2014-07-03 Hearing Transcript - LK&RR Enterprises, LLC REZ 14-174

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So, we would, you know with having said that, we would like to suggest that the wording be, Condition F be amended to read as follows: A five-foot wide road widening strip along the entire Hīnano Street frontage of the subject property shall be, and then this is the new portion, submitted for subdivision and dedication to the County prior to issuance of occupancy permit. The reason why we had said, you know at least we submit the—complete the improvements, submit all of the documents for the subdivision, as well as for dedication, you know, before they can gain occupancy, is that sometimes the subdivision process might take a while or let alone, the dedication process might take a while so, but the bottom line is we just wanted to assure that the improvements would be in prior to the actual use of the property for any commercial use. MIYASATO: Okay, thank you. Any questions, Commissioners? Thank you. ONO: Mr. Chair? I tend to wonder about Ms. Kimata’s comments. It seems to be after-the-fact, but her impression about the construction seems to be valid in that the structure itself does not reflect a residential prop—a residential home. And, I’m kind of wondering, is this the cart before the horse kind of a thing? I’m not sure. In other words, the construction of the building was, really with the intent of a business aspect rather than residential when they first started this. I need clarification on this, and I don’t know who to ask. MIYASATO: Staff? DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the past, we’ve had Building Permits come through Planning Department, and during our review of the permits, we have questions as to the use of the structure because it obviously appears not to be what it’s proposed to be. That was also in this case as well. There was concern that this was obviously a warehouse type building. As long as an applicant can meet the definition of whatever that use is. In this particular case, the applicant did have a living area, a kitchen area. He just happened to have larger garage areas, you know, people say they have lots of collectible cars and things like that or they need to store a lot of things. And it’s built basically in a warehouse type structure. So this is an—it doesn’t happen often but it does happen, and it does raise concerns, but again, once it goes through the process, we will question it as far as the use. The Building Department will question it whether or not it meets a single family dwelling. And it appears that this particular structure did pass that review. MIYASATO: Thank you. Any further questions, Commissioners? If not, do we have a motion? KIMATA: (from audience) I would like to say something if I can. Is that allowed? MIYASATO: Public testimony--public testimony has been concluded. MASUNAGA: Okay, give her three more minutes. MIYASATO: Okay, Mrs. Kimata, we’ll give you three more minutes. KIMATA: Thank you, like I said, this is really new to me. I’d like to respond to Mr. Fuke’s comments. Number one, I have to say, I am not against mixed use development. What I am for 6 EXHIBIT A