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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT NOVEMBER 16, 2017 A regularly advertised hearing on the PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 23 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE,RELATING TO CRITERIA TO DETERMINE A PRE-EXISTING LOT was called to order at 9:54 a.m. in the West Hawai`i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i, with Chairman Keith F.Unger presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Keith F. Unger,Nancy Can Smith, Collin Kaholo, Perry Kealoha, Barbara Nobriga and Sonny Shimaoka ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Scott Church ALSO PRESENT: Malia Ho (Counsel for the Commission), Michael Yee (Planning Director), Susan Gagorik(Planning Program Manager,by phone), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson(Planner), Shancy Watanabe (Planner) and Noriko Sauer(Commission Secretary) And two people from the public in attendance. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR An ordinance amending Chapter 23 (Subdivision Code), Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), Article 11, Section 23-118 relating to criteria to determine a pre-existing lot. The purpose of this ordinance is to add a new criteria to determine a pre-existing lot. UNGER: Agenda Item Number 2, Initiator Planning Director, an ordinance amending Chapter 23, Subdivision Code, Hawai`i County Code 1983, 2016 Edition, as amended, Article 11, Section 23-118 relating to criteria to determine a pre-existing lot. The purpose of this ordinance is to add a new criteria to determine a pre-existing lot. Ms. Jackson? JACKSON: Thank you, Chair Unger. Good morning, everyone. COMMISSIONERS: Good morning. JACKSON: So the next item on the agenda is a Director initiated amendment to the Subdivision Code, and I'm going to do a very brief presentation, but then we also have Susan Gagorik on the phone from Hilo. She is the manager of the division that processes all of our subdivision actions, and so she can answer any technical questions that you have about the proposed amendment. So the Director is recommending this amendment to add a new criteria to determine a pre-existing lot. And just as a little background, prior to the late 90's a landowner could have a survey map drawn up and deed documents and provide that to the Bureau of Conveyances or the Land Court, and then the, it would be recorded, tax map numbers would be issued, and those lots could be sold, and that whole transaction was never reviewed by the Planning Department and it was never 1 DRAFT