2012-08-16 Leeward Exh A - Bal Speedy Motors

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT AUGUST 16, 2012 DANIEL BAL dba SPEEDY MOTORS A regularly advertised hearing on the applications of (SPP 12-135) was called to order at 9:50 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chair Pro Tem Thomas Hickcox presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Thomas Hickcox, Wayne Iokepa, Richard Nelson, III and Thomas Whittemore ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Brandi Beaudet, Lani Bowman and Geraldine Giffin ALSO PRESENT: Ivan Torigoe (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Margaret Masunaga (Deputy Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And no one from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: DANIEL BAL dba SPEEDY MOTORS (SPP 12-135) Special Permit to allow the establishment of an automotive repair business and accessory uses within an existing agricultural building on a 0.5 acre portion of a 10-acre parcel within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located along the south side of Māmalahoa Highway approximately 650 feet east from the intersection of Māmalahoa Highway and Mānā Road nd within Pu‘ukapu Homesteads, 2 Series, Pu‘ukapu, South Kohala, Hawai‘i, TMK: 6-4-031: portion of 004. HICKCOX: Next item on the agenda. Applicant, Daniel Bal dba Speedy Motors. SPP 12-135, special permit to allow the establishment of an automotive repair business and accessory uses within an existing agricultural building on a 0.5 acre portion of a 10-acre parcel within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located along the south side of Māmalahoa Highway approximately 650 feet east from the intersection of Māmalahoa Highway and Mānā Road nd within Pu‘ukapu Homesteads, 2 Series, Pu‘ukapu, South Kohala, Hawai‘i, TMK: 6-4-031: portion of 004. Staff? ARAI: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If I may direct your attention once again to the projector screen. This property consisting of approximately ten acres is situated within the town of Waimea, or at least just outside of the town of Waimea, and is indicated by this parcel outlined in red. It is located on the south side of the Māmalahoa Highway, and I believe the subdivision on the opposite side, or north side of the highway, is Puunani Subdivision – correct me if I’m wrong. The subject property itself is situated within an area designated Agricultural-1 acre as indicated by this green color here. The other colors represented by the light greens and the blues are also various types of agricultural zoning district designations with minimum lot sizes ranging from three acres to five acres and even up to 40 acres. Off to the left of your screen, you’ll see some pink colors and yellow colors, that’s as you are entering the commercial, or village core of Waimea town. This is a rendering of the General Plan LUPAG Map. The project site itself, as indicated in red, is situated within an area 1 EXHIBIT A