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minivan on the site. (Planning Department Exhibit 1 —Pages 23-24 of November 2, 2007 Planning Commission Hearing Transcript) Since Ordinance No. 08 20 was granted in 2008, the applicant purchased a property on Kanoelehua Avenue, which is used as a base yard to park tour vans and vehicles. The applicant currently operates a tour business office in an approximately,900 square foot portion of the existing dwelling on Parcel 25 as a Home Occupation (Planning Department Exhibit 2 —July 25, 2006 Home Occupation Declaration). The three (3) • current employees stationed at the office are family members, including the applicant, and all live on the premises. Presently, the business operates through the internet so there is no customer vehicular or foot traffic, there is no signage to indicate the presence of a business, and the applicant understands that they are limited to only one (1) company minivan to be parked on the premises at any one time. The applicant is working toward finalizing a permanent conversion of a portion of the dwelling on Parcel 25 to office uses. The site plan submitted with the application shows a gravel parking lot. There is no gravel parking lot on site and the applicant parks dwelling-related vehicles on a paved driveway. The applicant understands that any additional business-related parking will need to be paved. In addition, the proposed main floor plan submitted with the application indicates a number of bedrooms to be converted to bed and breakfast use. This floor plan was a concept that the applicant considered and rejected and was inadvertently submitted with the application. Once the conversion is complete, the applicant plans to add up to three (3) additional employees, which would no longer qualify the operation as a Home Occupation. Finally, the applicant has future plans to remove the existing dwelling on Parcel 26 and build a new, larger dwelling to operate a bed and breakfast, which is a permitted use in the CN zoning district provided all of the. requirements to operate a bed and breakfast are met. . 2. Reasons for Request: The applicant experienced unforeseen financing issues related to the 2008 economic downturn and health issues that created setbacks to the progress of the project;Since the project was not completed by the administrative time extension deadline of March 10, 2018, the applicant is requesting additional time to complete the -2-