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WATANABE: Ms. Song, would you like to come up since the question was directed towards the representative? SONG: I understand the concern about the process. But the reality is the only area th that is going to be designated within a four mile radius which is on, I believe, Paradise or 11 or something, it’s in Paradise Park, it’s unlikely that in the next five or even ten years it is going to be developed, because the development of water would be an enormous problem. So as far as is there going to be an area that’s zoned Industrial within the next five years, it’s very doubtful; and my client is willing at this point to live with this condition. He can’t move right now. You know, it’s a small family business. He would close his doors if he had to move today and if this permit was not granted and this time extension. So he will accept it with the conditions in the permit right now; and if problems arise later then he’ll try to have to deal with that. WOODWARD: Thank you very much. HOUSEL: Mr. Chair? WATANABE: Yes, Mr. Housel. HOUSEL: Yeah, I had a question regarding the language you wanted to add or amend regarding the landscaping requirement, and what it says here is that along all property boundaries. Now I’m looking at the plot plan. Is it clear where that landscaping should go? Is it all the boundaries of the property there, or are there specific areas of the property boundaries? WATANABE: Well, they do have Landscaping Rule 17 in the Planning Department Rules, but I would really defer to staff for a more specific answer. Mr. Yuen, would you care to address that? YUEN: Well, it does refer to all boundaries. And if you think about the situation here, I don’t know specifically if there are persons living on either, the lots on either side. I believe they’re vacant. But the typical use that the owner has in mind of a lot in Paradise Park is to have a home there. And if you just take the overall landscaping rule for the County, if somebody had an industrial lot that was next to a residential lot, it would require, the Rule 17 requires very thick landscaping, it’s the most serious landscaping to screen a lot from the neighbor. And so that’s basically the idea here, is that we do not know what the neighbor wants to do, but typically they would want to build home, and if we’re going to let a warehouse be built next to it then we have a serious landscaping requirement for the adjacent property. HOUSEL: Okay. I was just trying to clarify so that the applicant understood where the landscaping should go. I wonder if that should be put on the site plan or the plot plan to be clear. WATANABE: It’s going to have to go through some approval processes; and as Ms. Song had indicated their original site plan did indicate only a handful of plants, and for whatever reason it was approved, and he did plant those few plants supposedly. So, but they are under the understanding that they need more substantial landscaping at the boundaries. And so I think the process will work itself out. EXHIBITA 6