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The applicants are proposing to establish a community store within the garage of an existing dwelling on one acre. The store would sell a variety of items such as Asian foods, fruits, vegetables, plants, bottled water, soft drinks, ice, toiletries, grocery items, craft, gifts, and it would not sell alcohol or tobacco. The applicants are proposing to operate the store Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is a site plan that shows the existing house in blue. And the garage is attached to the house by way of covered walkways and patios, and the garage is shown in green. There are two driveways into the property. One is off of MakuÒu Drive in this general area here. And then the st other one is off of 31 Avenue. And the site plan shows the driveway here, but when we out on the site visit it was located more in this area here. This is a photo of the house and the garage. So from this view weÓre looking at MakuÒu running st in this direction and then 31 Avenue goes off from MakuÒu here. This is the garage that theyÓre proposing to convert to a store, and then the existing dwelling. There is a, as I mentioned, an access off of MakuÒu that is gated. And this is another view of stst store area here, and then the driveway access off of 31 Avenue. This is a view of 31 Avenue looking back towards MakuÒu, and you can see the driveway on the right side. And this is a view of the back side of the garage area and you can see the closest dwelling is the blue house. st This is a view of MakuÒu and 31 Avenue coming off of the right side of MakuÒu. The property st is just beyond 31 Avenue. The Planning Department is recommending that the permit be denied for a few reasons. One is that we believe that it would adversely affect surrounding properties and change the rural character of the area. I didnÓt put a slide up for this but in the application you can see the applicant took a photo of the store when it was operating previously; and you can see that the use wouldnÓt be contained entirely within the garage. There are three doors that would be raised and they would display items outside of the garage. So you would see the commercial use of the property outside of the structure, which would change the character of the area. Noise from people coming and going in their vehicles would also affect surrounding property owners adversely. The request also is not consistent with not only the Puna CDP but the General Plan policies and goals. And IÓm just going to go forward here. As I mentioned before, there are three areas in the HPP Subdivision that the Community Development Plan had designated for commercial land uses. These are the village centers. And the property is quite a ways away from the closest village center here down MakuÒu. The CDP and the General Plan has policies in it that promote commercial uses to be located in these designated areas. So although the need may exist for a community store in HPP, the Department feels that this isnÓt the appropriate location for the request. Are there any questions? WOODWARD: Commissioner Kern. KERN: Yeah. Maija, could you go back to the County Land Use Map. Do you by chance who owns that property labeled MDU? 2 EXHIBIT A