2011-09-13 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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John Hetherington provided testimony saying that although the Department of Public Works did not recognize it as such, the two buildings connected together by the subject enclosing walls should be considered one according to their PUD permit, regardless of the parcel boundary between them. He also said that he was in favor of sidewalk café; he added, however, that the Commission might set a precedent by approving this and start seeing many similar applications in the future. It was moved by Commissioner Dunlap, and seconded by Commissioner Burns, to recommend the Planning Director’s approval of the requests with exterior colors as proposed, subject to the following conditions:  The steel support columns for the proposed roof extension be enlarged, by wood cladding or framing, to have finish widths of approximately eight inches by eight inches;  The side and street-front fascia of the roof extension should be widened to approximately twelve inches, with the roof and fascia color matching that of the roof of the existing building;  All signs on the subject buildings (the two buildings now connected by enclosing walls and decking above), including temporary signs and those on temporary structures placed in front of the subject buildings, are to be made compliant with the Sign Code. In addition to these conditions, the Commissioners agreed to include a recommendation that the addition of skylights or similar to the roof extension be considered. A roll call vote was taken and the motion carried with five ayes (Dunlap, Burns, Herbert, Stanbro and Kitchens) and three absent and excused (Au Hoy, Power and Saito). The Chair suggested that the Commission take up the minutes of the previous meetings at this time, then continued discussion on the Sign Code, and lastly the formation of a sign committee. There were no objections. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 1. Approval of Minutes of the Meetings of July 26, 2011 and August 23, 2011. It was moved by Commissioner Dunlap and seconded by Commissioner Hetherington that the minutes be approved as submitted. The motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote of all Commissioners in attendance. (Note: The minutes of the July 26, 2011, meeting had previously been approved; however, an inadvertent omission of the approval of the minutes of the July 12, 2011, meeting had subsequently been noted and corrected.) UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1.Continued discussion of the existing Sign Code (Chapter 3, Hawai‘i County Code) as to provisions applicable to the Kailua Village special design district (“the District”) and which provisions the Commission may wish to recommend be amended. Discussion to include: a. Commissioner’s individual presentations and recommendations as to current and preferred boundaries of the District, the Kailua Village Core, and the Kailua Industrial Subdivision as presently defined therein; 3