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ROY: Oh shit, the mic was in the wrong spot. So, if you couldn't hear me that the church is not
<br /> a commercial business, and so that's the big difference right there. The church is, you know, a
<br /> gathering place for congregates to, you know, to pursue faith-based activities, and it is not
<br /> intended to be a commercial activity.
<br /> CLARKSON: Yeah, my understanding after reviewing the Puna Community Development Plan
<br /> is, though, that community facilities, and I assume that churches would be included, were also
<br /> proposed to be concentrated in these village centers. Am I wrong there?
<br /> ROY: I'm not sure. Maybe Jeff can answer that.
<br /> DARROW: The Special Permit allows for these types of public community facilities to be
<br /> located where they are needed in the community. So, there's specific language in the General
<br /> Plan. There's specific language in the criteria for the approval of permits as well as in the
<br /> community development plans, but you're gonna find facilities such as churches and schools are
<br /> the ones that we see most common that come in that need to be located in particular areas in the
<br /> community. They can't just be located somewhere far away from where a school " ." That
<br /> seems to be the main—when it comes to the difference, you had asked the difference between
<br /> this and the church, is that's the issue, is that this is more of a community facility, and people
<br /> may argue well, a massage clinic is a community facility or a gas station is a community facility,
<br /> or a store is a community facility. But, again, there's this difference between the commercial
<br /> nature and the public facility nature of a particular use. This one, as, you know, we're getting
<br /> into the discussion of home occupation. A home occupation is a step down. It's a lower type of
<br /> impact on a, on an area. It's meant to be something that's operated so that the community does
<br /> not know it's even there. So,that if someone drives by, they don't know that's a business.
<br /> And, so, again, there could be discussion on that, but it is much more limited as far as the
<br /> allowance. I think the struggle on this one was, and Michael can correct me if I'm wrong, but
<br /> you're having an applicant come in wanting to build a house that is going to have to be built to
<br /> commercial standards for a commercial structure with the intention to live in there until they
<br /> build their dwelling. Itit just, I mean I understand, and we appreciate that they are doing it in a
<br /> way that is not illegal. It's the correct process, but we are struggling with a number of factors in
<br /> this. Number one, again, the main one is General Plan and CDP. Number two is, is this the
<br /> appropriate location for this? We looked at this, and we struggled with that. Is this a precedence
<br /> we want to set? Is this something that if we approve, that we're going to think, oh my gosh, now
<br /> are we, everybody's gonna think that they can come in—and again, this isn't the primary factor,
<br /> but it is a consideration that we, when we approve permits, there's always this consideration that
<br /> it's not just for one person. The next person coming in will use that as a means of pressure for
<br /> approval. You did it for them, why aren't you doing it for me. And, then, again, you're in the
<br /> agricultural district and understandably, this area is not really known for its agricultural potential,
<br /> but there is laws in place. When you build two dwellings, you have to follow a pattern. The
<br /> Special Permit can take care of some of that. There's just a, there's just a number of factors with
<br /> this application, and this is why, our main factor is when we look at these permits, is this the
<br /> appropriate location set up by the General Plan and the community development plan. Where
<br /> the community development plan really was focusing on not wanting to allow all these Special
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