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Valerie T. Poindexter, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 2 date of Ordinance No. 08 20. Ifanted� the request will allow the water commitment fee to � be paid within one hundred eighty(180) days and conversion of a portion of the existing dwelling on Parcel 25 into offices to be completed within five (5) years from the effective date of the amended ordinance. The applicant originally proposed to use existing structures on the subject parcels to accommodate the office space and related business operations associated with a tour business, to provide parking for employees in a gravel parking area, and to accommodate parking for passenger vans associated with the tour business, seeking to mitigate notice of violations issued to the applicant for the unauthorized parking of tour vehicles on the site. When the zoning was granted, the Planning Director clarified that the CN Zoning District would not allow the subject properties to be used to park more than one (1) tour related minivan on the site. 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. 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.