2019-08-15 Leeward Exh B (Amend Zoning Code re Recreation Facility)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT AUGUST 15, 2019 A regularly advertised hearing on the PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 25 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO AMUSEMENT AND RECREATION FACILITY was called to order at 11:31 a.m. in the West Hawaii Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, with Chairman Keith F. Unger presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Keith F. Unger, Nancy Carr Smith, Perry Kealoha, Michael Vitousek and Faith"Faye" Yates ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Scott Church ALSO PRESENT: Malia Hall, Esq. (Counsel for the Commission), Michael Yee (Planning Director), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately eleven people from the public in attendance. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR An ordinance amending Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Articles 2 and 5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), relating to amusement and recreation facility, indoor within the Neighborhood Commercial (CN), Limited Industrial (ML) and General Industrial (MG) zoning districts and relating to major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities in the Single-Family Residential (RS), Double-Family Residential (RD), Multiple-Family Residential (RM) and Neighborhood Commercial (CN) zoning districts. UNGER: Agenda Item No. 3, Initiator Planning Director, an ordinance amending Chapter 25, Zoning Code, Articles 2 and 5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983, 2016 Edition, as amended, relating to amusement and recreation facility, indoor within the Neighborhood Commercial, Limited Industrial and General Industrial zoning districts and relating to major outdoor amusement and recreational facilities in the Single-Family Residential, Double-Family Residential, Multi-Family Residential and Neighborhood Commercial zoning districts. We'll start with a presentation by the Planning Department. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, Members of the Planning Commission. This next agenda item, as mentioned, is a change to the Zoning Code initiated by the Planning Director. This application has gone before the Windward Planning Commission on August 1st and they voted to forward a favorable recommendation to the County Council on this. This basically has been a change that's been in consideration, I would say, for approximately ten years or so; there's been times that this issue has come up. So more recently we thought this is something we need to take care of. As we were going through this, we also looked at the bigger picture and 1 EXHIBIT B