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HAYASHI: A Special Permit is a permit that is allowed or granted through the Planning Commission for any use that is requested and that is not allowed within the State Land Use Agricultural or Rural districts; and that comes before the Planning Commission. For instance, if you wanted to have a church within a property that is designated Agricultural by the State, and if the property is less than 15 acres and you wanted to establish that church, then you would apply and it will come before this particular body for approval. A Use Permit is a permit that is required for certain uses that are not allowed by the County’s zoned district. And the Zoning Code specifies what kind of uses may be submitted and approved through the Use Permit process. So that’s basically the difference between the two. One is the State, because of the State Land Use Law you’re required to submit the Special Permit for certain uses that are not allowed within the Agricultural and Rural districts. A Use Permit would be on the County level, it’s a County zoning, a permit that is approved as a result of what’s stated in the County Zoning Code. So that’s basically on the County level. DOMINGO: So then an applicant can come in, if a certain use is stipulated and permitted, you can just come in and apply the permit for that and go ahead and build whatever they want to? HAYASHI: That’s correct. If you’re referring to say if a windmill is proposed within the State Land Use Agricultural district and County Agricultural district, that is an outright permitted use, both on the State and County level. So basically what they would do is come in for a building permit. GRAHAM: Any other Commissioners? DOMINGO: You know, one more thing. GRAHAM: One more thing. Commissioner Domingo. DOMINGO: Thank you. For instance, like telecommunication antennas, you can just go in the Agricultural district and put one up, yeah? HAYASHI: Right now, that’s a question that we’re still dealing with -. Prior to this past Legislative session telecommunication antennas were required to obtain a Special Permit if they were within the State Land Use Agricultural district. However, this past session the Legislature adopted the change to the Land Use Law which would allow telecommunication antennas as a permitted use within the State Land Use Agricultural District. There’s some matter of interpretation as to what constitutes an antenna or a tower. So that’s something we’re still trying to deal within our Department. YUEN: Well, the antenna is allowed now, the tower still needs a Special Permit. GRAHAM: Thank you, Mr. Yuen. EXHIBIT C 4