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Honorable J. Curtis Tyler, III Councilman Hawaii County Council Page 4 October 22, 2001 the building. This would allow a very high wall sign on any of the tall buildings in Kailua Village. I would suggest that the maximum height for window and projecting signs be measured from the adjacent sidewalk or walkway, so that a second floor business can have a window or projecting sign. The height limit for a wall sign should be increased—the 1994 Master Plan suggested nine feet; I would suggest fourteen feet or half the height of the building, whichever is less. Half the height of the building is too much when dealing with the taller buildings. No height limit is given in the draft bill for marquee signs in the Village. Under the present code, the Planning Department administers the sign code in Kailua Village; the DPW in the rest of the island. The bill changes that so that DPW also administers the code in the Village, apparently for the sake of consistency. The difficulty is that Kailua village signs will all go to the KVDC for review. DPW personnel do not normally attend KVDC meetings, whereas the Planning Department does, for various other reasons. I suggest that we should be trying to create a consistent sign code along the Kaahumanu Highway from the airport to the Village that discourages the use of signs on individual businesses to attract attention. There is a tremendous amount of light industrial development and commercial development currently being planned along this road corridor. The businesses in the Industrial Subdivision that front the Kaahumanu Highway, and those in the adjacent Liliuokalani Trust lands (which is not even covered by the Kailua sign code) have a much greater visual impact on the visitor and the ordinary motorist than those in the heart of the industrial subdivision. Sincerely, C ISTOPHER J N Planning Director` CJY:pak Wpwin60\Chris\Sign Code Comments