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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> t <br /> <br /> <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> <br /> HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br /> FEBRUARY 1, 2008 <br /> <br /> A regularly advertised hearing on the PLANNING DIRECTOR'S AMENDMENT TO <br /> CHAPTER 25 (ZONING), HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) <br /> REGARDING NONSIGNIFICANT ZONING CHANGES was called to order at 9:07 a.m. in the <br /> County of Hawaii, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii, with <br /> Chairman Rodney Watanabe presiding. <br /> <br /> PRESENT: Rodney Watanabe ABSENT & EXCUSED: Takashi Domingo <br /> Kimo Alameda Rene' Siracusa <br /> Lani Bowman <br /> Andrew Iwashita <br /> Shelly Ogata <br /> Alvin Rho <br /> Rell Woodward <br /> <br /> Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br /> Christopher Yuen, Planning Director <br /> Norman Hayashi, Planning Program Manager <br /> Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner <br /> Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner <br /> <br /> And approximately nine people from the public in attendance. <br /> <br /> INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR <br /> Continued hearing on the amendment to Section 25-2-45, Chapter 25 (Zoning), Hawaii County <br /> Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) with respect to Nonsignificant Zoning Changes. <br /> <br /> WATANABE: We are on Agenda Item No. 1, it's Planning Director initiated amendment <br /> to Chapter 25. I believe this is the second reading, cause I believe the first reading was in the <br /> Kona area. <br /> <br /> YUEN: That's right. This is a matter that the Planning Commission has looked at <br /> before. The first agenda item is a matter that we did take up in December at our Kona meeting. <br /> Because it's a general Code change we normally do this and have meetings on both sides of the <br /> island so that people on both sides of the island have a reasonable chance to testify at the <br /> Planning Commission, and also the Commission can spend a little more time looking at it. This <br /> is a matter that involves something that's in the Zoning Code called a nonsignificant zoning <br /> change. The idea behind it is that administratively the Planning Department, Planning Director, <br /> can adjust boundaries between adjacent zoning districts. And it's called nonsignificant because <br /> they're supposed to be nonsignificant, not major changes in the zoning or the land use. <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br />