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Communication 634 Bill 165 Page 2 of 3 Chapter 25, article 3, subsection 25-3-1(a), Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended): • Adds a "S, Superstore districts (article 5, division 17)" to Section 25-3-1. Designation of districts. Chapter 25, article 4, section 25-4-51(a), Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended): • Adds the "S" (Superstore designation) to section 25-4-51(a)(3), Commercial uses that require one parking stall for each three hundred squaze feet of gross floor area, and 25-4- 51(a)(11), Industrial uses that require one parking space for each four hundred square feet of gross floor azea. Chapter 25, article 5, section 25-4-54(c), Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended): • Adds the "S" (Superstore) district that requires parking spaces to be paved. Chapter 25, article 5, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended): • Adds a new "Division 17. S, Superstore Districts." - established by change of zone within CG or MCX districts or other areas where CG or MCX zoning consistent with the General Plan. - 15 acres (minimum land area required for S district). - height limitation of forty-five feet. - 20,000 minimum building site area. - ninety feet, minimum building site average width. - front and rear yazd minimums. - landscaping. - plan approval required for all new structures and additions to existing structures in the S district. At the September 5, 2007 Committee on Planning meeting, there were eight members of the public who presented testimony in Kona and one member of the public who presented testimony at the Hilo Council Room. Testifying in Kona were Michael Reimer, Paul Campbell (representing the Sierra Club), Joel Gimpel, Scazlet Bill, Lancelot Bill, Janice Palma-Glennie, Brian Halsey (Market Manager of WalMart), and Marie Aguilar. Planning Director Yuen explained the advantages of establishing a superstore category that aze over and above the zoning categories we currently have for commercial, industrial and mixed zones. Mr. Yuen stated that this proposal grew out of an expression of concern over a superstore or a full service grocery store attached to a department store whose impacts aze different from other types of establishments. The idea behind this, he explained, was if the council wanted to put greater scrutiny on these types of stores they could establish a special zoning district where it would be the only place a store such as this could be developed. In that way, if someone wanted to establish a superstore, they would have to apply for a rezoning and could no longer do it as PC Report No. 46