2006-03-31 Planning Commission Minutes

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Regarding pages 3, E-2, Commissioner Watanabe said he was not opposed to the proposed change but expressed his concern of people building up the level of the ground and then setting the height limitation from that level for the home. Mr. Yuen said specifically on Kohanaiki covered by SMA Permit there are two controls: one, a viewplane analysis done from the highway where the requirement is that the development conform to what theyre showing in their viewplane analysis, being able to look from the highway and see the ocean and an agreement with the current developer to moving the development back from the shore, keeping an open space buffer of the golf course between the first row of houses, and coming in at a density much lower than permitted by their zoning. Regarding Page 4, E-5, Mr. Yuen agreed with Commissioner Graham that the Planning Department does want to set aside lands for parks, and open spaces and that he hopes the location of these areas will be determined during the community development plan process.InresponsetoCommissionerSpringersinquiries,Mr.YuensaidthereareState and private lands that he thought should be put in residential expansion and committed to open space, but he did not have a great vision for this area apart from the coastal area being kept open. He added that as far as the ahupuaa that the State owns between Palisades and Kailua-Kona being kept as a type of greenbelt, he hopes this determination will come out in the community development plan process or other kinds of planning. Commissioner Watanabe at this time referred to the Hokulia project and noted one of the terms of the settlement was to seek a rural classification for their lands. Mr. Yuen noted the lands are currently mixed between Extensive Ag and Orchards and he would have to look at the possibility of doing a rural amendment to the General Plan now that the plan is to go to the LUC; noting Hokulia is actually covered in the text of the GP as an approved development but it would be better from the standpoint of map consistency if it were designated Rural in the General Plan. RECESSEDThe Chair called a short recess at 11:07 a.m. RECONVENEDThe meeting reconvened at 11:12 a.m. On the facilities map, Commissioner Siracusa noted the volunteer fire Dept. in Ainaloa Subdivision was left out. In response toCommissioner Springers inquiry, Mr. Yuen said he will report back what volunteer fire station exists between the Kaupulehu station and the Kailua Fire Station. Mr. Yuen noted that the Roadway Maps are meant to guide capital improvement projects in the future and be the primary map for County expansion of roads. He explained that an arterial road is a main road that carries traffic from one region to another; a collector road is one that takes people from an area to another but is a lower classification than an arterial as far as the level of development of roads. He said the maps are conceptual and notmeanttobeexact,andtherationaleistotryandconnectvariousroadways. 4