2009-10-02 Windward Planning Commission Minutes

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There was no one from the public wishing to testify on the application. It was moved by Commissioner Iwashita and seconded by Commissioner Kern to send a favorable recommendation to the Hawai‘i County Council as recommended by the Planning Department with conditions, along with the revised Conditions B and C, addition of new Condition M, and realphabetizing the remaining conditions. A roll call vote was taken and motion carried with six ayes (Iwashita, Kern, Domingo, Ishibashi, Ogata and Woodward). The Commission took the following item up at 9:25 a.m. with eight people from the public in attendance: APPLICANT: AMERICAN TRADING CO., LTD. (REZ 09-102/SMA 09-35) a.Change of Zone from Limited Industrial 20,000 square feet (ML-20) to Industrial- Commercial Mixed (MCX-20) district for 52,457 square feet of land. b.Special Management Area Use Permit to allow the conversion of portions of the existing buildings for a mixture of warehouse, office and retail-related uses. The property is located at the northeastern corner of the Kalanikoa Street – Kuawa Street intersection, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-32:24. Ms. Cottle oriented the Commission and public of the subject and surrounding properties on the location map and site plan, summarized the requests, and noted the Planning Director’s favorable recommendation to the County Council regarding the change of zone request and approval recommendation on the SMA Use Permit application. Regarding the conditions proposed on the change of zone application, Ms. Cottle said the Planning Director is now proposing: the deletion of proposed Condition G as it duplicates Condition H; the removal of the words “if required” in the second sentence of Condition H (drainage study); the addition of Condition C (backflow prevention assembly); and renumbering of the remaining conditions. The owner of American Trading Company, Ernest Matsumura, and his representative, Sidney Fuke, were in attendance. Mr. Fuke stated the staff’s background report and proposed conditions were acceptable as amended. He said currently the warehouse is being used by the applicant for his office, RCOH (Research Corporation of UH) and Thy Word Ministries. He said the applicant wants to make sure he would not be in violation of the Zoning Code should he increase the amount of office use allowed within the Limited Industrial zone. Upon the Chair’s inquiry, Mr. Fuke clarified that the work to be done will be associated with partition work within the structure. There was no one from the public wishing to testify on the application. 2