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COTTLE: We’ll make it short and sweet. Okay. So the County Council is initiating two bills, Bill
<br />191 and 192, to change the permitted uses in the Limited Industrial and Industrial-Commercial
<br />Mixed zoning districts by adding uses that are currently permitted in the Village Commercial
<br />district. So just to give you an example, some of the uses currently permitted in Village
<br />Commercial district would include residences, schools, day care centers, and so by adding in those
<br />to the Limited Industrial and Industrial-Commercial Mixed districts, you are putting in those uses
<br />next to some uses that can cause a lot of noise or odor, more noxious uses like lumber yards,
<br />warehouses. And the Director feels that there should be some separation of uses to keep public
<br />health and safety in mind, and so for that reason he is recommending an unfavorable
<br />recommendation be forwarded to the County Council for both bills. And that’s pretty much all I
<br />have. Are there any questions?
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<br />BEAUDET: Can you restate the last part again? One more time, please.
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<br />COTTLE: From when?
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<br />BEAUDET: Two sentences before the non-approval part.
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<br />COTTLE: Okay.
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<br />BEAUDET: The why.
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<br />COTTLE: Basically, the why is because the Director feels that it’s better to keep a separation of
<br />uses between things like residences, schools and some of the more noxious uses like lumber yards,
<br />warehouses, used car lots. And so that’s the reason why he is recommending unfavorable
<br />recommendations on both bills.
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<br />And each of our background reports includes a list of the uses that are currently permitted in CV;
<br />like if you look at the Bill 192 background report on Page 2, you know, you can see uses, such as
<br />adult day care homes, B&Bs, day care centers, dwellings. So by adding those to, for example, the
<br />Limited Industrial district, you would be putting those uses next to things like warehouses,
<br />self-storage facilities, truck, freight and draying terminals, recycling centers, lumber yards; these are
<br />uses that cause a lot of noise, a lot of truck traffic, a lot of smell, early morning hours.
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<br />BEAUDET: So, with that, just to open dialogue, how does the designated uses here relate to what
<br />we currently have in the Kailua Industrial Area? I mean we have lumber, restaurants, dive shops, at
<br />Kona Commons right next door, there is clubs. Aren’t we currently operating under this proposed
<br />mixture of activities? I mean, and I’m asking this without a clear understanding of the definition of
<br />every type of business that is in the Kailua Industrial Area.
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<br />COTTLE: Yeah, I believe the Kailua Industrial Area, if I’m not mistaken, and correct me if I’m
<br />wrong, is currently zoned Limited Industrial, ML. So, and there are I think three other areas on the
<br />island that are zoned ML, Shipman Industrial, the industrial areas in Hilo along Kanoelehua. So I
<br />think the Director is looking at for adding, you know, things like residences and schools, in the
<br />Limited Industrial district may not be appropriate because those tend to be more noxious uses; but
<br />perhaps adding them, or considering adding some of those uses to the Industrial-Commercial Mixed
<br />district, which is more like the Kona area, might be more appropriate. But we want to work with
<br />Council, and look at each permitted use and see what is and isn’t appropriate for those districts.
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