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PLANNING COMMISSION
<br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII
<br /> HEARING TRANSCRIPT
<br /> MARCH 1,2012
<br /> A regularly advertised hearing on the PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 25
<br /> (ZONING CODE)OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED),RELATING
<br /> TO CREMATORIUMS,FUNERAL HOMES,FUNERAL SERVICES AND MORTUARIES,was called to
<br /> order at 10:18 a.m. in the County of Hawaii, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street,Hilo,
<br /> Hawai`i,with Chairman Zendo Kern presiding.
<br /> COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Zendo Kern,Dean Au, Takashi Domingo, Wallace Ishibashi, Stephen Ono
<br /> and Raylene Moses
<br /> STAFF PRESENT: Ivan Torigoe (Deputy Corporation Counsel), B. J. Leithead Todd (Planning Director),
<br /> Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Phyllis Fujimoto (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), Jeff
<br /> Darrow (Staff Planner), and Sharon Nomura (Secretary)
<br /> And eight people from the public in attendance.
<br /> APPLICANT: PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED
<br /> Amendment to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition,as amended),
<br /> relating to crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services and mortuaries.
<br /> KERN: Applicant, Application No. 7, Planning Director initiated amendment to Chapter 25,Hawai`i
<br /> County Code,relating to crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services and mortuaries. Jeff?
<br /> DARROW: Thank you,Mr. Chairman. This is a Planning Director initiated amendment to Chapter 25,the
<br /> Zoning Code. Previously or recently there was a County Council initiated amendment to the Code,regarding
<br /> crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services and mortuaries. And basically the County Council was trying to
<br /> bring them together instead of having them separated,and to allow them a greater flexibility in zoning districts.
<br /> Through that process the Planning Director had made recommendations,as well as the Planning Commission,
<br /> and forwarded up those recommendations. In the process when these requested amendments had made their
<br /> way up to County Council it was unclear as to the correct process of how these amendments were to be
<br /> incorporated into the draft bill. So in response to that the County Council has requested to continue the original
<br /> bill forward and has asked the Planning Director to initiate a separate bill incorporating those simple
<br /> amendments that we had requested previously. And so that's all these are,those three requested amendments to
<br /> that original Bill 90 that will incorporate the Planning Director's and the Planning Commission's requested
<br /> amendments for funeral homes, funeral services, mortuaries and crematoriums.
<br /> They're very simple, if I could just touch upon them. Basically the first one is just,there was a section in the
<br /> Code that it's just a cleanup. There were areas where we just needed to bring everything in line; and these are
<br /> just very simple changes,hopefully nothing too complex. But if there are any questions, we can work with
<br /> those. Thank you.
<br /> KERN: Thank you,Jeff. Are there any questions for staff? Hearing none,thank you, Jeff. Anybody want to
<br /> make a motion? Oh, one second. There is nobody from the public signed up to testify on this one. Now I'm
<br /> ready to entertain a motion. Commissioner Au?
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<br /> Comm. 672
<br /> Bill 232
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