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off-load people without affecting the highways and the public streets. So thats the kind of
<br />control we would have at plan approval.
<br />Now if you wanted to do agricultural tourism that went beyond this level of permitted use, for
<br />example, if you wanted to have a larger facility, or if you wanted to have special events like
<br />weddings, then you would still have to go in the special permit route.
<br />So were, this is our draft bill. Were looking for, I know that, I thought that there were some
<br />people who were going to come and testify. They may have not been able to stay for the end of
<br />this. We have some written comments. None of the square footage limits or the dollar limits, or
<br />the number of visitors are written in stone. All of these are numbered that we, we tried to
<br />balance the various interests and pick numbers, but that can be changed. What were looking for
<br />at this stage is input, discussion, critique of the bill, before we take it up to the County Council
<br />which will make final action on this.
<br />SPRINGER:Is there any discussion? Commissioner Siracusa.
<br />SIRACUSA:Well, I have some questions. I must admit, you know, Ive been sick so I
<br />nevergotachancetoreadthis.Andsoifyoudontmind,DirectorYuen,ifIaskyouthe
<br />questions that I didnt get around to finding out wherein here naught. In terms of, for example,
<br />items for sale, besides say produce and flowers and foliage, would also other items that are sort
<br />of related, like note cards that have photographs of orchids, for example, would that be
<br />considered a proper item for sale in an Ag-tourism gift shop or sales area, or would be allowing
<br />just about anything for sale, whether it had any kind of relationship or not to agricultural
<br />products?
<br />YUEN:We have provisions for nonagricultural product sales and those are, its in,
<br />on page 6, number 7, incidental sales of nonagricultural promotional items, including but not
<br />limited to coffee, mugs, t-shirts, etc., shall be provided; and it said then, provided the items are
<br />specifically promotional to the sites, agricultural activities, and/or products and b) the gross
<br />revenues from the sale of nonagricultural promotional items shall be included with the gross
<br />revenues from the agricultural tourism activities.
<br />SIRACUSA:Thank you. That answers it. Then I had another question as well, and that
<br />-. We had a, I think it was the last Hilo Planning Commission meeting, we had someone who
<br />was hoping for a bed and breakfast operation who said that she had a lot of fruit trees and things
<br />like that, produce growing on the property, that she intended to use in serving the breakfasts.
<br />And I know that on the mainland there have been some very upscale kinds of restaurants and
<br />inns out in the country that have massive vegetable gardens where people can actually walk
<br />through the garden with a basket, pick the produce, take it in, and theyll cook it for you. And
<br />Im wondering if, yeah, Ive seen that in National Gardening Magazine and stuff like that. So
<br />Im wondering if something like that would be also covered in this.
<br />YUEN:Well, if you had a bed and breakfast permit, then you can supply fruits and
<br />produce, uncooked fruits and produce, to your customers, to your guests as part of the bed and
<br />breakfast operation, whether you grow them on site or not. But you cant cook anything for
<br />them with the bed and breakfast permit.
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