2016-03-17 Leeward Exh A (USE 15-060)

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acres, and across Hooper Road to the west is Multi-Family Residential and that is the Kona Coffee Villas townhomes. The surrounding uses in the area are agricultural, these residential uses and vacant land. The State Land Use designates the property split between Agricultural as indicated in green and Urban as indicated in the pink color. The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map also splits the designation of the subject parcel, Important Agricultural Lands indicated in green and Low Density Urban indicated by the mustard color. The Kona CDP designates the subject parcel as partial within the Rural Transit Oriented Development Area as indicated by the blue line that runs through the parcel. Here is a couple of aerial photographs. The one on the left is just showing the entire 13-acre parcel; again, you can see Hooper Road running north-south, the Kona Coffee Villas townhomes to the west. On the right hand side here zoomed in and the yellow dashed line is indicating roughly where the telecommunications tower would be located. The applicant is requesting a Use Permit to construct a 60-foot tall steel monopalm tower with twelve eight-foot panel antennas mounted on top of the tower and related facilities within a 750-square foot portion of a 13.859-acre parcel situated in the County’s Ag-5a zoning district. The monopalm will emulate the appearance of a palm tree with the pole made to look like trunk painted brown and imitation palm fronds on top of the pole. Additionally, the antennas will be painted green to match the frond color. The reason for the request is to allow Verizon to provide adequate wireless telephone service to the residences and businesses of the Honalo area as well as travelers passing through along Māmalahoa Highway. And the height of the facility will also allow sufficient handoff of signals to existing telecommunication towers at Keauhou and Kealakekua. This is the applicant’s site plan. Again, on the left it’s just kind of showing where the project area is going to be relative to the larger parcel, and on the right a zoom-in showing again relatively where the telecommunications tower is going to be; in this case Hooper Road is running through the bottom of the slide east-west. Here is elevations of the telecommunications facility, again, made to look like a palm tree showing the fake palm fronds around the antenna. And this is a photograph of the project area from Hooper Road; generally, the facility will be located right around here to the left. And just some pictures of Hooper Road looking south with the Kona Coffee Villas to the right and the subject parcel to the left, and then opposite looking north the parcel to the right and the Villas to the left. The Planning Director is recommending approval with conditions. With that I complete my presentation. If there are any questions from the Commission, I’d be happy to answer them. BEAUDET: Commissioners, any questions for staff? Thank you. KAY: Thank you, Mr. Chair. BEAUDET: Would the applicant please come forward? 2 EXHIBIT A