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cottage home businesses which would have minimum impact upon the appearance of the
<br />area, ag operations, bed and breakfast businesses and eco-tourism should be encouraged.
<br />SPRINGER:And the issue of planning was brought up by the testifiers. And
<br />sitting in the seat so often we’re hearing after-the-fact applications to legitimatize existing
<br />businesses that, from where we’re sitting, this is rather refreshing that we’re hearing of an
<br />application for B&B even as it’s being coming onto line. So in terms of timing and the
<br />planning process, this is a better circumstance than we often have to deal with.
<br />BOUDAR:Right. If I might interject here that originally I planned on just
<br />living in Volcano like everybody else. However, I decided that the economic climate was
<br />better here for my business than on Oahu. And I also have the, like many do, the
<br />possibility of taking care of aged family members down the road. So, you know, I
<br />wanted to be able to build a residence that I could support that for the future and, you
<br />know, in the meantime I do need the economic assistance that a bed and breakfast
<br />operation would provide to make that a reality.
<br />FUJIKAWA:Okay. Any other questions, Commissioners? Graham?
<br />GRAHAM:I think your last comment addresses it a little bit, but I just want to
<br />let you know, for me, this isn’t a real quick and easy decision one way or the other. And,
<br />so, in that sort of situation, one might tend to think, well, maybe some sort of middle
<br />ground is a good thing, you know, like maybe a smaller B&B. But because of what’s
<br />going on, feels like I’m in a, like we’re in a tough spot on that. If you had been already
<br />living in a house for a number of years and you wanted to have some B&B activities in
<br />your house, then it kind of shows that the house is perfectly fine for it without it because
<br />you’ve been living there for awhile. Or, if you hadn’t built it yet and you were coming
<br />in, or weren’t in the process, then we could sort of say, well, why don’t you build it a
<br />little smaller and have it be for two. But it’s kind of like in a situation you’re already
<br />building it for four. So if we say, well, you should only build it for two and that doesn’t
<br />work too good because then, you know, who’s going to go out there and say, oh, you got
<br />three in tonight or something, nobody’s going to do that. So I, somehow I do feel like the
<br />timing of, you know, when you’re building it, when you’re applying for it, and all, that
<br />leaves me in a little bind about any kind of a middle ground response to it. So I just want
<br />to put out that, what my feelings was. If you have any comments on that -.
<br />BOUDAR:Well, my only comment would be is that I could have moved into
<br />the property and then applied in the manner that you’re requesting. However, I thought it
<br />was a courtesy to my neighbors to state my intention upfront that I’m building a
<br />residence, I plan on living there for a very long time, I have family that I need to address
<br />in the future, and I see this as an economically-viable way to do it. The other way would
<br />have, you know, I could have kept my mouth shut, so to speak, to comply with, well, I
<br />really don’t see the difference -. So I’m trying to go about it the legal way, the correct
<br />way and keep it upfront with everybody so that there’s not a question -.
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