2012-12-13 Leeward Exh B - Bill No. 291

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of convoluted. But if with the new hard material that you’ve got in your folder, you are clear and you don’t need to, need time to review, that’s great. Maija? COTTLE: Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, everyone. COMMISSIONERS: Good morning. COTTLE: The next agenda item is a County Council initiated amendment to the Zoning Code relating to Planned Unit Development. And hold on just a second, I lost my clicker. All right. So the County Council initiated Bill 291, which proposes several amendments to the Zoning Code relating to Planned Unit Development. The purpose of Bill 291 is to add the Planning Commissions and the County Council to the review and approval process for a P.U.D. permit, as well as clarify procedural guidelines and define the requirements of the P.U.D. permit. Currently, Planned Unit Development permits are issued administratively by the Planning Director. And this is a diagram that shows the current and proposed process for P.U.D. approval. The current process involves an applicant submitting an application to the Department, and notice of the application is put in a newspaper, and a sign is posted on the property by the applicant – you’ve probably seen those signs around the island – and then the applicant also mails notice of the application to surrounding property owners and lessees; if the property is on Urban land, surrounding neighbors are notified within 300 feet, and if the property is on Agricultural land, then surrounding property owners within 500 feet are notified. And then after a period of time, obviously, the public and surrounding neighbors can write letters in to the Planning Director, and she considers those letters, any concerns that the community has, and then makes a decision whether to approve or deny the P.U.D. permit, as well as what conditions to include. Bill 291 on the other hand proposes to include the Planning Commissions and the County Council in the review and approval process; so again, the same opportunity for community and public involvement would apply here, and then instead of the Director making a decision, the Director would make a recommendation to the Planning Commissions, and the Planning Commissions would hold a public hearing and make a recommendation on the P.U.D. permit to the County Council for a final decision. So the process proposed in Bill 291 is similar to the rezoning process that currently exists. LEITHEAD TODD: Maija, I think we -. COTTLE: Yes. LEITHEAD TODD: Can you go back? COTTLE: Sure. LEITHEAD TODD: I want to make sure that we avoid any confusion here. The process proposed in Bill 291 still does include notice of application being mailed to the surrounding property owners and lessees; it is not eliminated in Bill 291. Just from the diagram, I thought it kind of gave the impression, so I want to clarify that it is not deleted in Bill 291. COTTLE: Thank you. So what is a P.U.D. permit? A P.U.D. permit essentially allows a comprehensive set of variances from the Zoning and Subdivision Codes that are related to building site standards, such as lot width and lot size, building height, yards and open space, and road standards. 2 EXHIBIT B