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maybe we should be working on that aspect of the Zoning Code,but, all right, be that as it may -. That was the reason why when this proposal came up in 97 the Planning Director wouldnt allow it without the General Plan Amendment. But they initiated a General Plan Amendment to High Density Urban for the immediate area and then they processed the change of zone to CG; and, essentially, were doing the same thing. SIRACUSA:Okay. So to beat Commissioner Iwashita to the punch on this that we still do not have a Community Development Plan for this area and things keep coming up, recommendations and requests keep coming up in this area, without a Community Development Plan to address that, it looks to me like were looking at spot zoning. And Im wondering, would you say that its not spot zoning because the Big Island property adjacent has already been or should -. You know, Im wondering if its the same owner do we really count that in as being a consecutive property, that would, according to the rules, not then be spot zoning because its not separated by anything else? Am I making myself clear? YUEN:Yeah -. SIRACUSA:Im not clear myself, so -. YUEN:Well, its not spot zoning if its consistent with the General Plan; and so youchangetheGeneralPlan,itsnotspotzoning.Thatsonething.Andthenitsadjacenttoan existing facility. And we have to get down to the -. SIRACUSA:Yeah, but its their own facility. Its the same owner, you know. YUEN:Yeah, we have to get down to the real life of it, is that it is -. I mean from the standpoint of what is the use of the property, I support it. And we really had no difficulty with it from the beginning. The business is there, its a very busy location. If they had a different site plan, for example, for example if they were doing just parking on the site, we could have done it without a General Plan Amendment. We could have just done a zoning amendment. But because of the production portion of it going on to the site, we had to do the zoning amendment. But as far as just the use of the property, the location along Kekuanaoa Street, which is one of the busiest streets in Hilo, adjacent to existing facilities, just an expansion of the existing facility, we support it as far as the use of the property. We have to be consistent with the Codes, the General Plan; and so were going through this double jump procedure rather than the one jump of the rezone. SIRACUSA:I have another question. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Siracusa, follow-up? SIRACUSA:Yes. I noticed that in our conditions of approval that are before us today, there is no condition related to hours of operation. We have had conditions in the past for other things where we looked at hours of operation and stated specifically what those should be. And considering that we have had a complaint about hours of operation and that in their application it says that during the holidays when theyre increasing production they would be working at night shift also, I am concerned that we havent bothered to put something in about that. 7EXHIBIT C