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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII 1 •• Jam.-_• ` +• Nw MOf• RESOLUTION NO. 489 20 RESOLUTION GRANTING A VARIANCE FROM CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3-6 (b) (3) & 3-11 (a) (2) (A) (ii) HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), TO ALLOW AN ADDITIONAL GROUND SIGN, MOUNTED IN EXCESS OF MAXIMUM ABOVE GROUND LIMITATIONS ON 74-5035 QUEEN KA`AHUMANU HIGHWAY, TMK NUMBER (3) 7-4-008:055 (ZONED ML-3a). WHEREAS, Mid Pacific Petroleum, the owner (hereinafter "Applicant") of a business on the property identified as TMK No. (3) 7-4-008:055, located at street address 74-5035 Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i, 96740 (hereinafter the "Subject Property"), has submitted to the Director of the County Department of Public Works, an Application for a variance dated May 9, 2019 (hereinafter "Application"); from the number of ground sign limitation of Section 3-6 (b) (3), as well as height limitations of Section 3-11 (a) (2) (A) (ii) of llawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended), for the Subject Property; and WHEREAS, said Application is complete with all information and attachments and fees paid as required under Sections 3-22 and 3-24, Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended); and WHEREAS, the Subject Property is a retail commercial/office building located at 74- 5035 Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i, 96740 which has in excess of four hundred and fifteen (415) linear feet of frontage along Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway; and WHEREAS, the proposed second ground sign will be placed at a maximum height of 17' above the ground at the northwest corner of the property along Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway. WHEREAS, under Section 3-23(a), Hawai`i_ County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended), the variance may be granted where: (1) the variance is necessitated by the peculiarity of the Applicant's outside sign requirements, (2) the adjacent tenants will not be adversely affected inasmuch as they have approved the Applicant's request, (3) the granting of the variance will not unreasonably violate the interest, safety, convenience, or general welfare of the public inasmuch as the proposed sign will identify the location of the Applicant's business premises for the public, (4) a strict application of the terms of the County Code to the Applicant would work an unnecessary hardship and practical difficulty on the Applicant inasmuch as visibility to building signage is severely limited and fuel prices need to he readily visible to passing motorists,