2011-03-17 Leeward Exh C - Bergin

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT MARCH 17, 2011 WILLIAM C. AND PATRICIA C. BERGIN A regularly advertised hearing on the application of (SPP 11-113) was called to order at 10:08 a.m. in the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, Ballroom I, 75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chair Geraldine Giffin presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Geraldine Giffin, Brandi Beaudet, Lani Bowman, Thomas Hickcox, Frederic Housel, Wayne Iokepa and Richard Nelson STAFF PRESENT: Julie Mecklenburg (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Margaret Masunaga (Deputy Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner) and Maija Cottle (Staff Planner) And no one from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: WILLIAM C. AND PATRICIA C. BERGIN (SPP 11-113) Application for a Special Permit to allow the establishment of a kennel and small animal veterinary facility on approximately 1 acre of land situated within a larger 11-acre parcel located within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located subdivision along the northwest (makai) side of Pu‘u Huluhulu Road, approximately 2,200 feet , Lllo, South Kohala, Hawai‘i, Tax Map Key 6-6-005: portion of 013. GIFFIN:Moving right along to Agenda Item No. 2. This is a Special Permit request by William C. Bergin and Patricia C. Bergin for the allowing of the establishment of a kennel and small animal veterinary facility. Maija? COTTLE: Thank you, Madam Chair. Okay, this next application is located in the South Kohala District in the town of Waimea, actually in the is located just west of Pu‘u Huluhulu Road that runs in a kind of northeast-southwest direction here. The property is zoned Agricultural 5 acres, as well as all of the surrounding properties. The General Plan designation is Important Agricultural Land that’s shown in the light green, and all of the surrounding properties are also in the same designation. And the South Kohala Community Development Plan shows the property, also in the see maintained as an agricultural area. And the applicant is requesting to allow the establishment of a kennel and asmall animal veterinary facility on approximately a one-acre portion of an eleven-acre parcel. Specifically, they want to convert an existing 1,500-square foot building into a vet care facility for small animals like cats and dogs; this would be adjacent to the applicant’s residence. And then, they want to also construct a new 2,000-square foot kennel for the small animals to be boarded in overnight if required; this would be constructed next to the existing equine vet facility. And until they come up with the funding to construct the kennel building, they want to use the one of the bays within the existing equine vet center for the kennel purposes. And I’ll show you where those areas are here. This is a 1 EXHIBIT C