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associated with an airport. This amendment will alter and amend the definition, or create the
<br />definition, of primary airport in the definition section of the Zoning Code, as defined by. the
<br />FAA, the Federal Aviation Administration. Also included in the definition is a general list of
<br />accessory land uses that are normally associated with what's called a primary airport.
<br />So to define, "Primary airport" means a publicly owned airport that has more than 10,000
<br />passenger boardings each calendar year, as defined by the FAA. Now, standard accessory uses
<br />for the Primary airports include retail establishments, shopping, duty-free, dining, rentals,
<br />automobile rentals, businesses service that service, businesses that service the airport, offices,
<br />conference centers and hotels—common uses we have all seen.at:.airports, especially rural
<br />airports, across America. The accessory uses must be located onpublicly owned lands and
<br />support airport operations—so that's a key. This amendment will define "Primary airport" in the
<br />definition section of the Zoning Code, as I just defined.�above.,, ,':,-
<br />The County has two international airports—of course; we know—Hilo and Kona. Hilo is situated
<br />within the County's Limited Industrial, or ML, zoning district, and, while,the Kona International
<br />Airport is within the General Industrial, or MG, zoning district. Both are on publicly -owned lands.
<br />These airports are constantly expanding and require '.the need to provide additional services to meet
<br />that expansion. Currently, there is a number of accessory.land uses associated -with the primary
<br />airports but are, that are not permitted within these, that -aren't permitted within the Limited
<br />Industrial and the General Industrial zoning districts—so, °retail establishments, automobile rentals
<br />which are not permitted in MG, offices; busiriess, personal. So the main reason, or the primary
<br />reason, for this amendment is to bring these uses in line -with the.Zoning Code.
<br />Secondary reason for this amendment is that the,Gounty has received a request from the Department
<br />of Transportation, that's a State department, S140 -POT Airports'Division, to allow for conference
<br />centers and for overnight,accommodations, i.e. a hotel, to support airport operations. So that support
<br />of airport operations, means airport:personnel, visitors,_ stranded passengers, and this, of course, is
<br />primarily for the Kona International Airport, ,`A; hotel/conference center is identified at the Kona
<br />International Airport 1 their current master plan, which was updated in 2010. The master plan states
<br />that "many'airports support,lotels onsite in support of flight crews and overnight stays for
<br />passengers -traveling early the next day." In addition, FAA regulations require rest periods for pilots
<br />between flights and the distanceabetween aril available hotel can affect flight schedule. So if they
<br />have to drive all the'way into Kona, so the idea is that this would provide one of those areas for, to,
<br />for the flight crews ,onsite, so they, wouldn't have to travel.
<br />Okay, lastly, this new priinary:airport land use, along with its accessory uses, will be added as a
<br />permitted use only within the County's ML and MG zoning districts. So that's—and then the
<br />requirement along that, the Plan Approval must be secured by the planning director. So this means
<br />that an applicant will need to submit plans to the Planning Department for Plan Approval prior to
<br />any expansion of accessory uses, including the conference center and/or the hotel. The Plan
<br />Approval review will allow the planning director to approve this request, including the requested
<br />accessory uses. Additionally, it will allow them to, allow the planning director to review and
<br />approve the associated elements of each of the use, such as the height of their hotel, the amount of
<br />rooms, parking, setbacks, landscaping, etcetera.
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