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MCCALL:Okay, so he is only asking -? DARROW:Thank you for bringing that up. This is a one-acre piece of property. Leilani Estates is mainly made upofone-acre pieces of property. The applicant is requesting to utilize a quarter of the acre or .25 acre of the property. SPRINGER:Thank you. Commissioner Alameda. ALAMEDA:Im just curious, Mr. Darrow, the impetus for legitimizing this repair shop, did that come from the County, or was it on the applicants own accord? DARROW:It was, if you look in the background report, there have been some violation notices issued to the applicant. ALAMEDA:Okay,thankyou. SPRINGER:Thankyou.Commissioners?CommissionerGraham. GRAHAM:Justamorebroad-scalequestiontothePlanningDirector.Itseemslike we all recognize that Puna is a greatly expanding area population wise, and so theyre probably underserved for many industrial/commercial reasons and all. So were seeing before us special permit applications here and there in the area for businesses like this and all. Where is all this going? I mean if four years from now were going to approve 40 of them and theyre all going to get -? Or is there going to be some point when the County is going to say, no, we cant do this anymore this way or -? YUEN:Most of these we have been approving with this five-year condition with the hope that sites, as there is an obvious need for commercial and light industrial sites, that these will develop within zoned areas, or people will seek zoning in certain areas. So, in the General Plan we have that Orchidland area. In Pahoa itself there are some zoned areas and you could locate something like this in vacant zoned lands in Pahoa. Theres a, you can do this in village commercial, you know, a repair shop. Theres a level though, I mean, theres a level of special permit that we would look at as a, you know, as far as an overall framework of special permits. There are -. Let me just wait for this (monthly Civil Defense siren) and itll help me gather my thoughts. SPRINGER:Of course. YUEN:There is a level of special permit that you could actually do in a residentially zoned area as a home occupation. Unfortunately, the Zoning Code says that you need a special permit for these in the Ag District. We need to take a look at that and see if its mandated by the State Land Use Law. And if its not, I would like to amend the Zoning Code so that home occupations in Ag areas essentially follow the same rules as in residential areas. To give you an example of the kinds of things, these are small home businesses. We had a special permit, for example, for a one-person hair stylist shop, a one-seat hair stylist. Weve had special permits for other kinds of home businesses that had they been in a residential area they would have just, they dont need any Planning Commission approval. They just operate as a home occupation. So that will take out a range. This application, and generally a home occupation, 4EXHIBIT B