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Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel’s property abutting the makai portion, boundary of the property. The King Kamehameha Mall that most of you are familiar with is located right abutting Parcel 86. And the West Hawai`i Today facility is located one lot away from the subject property. This property lot abutting the subject property to the north is currently vacant. The yellow-shaded area is the existing facility, which is Big Island Honda. There’s an existing parking lot on this section of the property; and this, again, would be Parcel 86. The area under consideration would be these two parcels, Parcel 87 and 88. The Applicant intends to construct an addition to the existing facility, and that’s in this orange- shaded area. The proposed addition is approximately 13,000 square feet in size. The existing, the yellow-shaded area is approximately 10,000 square feet. So the total building will eventually become 23,000 square feet in size. The height of the building would not exceed 25 feet. Within this particular zoned district, the height limit is 30 feet. Parking would also be provided at this location which is currently vacant. This particular property is vacant, and proposed accesses would be from an easement located to the north side of the property. There are two proposed accesses proposed for this development. The estimated improvement cost for this particular development would be, or renovation will be $2.3 million. Previously the existing facility and improvements, existing improvements, were granted under SMA 330 issued back in 1992, and subsequently amended in 1998. As far as the Kailua Village Design Commission, since this particular property is within that district, the Commission did review the proposal, current proposal for expansion, and in November of 2005 recommended approval of the improvements. The current General Plan designation is Medium Density Urban. The current County zoning is Village Commercial - 10,000 square feet. And the estimated distance from the property to the shoreline is approximately 1,000-plus feet. Again, access would be from Kuakini Highway, which currently has a 80-foot right-of-way with a 24-foot wide pavement. Water is available to the property and wastewater would be through utilizing the existing County sewer line. Since the initial Background Report was written, the Department of Public Works, Department of Water Supply and Civil Defense submitted comments. All of you have received those comments since the Background Report was prepared. The Planning Director is recommending approval with proposed conditions. Are there any questions? Yes, Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA:When this was originally approved, you know, what’s there now, was Chapter 17 on Landscaping imposed on it or did this happen before Chapter 17 was written? Because I noticed from looking at the photographs, there doesn’t seem to be any landscaping unless you want to call fields of weeds landscaping, which I don’t. So I’m wondering if there EXHIBIT C 2