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YUEN:It’s actually not listed. It’s not an outright permitted use in any zoning district. Every zoning district where it’s possible, you need a use permit even in MG zone. So the one that we permitted a year or two ago in the Kohanaiki Business Park, that is a ML or Limited Industrial zone. The most wide open Industrial zone is a MG; and even in a MG it requires a use permit. MCCALL:Right. But I guess my question is it, in the CV zoning, is it listed as a permitted use with the use permit? YUEN:Yes, that’s why we’re here. MCCALL:So, I mean, I just want to make sure we are able to, we aren’t going pass the law. YUEN:No, that’s why they’re here. As I say in any, a crematorium in any zoning district requires a use permit. A use permit, you know, comes to the Planning Commission and will typically have conditions of the operation. The idea behind the Code is that you have one listing of permitted uses like in a Commercial zone it would be things like retail establishments, banks, you know, restaurants. And, so, they don’t, they just come in with their building plans, and we review them, and they never come to the Commission. There are a handful of things that require, that are possible to do but require use permits because there’s a special scrutiny. The idea is that there is some need for special scrutiny of these; and those do come to the Planning Commission. ALAMEDA:Thank you, Commissioner McCall, for your line of inquiry. Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA:Yes, I was just looking at the hearing transcript and Mr. Raggett was talking about all the various agencies in California that have oversight over crematory operations there; and he talks about air quality, he talks about, of course, the city, and in this case it would be the County with permits, and Consumer Affairs and various other agencies. And he says, “And I’m sure Hawai`i has these same standards.” And I’m wondering, I don’t know who to ask this question of, but my question is, do we, or is California stricter in a lot of ways than we are? Do we have the same kind of standards that would protect the public? Does anybody know? ALAMEDA:The Applicant or -? YUEN:Mr. Darrow has looked at this and there is a Department of Health regulation on this kind of facility. I can’t tell you if the State Department of Health, I can’t tell you if it’s as strict or stricter than California’s; and there’s also EPA that would be in the same nationally. SIRACUSA:Is there a licensed crematory operator? Is there an agency that licenses crematory operators in the State or in this County? Does anybody know? PUBLIC:Actually they don’t. The State of Hawaii recently contracted -. EXHIBIT A 8