2015-11-17 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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It was moved by Commissioner Kern and seconded by Commissioner Sullenberger that the Commission forward a favorable recommendation to the Public Works Director for the proposed new wall sign as approximately shown on Exhibit “A,” with the following recommendations: a.The “H” logo should have a maximum dimension of 16 inches by 16 inches to keep scaling appropriate to this narrow, light and slow traffic street frontage location; b.The text lettering should be raised, and painted with a non-reflective blue or green; and c.Indirect lighting, rather than interior illumination, is preferred to illuminate the sign, particularly due to its being situated within and oriented toward the Kailua Village Core area. In either case, the Commission requests that a sign permit include a limitation on the light intensity to be no more lumens than necessary for this sign to be visible from a distance equivalent to the distance between the sign and the Kuakini Highway-Henry Street intersection, approximately 700 feet. A roll call vote was taken and the motion carried with six ayes (Kern, Sullenberger, Akina, Andreae, Au Hoy and Broderson) and two absent and excused (Dahlberg and Roth). Sign Numbers 2 and 3. New ground signs along Sarona Road: Mr. Harris-Glade proposed to change the signage locations from the sides of the electrical equipment enclosure to the mauka and makai driveway entrances, and also to simplify the design by eliminating the franchise name and instead using an arrow with the “H” logo to guide the traffic into the respective driveways. Mr. Dunlap suggested that the applicant and the Commissioners also consider further simplifying the design by using only the logo, with no arrow, in the same size as that of Sign Number 1 above. It was moved by Commissioner Broderson and seconded by Commissioner Au Hoy that the Commission forward a favorable recommendation to the Public Works Director for the proposed ground signs, subject to the following revisions: a.No signage should be placed on the sides of the electrical equipment enclosure, due to (1) limited visibility and distance from the principal, or mauka, entrance, and (2) drawing undesirable attention to this utility feature; b.Instead, two separate ground signs of reduced size are recommended, each having a single face and to be placed at or very close to the respective mauka and makai driveway entrances, orienting either toward Sarona Road, or only mauka or only makai as appropriate to the principal direction of approach to each driveway; and c.The two ground signs should be redesigned to comprise only the green and white “H” logo, thus serving primarily as directional signs at driveway entrances, with the size of the logo limited to the same as the size recommended for the main entrance wall sign, specifically 3