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1 <br /> Alexandra Bernstein <br /> PO Box 2043 <br /> Kamuela, HI 96743 <br /> 808-885-1911 <br /> August 17, 1998 <br /> • RECEIVED i <br /> flme-----•- BY-7----~.. <br /> Dote-_---------- ~~l.k/-Yd <br /> County Council <br /> /~A C <br /> TO: Dominic Yagong, Chairman <br /> Public Works and Pazks Committee and <br /> Members of the Committee <br /> RE: Proposed Bi11280 <br /> Re: Chapter 3, Hawaii County Sign Code <br /> In the interest of a cleazer, more specific bill, I offer the following changes to the <br /> draft sent out August 6. In order for signage to have as little negative impact upon the <br /> environmental esthetic, which is the chief draw for our main industry, and in order to <br /> present a bill with the greatest possible internal consistency, I suggest language changes <br /> and some different limitations on signs. <br /> Section 3-1(b) <br /> Add item (6): "To address the problem of the proliferation of signs in Hawaii <br /> County that detract from the physical beauty of our island." <br /> 3-3(a)(4) <br /> Specify what category a sign would be in if it were less than 15 inches from the <br /> wall. If it is 1-14 inches, is it a wall sign? <br /> 3-3(a)(9) <br /> Define a window sign. There is a definition for it in the Kailua Village section. <br /> <br /> 3-4(a)(3) <br /> Do NOT condense the districts into two categories. The complexity of the <br /> <br /> ordinance lies with the vaziety of possible signs, not with the vaziety of districts. People <br /> <br /> know what district they aze in; that is not complicated. Keep three categories: districts <br /> <br /> which are wholly residential, districts which are wholly or partly commercial, and <br /> <br /> agricultural districts. By combining them all, you aze merely permitting larger <br /> <br /> agricultural signs; you are not recognizing that the very essence of agricultural land is that <br /> <br /> is it rural. Rural land should look as un-citified as possible; i.e., few signs as possible. <br /> Tot Presented PwPC- <br /> Ret. nee eur, t S 1996 <br /> <br />