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a plan to build a retail store; but commercial zoning also allows residential building, multi-family buildings. So, for example, they could then, unless the conditions of zoning, unless they were changed to make it specifically that you have to build a certain type of building, then once you have your zoning, you can change your plan and do something else. So its always important when youre presented with a proposal like this both, we as the staff, and the Commissioners, and the County Council have to recognize this and understand that not to just completely look at what is being presented specifically as the plans of the applicant but what can happen here. This is a, and I think that our write-up and what Jeff has done here explains this pretty well. She has a property that a portion of it is already zoned RM-1. That means that you can build one unit per 1,000 square feet, which works out to about 40 units an acre. Its a pretty dense zoning that allows for apartment buildings to go up. About 20,000 square feet is RM-1 right now? DARROW:Correct. YUEN:All right. It has never been developed with an apartment building and it is averydifficultsitetoactualdevelopasanapartmentbuilding,bothbecauseoftheStreamgoing through it and the drop-off to the Stream, and also it really is a poor location. And I dont know what was in someones mind when they zoned this in the first place; but it is a very sharp curve in Wainaku at this location. What we have, we support what the applicant is trying to do here and we would like to knock out the density of the area, or present zoning, but allow the rezoning of an adjacent area so that she has a bigger site that she can build on. And the end result of this if the rezoning goes through, and the subsequent from the RM-1 area to the RM-10 area goes through, is that there will be something like 4 or 5 units would be allowed on the property; and she can do the project that shes planning to do. And somebody, if that project did not go through, then somebody could do a residential project in there, but with a much lower density than the current zoning. SPRINGER:Thank you, Mr. Yuen. Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA:Yes. A question to Director Yuen. And is that why you put in the conditions about fair share, even though shes only doing a bed and breakfast? YUEN:Well, I believe the fair share applies only to the new, lets see, what did we say on fair share? SIRACUSA:Im looking at the Commissions conditions of approval -. YUEN:Right. That only applies to the area that would be rezoned, which thered be two units possible in that; and then in the end thered be two units possible. And the other portion of it which has no fair share, thats old zoning, its not being, so theres no fair share on that portion. SPRINGER:Other Commissioners, questions of the staff or Director? Thank you, Jeff. Will you be joined by anyone, Ms. Leaird? LEAIRD-OKURA:My husband is going to read, because I cant read it, hes going to read one paragraph that, when we come to it. 4