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TO: County Council FROM: Lee Meyerson 74-5196 Kanai Place, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 DATE: June 16, 2004 RE: Bi11280 Two weeks ago I related to you how business professionals on the mainland use Kailua-Kona as an example of poor signage. Today I would like to address some questions that were raised at that time by members of our business community. There appear to be some misconceptions regarding the term "exempt signs". From my reading of the proposed code the term "exempt" means exempt from the permit process and not exempt from the code. Anyone putting up a sign that falls into the exempt category must still abide by the sign code, but does not have to get a permit for the sign. The reason for this is that the exempt signs are temporary signs that would only appear in a particular location once. No permanent signs are exempt. If a temporary sign is only gang to be up for a short period of time, it seems unreasonable to charge a permit fee and make the applicant submit the proper paperwork sixty days prior to the time they want the sign to go up. Therefore, the permit process would be waived as long as the sign conforms to code. There also appear to be misconceptions with regard to administrative enforcement. The code states very clearly that a notice of violation shall be given and that the order would become final only otter a thirty~ay period. This is to allow for the violation to be corrected and for the violator to appeal the order it that is desired. Fortunately, the County of Hawaii is not a police state and has no intention of fining someone without giving that person sufficient time to either correct the violation or appeal the order. hope that this clears up some misconceptions and that you will pass this revision of the sign code on this, its first reading before the County Council. Comm. No. ~1 Z's~ Ref. To: s Ref. Date