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REQUEST FOR SIGN VARIANCE Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center Piihonua, South Hilo District, Hawaii 1 APPLICANT The subject sign is for the Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center, a private long-term intermediate care and skilled nursing facility. The Applicant-owner is Hilo Medical Investors Ltd., a Georgia corporation that is affiliated with the owner of the Life Care Center on Kawailani Street. The Applicant leases the premises from the State. 2 LOCATION The sign would be located on the business premises in Piihonua, South Hilo District, Island and County of Hawaii, along Waianuenue Avenue across from Hilo Medical Center (TMK 2-3-31: 21) (see Exhibit A). The 9.173-acre parcel is zoned Residential (RS-10). The County Planning Commission issued a Use Permit for the project in 1993 (USE #117). 3 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED SIGN Purpose and Content. The purpose of the sign is to provide identification to people approaching the facility in their vehicles or walking along the street. The sign will read, "Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center". Type of Sign and Dimensions. The sign would be an unlighted, double-sided ground sign (see Exhibit B). The sign dimensions are as follows: o Sum of letters (including space between letters): 6.61 s.f. (6'9" x 8" (line 1) + 6'4" x 4" (line 2)) o Area of lettering (including space between lines): 9 s.f. (6'9" x 1'4") o Area of wall: 46 s.f. (5'11" x 8' trapezoid) Materials. The lettering will be mounted on a stone wall. The lettering consists of bar mounted aluminum letters painted a gold enamel finish (see Exhibit C). Sign Location. The sign will be located 13' from the front property line in the landscaped area between Waianuenue Avenue and the porte cochere (see Exhibit D). The sign will be oriented perpendicular to the street to maximize the viewing distance from either approach direction(as compared to a sign parallel to the street which can be viewed only when nearly fronting the sign). 4 NATURE OF REQUESTED VARIANCE The sign ordinance permits one ground or wall sign per parcel in the residential district, not 1