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YEH:I think maybe just to say the location and size of the signs to be approved during Plan Approval process, and then the Applicant and the Planning Department can kind of negotiate what that should be. That might be the most appropriate. And the final say will be with the Planning Department, anyway, so -. GALDONES:Would that be acceptable, Mr. Yuen? YUEN:Id still prefer my wording cause it gives some direction to where were going with this. I mean, in either case, either wording leaves it as a judgment call to the Department when the sign comesin; but I think that the first wording gives a clearer indication of where were going with this. Do we have the Sign Code handy? TORIGOE:Its in the County Code. YUEN:Yes. TORIGOE:Itsnoteasytodecipher. YUEN:Youretryingtoworkonit? TORIGOE:Illjustkindoflookatit. GALDONES:In the meantime, Commissioner McCall? MCCALL:Yeah. My question, I guess, to the Planning Director is just that, I mean, what, since it sounds like this isgoing to go back to discussions in the Planning Department, what is, whats your idea on proper sign -? I mean, since I dontknow what the Code is, I mean, are we talking, you know, 4 ft. by 8 ft., or 1 ft. by 2 ft., or, you know? YUEN:Well, were not talking 4 ft. by 8 ft. and probably bigger than 1 ft. by 2 ft. Its somewhere in between, yeah. I mean, the other thing in my view is that the sign should be directed at the Hilo, you know, in the Hilo direction because from the Site Plan and my expectation from what the Department of Transportation is going to permit is a right-in only that youre not -. You know what, does our condition say that, that theyre limited to a right-in? Because, you know, and the only way to control this at this location is by the direction of the driveway. But I think we should say that the ingress is a right-in only. Otherwise, you have people stopping and turning left off the highway. Were not going to make them do a left-turn pocket, but I dont think they should do a left-turn. And people are just going to have to, people coming from the Volcano direction are going to have to pre-orient themselves and know that this is where theyre going; and if they pass it, theyre going to have to find, make a u-turn. But if you have a sign from, that is trying to attract highway travel coming from the Volcano direction, youre almost inviting people to make a u-turn at the site off the main highway. 16