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comply. And I would like to note that he has made attempts to acquire property or to lease property in Pahoa town that is properly zoned for this use. However, the availablespace in Pahoa is rather limited. Much of the Village Commercial zoned area is in the highly, you know, center of town which has existing structures on them, many of which have been used for restaurants or that type of activity, and not necessarily suitable for a car repair business. The only industrial zoned area is the MCX zoning that exists in the new Pahoa Market Place; and Mr. Knight has made an attempt to inquire about relocating there and was unable to do so. He understands the five-year time limit is intended to direct him to a properly zoned area and will make every attempt to do that. In all likelihood Im advising him that he probably will have to look at areas that may be General Planned for industrial or commercial use and try to acquire those and go through a rezoning process in order to obtain a suitable site, just because the available zoned areas, like I said, in Pahoa town are quite limited. SPRINGER:Thankyou.Mr.Knight,doyouhaveanycommentsforus? KNIGHT:No,Idont.MynameisDouglasKnightandIresideat13-1307Malama Street. SPRINGER:Thank you, sir. KNIGHT:I have no questions. I am able to accept the conditions that the Director has established on the yellow form. And if given a specific time period in order to conform with that, we will have plans drawn up to conform with the items as followed. SPRINGER:Thank you, sir. Commissioners, questions for the applicant or their representative? Commissioner Siracusa. th SIRACUSA:Yes. I have here a letter from Mr. Nishimura dated June 9 listing some of the individuals or properties that you had looked at in your search for a legal location. And Im wondering how long ago did you begin this search? KNIGHT:Approximately four years ago. SIRACUSA:It strikes me, well, I dont know. For example, Jeffs Affordable Automobile Repair moved out over a year ago and they were on the parcel with the Pahoa Auto Parts, which are the owners of that parcel. And so that seems if you had, you know, been right on it you might have been able to get in there, the same thing with the Pahoa Market Place, and the Al Smith property. And Im wondering if your inability to find anything was due to lagging or -. Because Ive seen a lot of these properties that would be, you know, good for your type of business and that have been available and empty and unused for quite a while before somebody finally jumped in, like the old Pahoa Hardware Building which is now getting renovated. And so Im wondering about how hard you really looked, you know -. KNIGHT:Quitehard. SIRACUSA:Andhowdoweknowthatyoullcontinuetouseyourbestfaitheffortsto find a more suitable location? And, does it have to be within five miles of Pahoa? I mean, is 7EXHIBIT B