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Commission. ÒCause you will notice that this is a rezoning as well an SMA application;
<br />and IÓm appreciative of that fact.
<br />To answer some of the questions that were raised by the Commissioners, you know,
<br />specifically in relation to the PUD issue, the zone change, as the staff had indicated, it
<br />provides you with, if itÓs approved, gives you like the maximum density that can be
<br />allowed on the property. So with the requested RS-7.5 zone, then the maximum number
<br />of units that would be possible mathematically on the property would be 58 units. As the
<br />staff had indicated, there is no category thatÓs like an RS-4 or RS-3 or whatever. The
<br />smallest denomination for the single family residential designation category is RS-7.5.
<br />The PUD as distinguished from like a variance, if you normally w
<br />typical variance, maybe like a setback, or like a height, or a lot size, or whatever have
<br />you, you have to prove that there is sufficient hardship. And so
<br />just want to have, you know, more park space, or narrow roads to create a different kind
<br />of ambiance or character of the project, then they donÓt really fit in the category of like
<br />what they call hardship. And so the way the Zoning Code was structured it provides for
<br />this Planned Unit Development Permit which allows for all of the
<br />standard Code, but you look at the project purely from a design perspective. And thatÓs
<br />what, and thatÓs the difference between like a standard variance and the Planned Unit
<br />Development, or the PUD.
<br />The only difference, like in this particular situation, is if you apply for the PUD you
<br />cannot have a use thatÓs not otherwise allowed. For example, what weÓre proposing, you
<br />know, based on the RS-7.5 zone, all of the homes have to be single family residential
<br />units. They cannot be duplexes, they cannot be triplexes, or fourplexes, or whatever the
<br />case might be, even though your maximum number of units would not exceed 58. You
<br />know, they all have to be single family in design and in use. And thatÓs kind of like the
<br />major difference.
<br />The developer of this project was totally impressed with the way that Mauna Lani was
<br />developed, you know, in the Kailua-Kona area. And that project, and, so, you know, he
<br />contracted the same designer of that. ItÓs Michael Reihm. And that project was, you
<br />know, is heavily oriented towards a very pedestrian oriented, more street friendly and, as
<br />a result as, what the staff pointed out, what, the requested application ultimately that has
<br />to go to the Planning Director for consideration is, would be lesser road standards,
<br />narrow, smaller lots, so on and so forth. But you want to create a more open type of
<br />feeling.
<br />The area thatÓs identified as a burial will be physically preserved and incorporated as part
<br />of the open space landscaping. There are other open space areas, particularly adjacent to
<br />the planned parkway on the mauka side of the property, that would provide some
<br />measure of visual as well as noise buffer.
<br />I think Commissioner Springer raised a very good point in terms of like the Civil Defense
<br />comment. And to that the Department had, you know, accurately reflected, addressed
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