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time of Plan Approval review, which is required whenever these uses try to establish themselves;
<br />the Planning Director at her discretion could say, you know, she could lower the parking
<br />calculations as she may deem necessary. But because crematoriums and funeral services could be
<br />so tightly intertwined, we wanted to leave it at the higher calculation and allow for discretion to a
<br />lower calc by the Director.
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<br />WHITTEMORE: Along that same line, we just a couple of months ago approved that one
<br />relocation of the crematorium, and what was the parking requirement for that, do you recall?
<br />Because it wouldn’t even come close to 75 square feet. I think they only had three stalls, as I recall,
<br />or something like that, or it was kind of predetermined.
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<br />ARAI: Right. Right off hat I don’t have, I mean, it’s something I can -. Maybe Maija has
<br />something for me.
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<br />WHITTEMORE: It seems kind of onerous truthfully, but I guess in the scope of what they have to
<br />do, they will be actually having services, I think; it sounded like the one that we approved, they
<br />would have services at that location.
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<br />ARAI: If it was just a crematorium outright, there was no clear definition, or parking calculation
<br />assigned for crematorium. So given the zoning of that area, we would apply, maybe have applied
<br />just a commercial type of calculation, or commercial calculation, which is one per 300 square feet
<br />of floor area. But that is where the planner reviewing for Plan Approval will have to make the
<br />determination whether -. If it is an assembly, then they have to determine when to apply the 75 and
<br />when not to apply the 75.
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<br />GIFFIN: Any other questions of Daryn? Hearing none, I do. So in that same regard, Daryn, by
<br />definition, when you are going through getting all of, you know, this information for us, by
<br />definition, a crematorium is simply that, right, where they cremate?
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<br />ARAI: Yes.
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<br />GIFFIN: Okay, versus a mortuary, which could have assembly, as you were saying earlier.
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<br />ARAI: Right. But I understand -. When I did some search on the Internet, there are times when
<br />crematoriums could have viewing areas or they may have special services right before the body is
<br />cremated. And it’s really hard for us to figure out when, you know, so it really depends on the
<br />operator. If they have a concern regarding the type of calculation that is applied, then the burden is
<br />on them to demonstrate to the Planning Department why we should apply a lower calculation based
<br />on a precise activity that they are doing. But every operator has their own services, and nuances
<br />behind services are very, needs to managed, I guess.
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<br />GIFFIN: And mortuaries can cremate as well, right?
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<br />ARAI: Yes. I think Dodo Mortuary in Hilo, if I’m not mistaken, they do have a crematory right
<br />within their entire facility. So, you see how it can be so tightly integrated that it -.
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<br />GIFFIN: BJ?
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