2016-11-03 Hearing Transcript - Tram Ngo REZ 16-212

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And this is an aerial view of the property. It's again outlined in black. There's an existing Single -Family residence on the property and then just north of that is an insurance office and some, I think there's two single-family dwellings. And, then north of Lanikaula, you have a lot of the commercial uses that I discussed earlier. Across the street is the DLNR offices and arboretum. The Applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from Single -Family Residential – 10,000 square feet to General Commercial – 10,000 square feet for about 17,000 square feet of land. The Applicant would like to convert her existing two-story residence into a beauty salon and personal services building. This is a site plan. You can see the existing dwelling kind of in the middle of the property. Kilauea Avenue is on the right side of the slide, and they're proposing a two-way driveway off of Kilauea Avenue, and then parking in the rear of the property. And, this is a picture of the existing dwelling from Kilauea Avenue. This is looking to the south or the left, so you can see the carport of the house, and there's a home just to the south. And, then just to the north is that home that's being used as an insurance office. And, then this is a view of Kilauea Avenue looking south. This is the driveway here on the right side of the slide, and you can see the old style sidewalks with the landscape strip in the middle. The Planning Director is recommending a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council, and we did just receive a revised memo from the Department of Public Works yesterday. So, we would like to suggest some amendments to Conditions F and G to be in line with that revised memo. And, let me go over a few of those revisions now. So, if you turn to Conditions F and G of the Recommendation—those are on, that would be condition [sic] two of, of the list of conditions. Condition F discusses reconstruction of the damaged sidewalk fronting the property, and you saw that picture in the slide just a moment ago. DPW is actually recommending that, that sidewalk be not only reconstructed but upgraded to a standard full -width sidewalk prior to use of the property or occupancy of the property for commercial uses. And, then for Condition G, this condition we would remove everything after the first sentence where it talks about the Applicant shall provide a pro rata share for the construction of full improvements including curb, gutter, sidewalk. And, just to give you a little background on why DPW revised their memo yesterday. Planning staff met with Department of Public Works, and you've seen quite a few rezones come through lately. I think at your last meeting, there was a discussion on what the appropriate sidewalk treatment was for those properties along Kilauea Avenue further south, and for those properties, the Commission decided that pro rata share was an appropriate requirement. We talked to DPW, and they felt that the one time they did recommend that, it was a unique situation. There was—there was a bank along the property that would make the topography EXHIBIT A 2