoning can be attractive to landowners because it provides a somewhat broader range of uses than either the ML or CN zones. Commercial uses not allowed in CN that are allowed in MCX include indoor amusement and recreation facilities and bars and nightclubs. MCX also allows a range of light industrial uses such as warehousing. Without abandoning the general principle that the MCX zoning should be in Industrial designations, the applicant's rezoning request can be considered consistent with the General Plan LUPAG map given that the immediately adjacent property is currently zoned MCX. The Industrial LUP AG designation is immediately across Kuawa Street, there is MCX zoning across Kuawa Street, and the purpose of this zoning is to expand the range of commercial uses allowed within an already existing commercial building. It should not involve a significant change in the present character or appearance of the property or the general area. It is not adj acent to any homes, businesses, or other uses that would seem incompatible with the change of zone.