2015-11-05 Hearing Transcript - HI Vision Specialists USE 15-054

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generally again north-south way is Hualālai Street. We are located right about here where we’re sitting today, so it’s not too far from where we’re at right now. Zooming in a little bit closer, you’ll see again outlined in blue the subject parcel. Across Kapiolani Street from the subject parcel is the South Hilo Police Station as well as Civil Defense. Kind of kitty corner to the parcel is St. Joseph School. Gymnasium’s located here and the school is located on the parcel further toward where we’re at. The associated zoning as you can see for the subject parcel is split with Multi-Family Residential and Single-Family Residential. Multi-Family is in brown; Single-Family is in yellow. And, the surrounding zoning is, again, Multi-Family, Single-Family and Double-Family Residential zoning. The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map for the area is Medium Density Urban for the subject parcel, and then in red, High Density Urban across Kapiolani. And for the entire subject parcel and surrounding area, the State Land Use designation is Urban as indicated by the pink color. Here’s an aerial photograph of the subject parcel. Again, you see the Police Station here; the gymnasium for St. Joseph School. Kapiolani Street running along here north to south, and also Hualālai Street running here. You can see the subject parcel has frontages along both Kapiolani and Hualālai Street. Currently, the parcel is vacant and just overgrown with vegetation. On the corner here is a single-family dwelling, and also to the west of the subject parcel is a single- family dwelling. So, the applicant is requesting a Use Permit to establish and operate a medical office, clinic, and related facilities on approximately 1.5 acres of land situated within the County Single-Family Residential – 7,500 square foot zoning and Multiple-Family Residential – 1,000 square foot zoning districts. The applicant is proposing to develop this project in two phases with Phase 1 being a single- story, free-standing ambulatory surgical center building consisting of approximately 3,500 square feet and approximately 26 parking stalls. And, Phase 2 is a 7,000-square foot expansion for an ophthalmic physician’s office space and additional 38 parking spaces. The new facility will offer routine eye care and examinations as well as out-patient surgery. Hours of operation are being proposed as a Monday thru Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. However, the applicant stated there may be occasions that the office will be open as early as seven and as late as 6 p.m., depending on the needs of the patient. There are two proposed driveway accesses, one each from Kapiolani Street and one from Hualālai. And traffic to the site will be staggered based on scheduled appointments with patients. 2 EXHIBIT D