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<br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />FEBRUARY 1, 2008 <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the PLANNING DIRECTOR’S AMENDMENT TO <br />CHAPTER 25 (ZONING), HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) <br />REGARDING BOARD OF APPEALS was called to order at 9:52 a.m. in the County of Hawaii, <br />Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii, with Chairman Rodney <br />Watanabe presiding. <br />PRESENT: Rodney Watanabe ABSENT & EXCUSED: Takashi Domingo <br /> Kimo Alameda Rene’ Siracusa <br /> Lani Bowman <br /> Andrew Iwashita <br /> Shelly Ogata <br /> Alvin Rho <br /> Rell Woodward <br /> <br /> <br />Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Christopher Yuen, Planning Director <br />Norman Hayashi, Planning Program Manager <br />Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner <br />Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner <br /> <br />And approximately nine people from the public in attendance. <br />INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR <br />Amendment to Chapter 25 (Zoning), Article 2, Division 3, Section 25-2-35, Hawaii County <br />Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) relating to administrative enforcement. The proposed <br />amendment states that “an appeal to the board of appeals shall not stay the provisions of the <br />(planning) director’s order pending the final decision of the board of appeals.” <br />WATANABE: Agenda Item No. 4 is Planning Director initiated Amendment to Chapter <br />25 (Zoning), Article 2, Division 3, Section 25-2-35, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as <br />amended). Mr. Director. <br />YUEN: This is another amendment to the Zoning Code that deals with <br />enforcement. And this is an aspect that the Commissioners are not normally involved in, so let <br />me give some background on it. Naturally, and you saw we had two individuals here who came <br />for the previous matter who are our zoning inspectors. I should have introduced them; and they <br />do a great job for us, Robert Usagawa and Scott Leonard. So when we get complaints of <br />violations of the Zoning Code, things like somebody running a trucking baseyard out of an <br />agricultural lot, or having chickens in a residential lot, or a junk yard in a residential lot, the <br />inspectors write up a notice of a violation and they file a citation. The Code, the person who has <br /> EXHIBIT D <br />1 <br /> <br />