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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 5 Commercial Element: • Provide for commercial developments that maximize convenience to users. • Urban renewal, rehabilitation, and/or redevelopment programs shall be undertaken in cooperation with communities, businesses and governmental agencies. • Distribution of commercial areas shall meet the demands of neighborhood, community and regional needs. • The development of commercial facilities should be designed to fit into the locale with minimal intrusion while providing the desired services. Appropriate infrastructure and design concerns shall be incorporated into the review of such developments. Industrial Element: • Designate and allocate industrial areas in appropriate proportions and in keeping with the social, cultural, and physical environments of the County. • Provide flexibility within the Zoning Code to accommodate emerging new industries. • Industrial- commercial mixed use districts shall be provided in appropriate locations. The applicant's request will be providing residents who live in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates and Hawaiian Ranchos subdivisions and surrounding subdivisions more opportunities for services and employment, which will be located closer to their residence than traveling to Kona, Hilo or other towns for these services. The Urban classification conforms to the standard that the development is within reasonable proximity to centers of trading and employment except where the development would generate new centers of trading and employment. The property is in close proximity of three commercial centers previously approved by Special Permits, which provide employment and offers services to residents in the area, and conforms with the Land Use Commission Rules which encourages urban developments in close proximity to existing developments and in close proximity to existing services and