2021-03-18 Leeward Exh B (USE 21-085)

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VITOUSEK: Oh, I'm sorry, Maija, I'm not still getting used to the little hand thing. I'm sorry, go ahead. Is there a response to that? JACKSON: Yeah, thank you, Chair. So the Planning Department did consider the parking situation. And in the zoning code it states that all uses need to provide their own on-site parking. And so in this case, the applicant is providing the minimum required parking in the zoning code, and so, with that, if that section of Alii Drive, if our county Traffic Division has allowed on-street parking, then it's allowed for anybody. If Traffic has restricted on-street parking in this area, then it would not allow for on-street parking. So the applicant is providing all required parking on site, and the Planning Department did consider that. VITOUSEK: Okay. Commissioner DeFranco. DEFRANCO: I just wanted to bring up the, you know, in the Wastewater portion, number 20, it talks about a permitted cesspool from 1987. And wondering what the requirements is for cesspools and septic tanks now. I mean, is this being considered in this approval? ROY: Well, the Department of Health is the one responsible for regulating the septic systems, and so there is no provision for the Planning Department to force an applicant to remove a septic tank, cesspool, and replace it. And I believe that there is something coming from the state that's moving towards that in the future, but the Planning Department doesn't really have that authority VITOUSEK: But what— ROY: hatROY: Go ahead, Mike. VITOUSEK: What about as a condition of approval for a bed and breakfast use? ROY: Yeah, I'm not clear on what we could require the applicant to do outside of DOH rules, state rules, so—maybe Maija or April can answer that question. VITOUSEK: Sure, I mean I definitely share that concern, given that, you know, a cesspool on the oceanfront lot is basically having a pipe of sewage into the ocean, I mean, the amount of time it's going to take for that sewage to reach the ocean is zero, and especially, if you are adding 10 guests a day, we would be having a pretty big effect. So I think it's worth looking at, while they are in here doing their $150,000 renovation, whether now is the time to request that we convert from cesspool to septic, which will at least slow the leach of waste material into the ocean. Maija, I see the hand again. JACKSON: Thanks, Mike. So the applicant may actually be able to respond to that question a little bit better because they've probably talked to Department of Health to see whether they are going to require a conversion from cesspool to septic with the building permit that's in process for the interior renovations. Sometimes interior renovations don't trigger a conversion and 5 EXHIBIT B