2010-08-12 Windward Planning Commission Minutes

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and motion carried with five ayes (Domingo, Kern, Au, Ono with reservations, and Woodward) and one absent and excused (Ishibashi). The Commission took up the following item at 9:52 a.m. with 2 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: WANDA MEURS, M.D. (USE 135) Amendment to Use Permit No. 135, which allowed the establishment of a medical office and related improvements on approximately 12,148 square feet of land situated within the Single- Family Residential-10,000 square feet (RS-10) zoned district. The amendment requests seek an extension of time of three (3) years to Condition No. 4 (complete construction) and deletion of Condition No. 5 (curb, gutter & sidewalk improvements). The project site is situated at 1205 Wainuenue Avenue, across from the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, Pi‘ihonua, South Hilo, Hawai‘i, TMK: 2-3-032: 003 Mr. Darrow oriented the Commission and public of the subject and surrounding properties on the location map and site plan, summarized the request, and noted the Planning Director recommended approval of the application with amended conditions. The applicant’s representative, Jeff Melrose, stated the applicant does intend to build a 2-person medical facility and understands the 3-year timeframe, noting the key issue is maximizing the parking facility. In response to Commissioner Au’s inquiry, Mr. Melrose said he did not know the exact cost of the project, but noted medical facilities are running about $200 a square feet and with construction cost probably more, noting the structure is 2,000 square feet. There was no one from the public wishing to testify on the application. Mr. Darrow at this time pointed out that approval of the use permit does not allow tacit approval for the variance, and if the Commission so desires to grant an additional administrative time extension the word “amended” should be inserted in the first sentence in Condition No. 7. Mr. Melrose stated they did receive the Planning Department’s recommendation and agreed with the proposed conditions, including the amendment to allow for an administrative time extension to avoid coming before the Commission again because of some unforeseen circumstance. It was then moved by Commissioner Kern and seconded by Commissioner Au that the application be approved with conditions, with Condition No. 7 amended to read, “An initial extension of time for the performance of conditions within the amended permit may be granted by the Planning Director upon the following circumstances:”. A roll call vote was taken and motion carried with five ayes (Kern, Au, Domingo, Ono and Woodward) and one absent and excused (Ishibashi).RECESSED – The Chair called a short recess at 10:11 a.m. 5