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store, but you can also build 35 residential units per acre in a Village Commercial zone. So if there are no special conditions when they come to the Planning Department for the Residential, even though they started off as a Commercial, theyÓre entitled to do it. So we are trying to look very carefully at the potential for something different happening. So, in this particular case, the most extreme thing to do would be to say youÓre limited to an elderly housing facility. I have to say, though, had they come in just for an RM, we probably would have approved it without it being an elderly housing; but we would not have accepted the traffic report which was based on a pattern of, expected pattern of traffic from an elderly housing. There is a big difference in that if most of the people are retired, theyÓre not going to be having the typical commute pattern of get up in the morning, get in your car, drive off to work or take the kids of some leeway on that. So we did tag this though with a special condition that we can change that analysis if they do change the marketing of the project, the scale of the project. I think weÓre going to word the condition on the independent living a little bit differently to be tied in specifically to elderly housing. Normally, we canÓt discriminate by age in housing but there is an exemption in State law for a special, for class of elderly housing. ThereÓs two, thereÓs 55 and over, and 62 and over elderly housing. So we would tie it into that condition in State law which, in turn, follows something in Federal law. And, so, if thereÓs going to be a project thatÓs like that, and we have to, in order to discriminate in favor of elderly people, they have to follow these regulations that is restricted to elderly people. So thatÓs how weÓre dealing with that in this case. But I think the condition needs to always keep in mind that when the Applicant comes forward for a change of zone, unless we say something otherwise, they have the full, will eventually, you know, five or ten years down the road, will have their full range of uses that are possible under that new zoning category. GALDONES:Any more questions of Daryn? Commissioner Springer? SPRINGER:With regard to monitoring the marketing strategy of the Applicant, how extensive does that monitoring, how extensive is the coverage of that monitoring? IÓm looking at the County Environmental Report, page 25, where it indicates that the project will contribute to the attainment of the goals of the Hawaii State Plan and that the increased availability of residential products to Hawaii residents would contribute to the stability, diversity and growth of the local and regional economies. But IÓm wondering the product may be marketed abroad and does monitoring occur to that extent? ARAI:I want to be honest, monitoring at this price, probably about as frequent as when I read the morning newspaper. ItÓs not something we actively monitor. We, knowing the condition in this ordinance, we expect the Applicant to inform the Planning Department should there be a change. But notwithstanding that, we would just have to be a little bit more diligent in monitoring. And it can be in various means, by the papers; and there are other ways we can achieve it. 5