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PLANNING COMMISSION
<br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII
<br /> HEARING TRANSCRIPT
<br /> AUGUST 2, 2012
<br /> A regularly advertised hearing on the COUNTY COUNCIL BILL 250 AMENDING CHAPTER 25,
<br /> ARTICLE 7, DIVISION 2 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS
<br /> AMENDED) TO INCREASE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, INCLUDING PARKING
<br /> REQUIREMENTS, WITHIN THE DOWTOWN HILO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT was called to
<br /> order at 11:55 a.m. in the County of Hawai`i, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street,
<br /> Hilo, Hawai`i, with Chairman Zendo Kern presiding.
<br /> COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Zendo Kern, Dean Au, Ronald Gonzales, Wallace Ishibashi, Stephen
<br /> Ono and Raylene Moses
<br /> STAFF PRESENT: Ivan Torigoe (Deputy Corporation Counsel), B. J. Leithead Todd(Planning
<br /> Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Phyllis Fujimoto (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle
<br /> (Staff Planner), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), and Sharon Nomura (Secretary)
<br /> And three people from the public in attendance.
<br /> INITIATOR: COUNTY COUNCIL
<br /> Bill No. 250 amending Chapter 25, Article 7, Division 2 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005
<br /> Edition, as amended), to increase residential density, including parking requirements, within CDH,
<br /> Downtown Hilo Commercial District.
<br /> KERN: Okay,No. 7, Initiator: County Council, Bill No. 250 amending Chapter 25, Article 7,
<br /> Division 2 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), to increase residential
<br /> density, including parking requirements, within the CDH, Downtown Hilo Commercial District.
<br /> Daryn, will you be doing the presentation on this?
<br /> ARAI: Yes.
<br /> Kern: Whenever you're ready.
<br /> ARAI: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The County Council referred to the Planning Commission Bill
<br /> No.250 which would amend the Downtown Hilo Commercial Zoned District section of the Zoning
<br /> Code to allow for an increase in density, or permitted density, within the Downtown Hilo District, as
<br /> well as specifying some parking requirements. Now without going into detail about what the bill is
<br /> trying to accomplish, when the Bill first came down to us, upon looking at it we realized that what the
<br /> bill was attempting to accomplish failed to consider other sections of the Zoning Code that -. You
<br /> know, I believe the best way of representing this is the Zoning Code is made up of many different
<br /> parts. When you touch one part of the Zoning Code it affects another part. So you can't just touch one
<br /> section and ignore the rest, because then you create a conflict between sections of the Zoning Code.
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