REP PWPC 024 03/18/1997 1996-1998

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS DATE: March 18, 1997 RE: COMM. NO. 181 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:36 p m. Chairperson and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 181, reports as follows: Communication No. 181 is a letter from Project Architect James M. McKeague, dated February 3, 1997, which transmits a sign variance request on behalf of applicant, Ululani Medical Center. The request is for the purpose of allowing a ground sign not to exceed 32 square feet in a residential district. This would constitute a variance from the 6 square feet allowed for ground signs in residential districts in Section 3-2ti of the Hawaii County Code. The sign will be a 30.5 square foot single-sided ground sign upon which the words "Ululani Medical Center" will be mounted. The numbers "868" will be mounted on either side of these words. The sign will be located on the grounds of the Medical Center at 868 Ululani Street and will face Ululani Street. In Communication No. 181, Mr. McKeague notes that although the Medical Center is located in an area zoned residential, it was granted a use permit, Use Permit No. 129, by the Planning Commission to operate a commercial establishment in this zone. Your Committee considered Communication No. 181 at its March 18, 1997 meeting. Mr. McKeague attended the meeting on behalf of the applicant. In addition to the information contained in the applicant's sign variance request, Your Committee also considered a written statement from Mc Wayne Onomura of the County of Hawaii's Department of Public Works' Building Division. In his statement, Communication No. 181.01, Mr. Onomura stated that the Building Division had no objection to increasing the allowable size of this ground sign from 6 square feet to 32 square feet. No testimony in opposition to the application was offered.