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4 The Honorable Dominic Yagong, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 2 organization is served by three employees who are on-site five days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Periodic meetings and classes, related to HIBR business, will occur on the property. Meetings will take place weekly and may include 15 members and guests. Classes will be held 8-10 times a year with a maximum of 18 participants. The applicant is proposing minimal renovations to the existing 1930's -era dwelling. A circular driveway providing a separate ingress and egress from Kino`ole Street is also proposed. On-site parking and landscaping meeting the requirements of the zoning code will be provided. According to the Zoning Code, the purpose of the General Commercial (CG) district is to provide an area suitable for commercial uses and services on a broad basis to serve as the central shopping or principal downtown area for a city or a region. No CG district shall be established until there is a demonstrated need for such action and no two CG districts shall be established in such relationship to each other that they cannot act as one center and yet are too close together to serve two distinct regions. There are two distinct areas in Hilo where General Commercial districts have been established. The first area extends outward from the Downtown Hilo Commercial District (CDH) generally along Kino`ole Street and Kilauea Avenue from Ponahawai Street to Lanikaula Street. Portions of the Waiakea Houselots near the civic center and along Kekuanao`a Street are also included in this area. The second area where CG zoning districts have been established in Hilo is along Puainako Street near Kanoelehua Avenue. The subject property is located within the first area described above where General Commercial zoning has been established. The Change of Zone Application from a Single Family Residential (RS -10) to General Commercial (CG -20) zoned district will conform to the following goals, policies and standards of the General Plan. The General Plan is intended to be used as a policy guide for the coordinated growth and development of all sectors of the County. It sets forth goals, policies, standards and courses of action to accommodate growth without congestion, to designate and preserve the lands needed for residential use, commercial and visitor services, industry, agriculture and open space, and to coordinate these uses with the County's service and circulation systems. The overall goals, policies and standards are set forth to physically plan the lands in the County in the best interest of the island's residents. These state the following: