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(b) The following uses shall be permitted in the MG district: <br /> (1) Agricultural products processing, major and minor. <br /> (2) Airfields, heliports and private landing strips. <br /> (3) Amusement and recreation facility, indoor. <br /> ([3]4) Animal hospitals. <br /> ([4]5) Animal quarantine stations <br /> Purpose of Amendment: This amendment to the section of the Zoning Code identifying <br /> uses allowed within the MG zoning district will include "amusement and recreation <br /> facility,indoor" as a permitted use. (Reasons are discussed below) <br /> Reasons for Amendments: Currently, major outdoor amusement and recreation <br /> facilities, such as race tracks or drive-in theaters, can currently be considered for a Use <br /> Permit within the CN, ML and MG zoning districts, yet indoor amusement and recreation <br /> facilities, which would have smaller apparent impacts given the use's location within a <br /> building, are prohibited in these same zoning districts. The proposed amendments would <br /> simply allow these uses in these additional districts that are considered appropriate in the <br /> other pennitted corm-nercial and industrial zoning districts. <br /> The primary reason for this proposed amendment is to allow indoor amusement and <br /> recreational facilities in the remaining commercial and industrial zones where they are <br /> not currently permitted. These include the Neighborhood Com nercial (CN), Limited <br /> Industrial (ML) and General Industrial (MG) zoning districts. In the last 10+ years, the <br /> Planning Department has seen an increase of requests for health and wellness facilities, <br /> such as CrossFit, weight training gyms, and cardio gyms, as well as martial arts studios in <br /> commercial and industrial zoning districts. The Planning Director is proposing to expand <br /> the options for indoor amusement and recreational facilities by increasing the number of <br /> zoning districts in which they can be permitted. With the limited number of zoning <br /> districts currently available for these types of facilities, they have started operating in <br /> residential and/or agricultural areas where they are not pennitted. <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> The Planning Director recommends that the Leeward and Windward Planning <br /> Commissions send-.a favorable recommendation to the Hawaii County Council <br /> regarding this bill relating to amusement and recreation facility, indoor and major <br /> outdoor. <br /> 5 <br />