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2,500 or more lots have single-family residences on them and theyre not devoted to agriculture. There are about 10 percent of those built-up lots that are devoted to agriculture. Theres a few scattered churches, schools and a smattering of, I think, unapproved or perhaps approved businesses within the Park. My problem is that not only is it going to affect me personally but once the Commission has started down the road of approving commercial facilities in an area that is not designated for commercial usage, that it will just continue. This is an excellent example of how it happens. It gets approved one time and then in comes another request for another one to make another exception to put a commercial facility in a non-commercially zoned area. Now, in 98, I did not object to the first building of the facility, the current facility. And why? I did receive the letter from their lawyer which said that they were requesting a Special Permit to have a storage facility; and I took that to mean, dumb me, but I took that to mean a building, not four, which it turned out to be four. Well, by the time they builtfourofthem,itwasntalldoneatonetime,itwastoolateformetocomedownand say, hey, wait a minute, you know. It was my own fault for being na³ve and believing the correspondence I received from their lawyer which said a storage facility. I have learned my lesson and thats why Im here today. Im here to object to the continued commercialization. Im here to object to what is going to do to the value of my property. It is a very, very ugly facility, aesthetically. I have what I think is a very beautiful home, well-maintained and well-landscaped; and I would hope that the surrounding properties would be similar. Theres a home being built right next door to me on the Hilo side of my street, which is coming in right now, and a very nice job is being done of it. I just do not want to see, however, the logic used by the Planning Commission back in 98 when they overrode the recommendation of the Planning Department who said dont let it happen. The Commission overrode them and granted approval; and now theyre coming in and asking for yet another approval. And I see no reason to grant it. I see no reason to allow this kind of expansion to continue. Therefore, I have requested a special hearing. And I would be more than willing to go to it and to ask for witnesses to come forward, and to present various issues, which I think need to be addressed. GRAHAM:Thank you. SPRINGER:Commissioner Iwashita? IWASHITA:Madam Chair, I have a clarification. One of the elements for standing includes an interest in property, in the property at issue. And in Paradise Park its my understanding, and I dont know if its a matter of record on how its dealt with with the Commission, but all owners in Paradise Park have an interest in all of the roadways in Paradise Park, which is part of the issue that were dealing with this access and so forth. So, Im just questioning whether or not, it appears to me that each owner in Paradise Park has an interest in the roads that they all share together to get to their properties, so whether if thats sufficient interest in the property at issue here to basically have a clear path to a standing determination. 8