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BRCCLdfiatedSupasfore.doF3/21/07 <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />BACKGROUND AND RECOMMENDATION <br />INITIATOR: COUNTY COUNCIL <br />AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 25 <br />The County Council is initiating an amendment to Chapter 25 Zoning, Hawaii County <br />Code 1983 (2005 Edition) as amended, relating to Retail Establishments. The proposed <br />amendment would not permit "superstores" in any zoning district. "Superstore" is defined as a <br />business exceeding 90,000 gross square feet, offering for sale more than 25,000 different stock <br />keeping units, and dedicating more than 20,000 gross square feet of floor area to the sale of <br />groceries. <br />1. Background: The County Council has referred a proposed amendment to the Zoning <br />Code to the Planning Director and Planning Commission for their review and <br />recommendation. The proposed amendment would ban "superstores" on the island. A <br />"superstore" is defined as a "business exceeding 90,000 gross square feet, offering for sale <br />more than 25,000 different stockkeeping units, and dedicating more than 20,000 gross <br />square feet of floor area to the sale of groceries." A "stockkeeping unit" is an individual <br />type of sales item. For example, "Campbell's Tomato Soup" is one stockkeeping item, <br />even if the store has fifty cans. The proposed ordinance does not define "groceries", but <br />the councihnember who was the principal sponsor clarified that it means food and liquor. <br />The proposed ordinance would amend the Zoning Code to define "superstore", then state <br />in the definition that a superstore is not allowed in any zoning district. The Council <br />resolution and proposed ordinance are attached as Exhibit A. <br />In essence, the bill proposes to ban the combinafion of a large department store <br />with a grocery store. According to the principal sponsor, the main type of store that this <br />would ban is a Wal-Mart Supercenter. There are about 1,000 such stores on the <br />mainland. Target also operates a type of store similar to a Wal-Mast Supercenter in <br />variety of items and grocery space. According to the councilmember who introduced the <br />-~- <br />