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WOODWARD: Would you like to make a motion? YUEN: I’ll answer the question. I’ll answer the question. IWASHITA: Thank you. WOODWARD: Okay. YUEN: It’s an outright permitted use in a General Industrial zone. It’s permitted with some conditions in a Limited Industrial zone. Examples, there are General Industrial zoned lands. Examples would be Shipman Business Park, Shipman Business Park is the closest location. I believe there are a few, they just recently opened up an increment. There are a few lots in the Shipman Business Park, so that’s the answer to that question. WOODWARD: All right. Let’s see, Shelly Ogata you never speak much so go. OGATA: Well, I’m ready to make a motion. So is there anybody else that -? IWASHITA: Can I? I have a question for the Department. Given the fact that, well, I guess, you know, the special permits in these areas that we do, a lot of them are B&Bs. They are the main kind of use that I see that we’ve allowed. And, you know, for those I don’t really have a problem in terms of the proposed use because we have a shortage of vacation rentals on this island. So, you know, people want to do that, it’s fine. When we’re talking about other types of uses though, again, I go back to the process and where Planning Commission is part of the overall planning proper controlled planning process we have in this County. So in addressing this particular application was the issue of whether or not this use could be done in Shipman Park, for example, addressed? Because I guess in reviewing it I didn’t really see that, you know, that availability of properly zoned land was addressed as an issue and whether or not, what the Department’s position is on that. YUEN: Well, as I tried to explain a little bit earlier, we did look at this as a use that’s very close to permitted uses in the agricultural district, and not something that should be shunted into an industrial area. It’s really a matter of judgment for the Commission as to whether the potential impacts to the neighbors are too great to allow this business to go forward as requested. In our view given its similarity to a range of things that you can do as a matter of right in an agricultural area, we felt comfortable with recommending approval of the special permit. We would like to mention that we would like to add a specific condition that the kennels be located as shown on the site plan to take away the possibility that they would be moved up closer to the property boundaries. MAEDA: Could I just make one comment? WOODWARD: Yes, sir. EXHIBIT A 17