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If these reasons aren't enough to help you approve our application, I'd like to share one <br /> additional consideration which Zendo alluded to the fact that we have applied for a Special Use <br /> Permit. When we purchased our current home in HPP, both our realtor and loan officers <br /> suggested that we could run our clinic out of the permitted `ohana connected to our home <br /> without any concerns. Several people we know run businesses in the park and in Orchidland that <br /> are not permitted in agricultural zones such as counselors, hairdressers, massage therapists, <br /> acupuncturists, and even another doctor of chiropractic. Following the laws and paying our taxes <br /> has always been important to us. It's part of how we show respect to Hawai`i. As such, please <br /> consider that we are humbly asking permission in advance to operate our business in Orchidland. <br /> when many people's opinion is that engaging in this process is an unnecessary and costly hassle. <br /> I am happy to answer any questions the Commissioners or others may have and thank you for <br /> your time. <br /> RAFFIPIY: Thank you very much. Did the Applicant—have you read that,the Director's <br /> denial recommendation and have anything else to say about that? <br /> KERN: I certainly don't agree with it. I'd be happy to see some conditions on there. I think this <br /> is, this is one of those times that it's a, you know, a Special Permit is " "to people. I know as a <br /> Commissioner, when I sat on there, these were the,these were the applications that I went home <br /> on when I was able to do some heavy lifting that I felt really, really good about. I'm happy to <br /> answer any questions and allow the conversation to go and depending on how its going, we'd <br /> love to chime back in to respond. Deidre, you had a ? <br /> D. IMAGIRE: Yes, I believe the Chair asked if we had any comments regarding the denial, and <br /> I did. I just wanted to share that before we even involved Zendo, we spent about a year looking <br /> for the right property. We knew that we wanted to live on the same property, and we did look in <br /> that Orchidland Drive area. We even looked up farther from there, because we didn't know <br /> exactly where that was, but we guessed that was the area that we would have the most success in <br /> getting permission to have a business. And, what was for sale near there was way out of our <br /> price range. <br /> We also took a look at the areas that had been designated in Hawaiian Paradise Park, and none of <br /> those things were for sale. I think if you wanted to purchase them, you needed to purchase like <br /> several acre block to do some huge development with, and that's simply not, I mean we're not <br /> developers, so, so we did spend a lot of time looking and thinking at what would be the right <br /> place, and that's part of the reason why this lot is on `Ilima Drive. We thought about access to <br /> the highway. We thought about what else is going on there. We thought about the fact that there <br /> is a very popular safety check place down the corner of`Ilima and Highway 130. So, that's <br /> thank you. <br /> RAFFIPIY: Thank you very much. Commissioner Clarkson, you have a question? <br /> CLARKSON: Yes, my question is not for the Applicant, however. It's for Planning staff, and it <br /> relates to—if you could just explain the difference between home businesses and non-home <br /> businesses. Explain how the second farm dwelling permit application process would come into <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> 8 <br />