2008-07-08 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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She noted that the applicant would be constructing the entire internal driveway system, including the upper portion not yet under design review, as part of its development of the lower portion of the property. She also noted that due to the relatively steep grade of the site’s terrain, the parking areas and buildings were terraced to allow practical use of the site. Ms. Newlon described the proposed development as having the following features: Three buildings having a total gross floor area of 10,205 square feet. Two buildings are intended for restaurant use, and one is intended for retail and possibly restaurant use as well, including a “drive-through” lane. 68 parking stalls are provided on the entire site including three accessible (ADA) stalls, plus two loading stalls per zoning code requirements. The three buildings have stucco exteriors with pitched roofs, aluminum roofing with non-glare, baked enamel finishes, decorative copper parapet cup flashing and built-up wood fascia along the eaves. The colors for the retail building conform to the Benjamin Moore Historical color palette recommended by the Commission for Kailua Village. The colors used for the proposed Jack-in-the-Box (JIB) restaurant conform except for the bright red surrounding its entrance. The lavender and red proposed for the Panda Express restaurant do not conform. The site plan conforms to Architectual Design Guidelines set forth in the Master Plan for Kailua-Kona which call for maximizing pedestrian and commercial use linkages by placing parking facilities in rear or side yards rather than front yards, and providing multiple pedestrian openings: two from Henry Street and one to the terminus of a residential street to the rear of the project. Shared parking areas for the various buildings and uses of the site also conform to Master Plan recommendations. In anticipatory conformance with the draft transit-oriented goals of the unadopted Kona Community Development Plan, the site plan provides for a bus stop pull-out at its Henry Street entrance. The scaling and modern design of the proposed buildings is generally consistent with other proposed and under-development buildings on the vacant lands running along both sides of the Henry Street. Although the proposed retail building conforms very well to the Architectural Design Guideline calling for “articulated” exterior design treatments, the two restaurant buildings have prominent areas that are blank walls devoid of any design articulations. Following Ms. Newlon’s presentation, commissioners sought clarification as to where the Alahou Street extension, now being privately constructed along the upper boundary of the subject property, would intersect Henry Street in relation to the existing private access road running north from Henry Street into the existing Lanihau shopping center. Staff explained that the Alahou Street extension would intersect Henry Street directly across from the unnamed private access road serving Lanihau Shopping Center. Staff 2