2017-04-06 Hearing Transcript - PC Rule Amendments (Public Comments Only)

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others based on how well they meet approval criteria. So, that's a little bit of a difference in how we do things now. Just a few additional things that we added to the Rule that weren't necessarily in the Code are how to deal with PUD's being proposed in areas with special design districts. For example, Pahoa Village or Kailua Village that have special design districts that require additional review against design guidelines by a design committee, and the process for that, and timing for that is laid out in Section 16-5. The rules highlight appropriate condition types so it gives you an idea of what types of conditions we can put on a PUD. Again, it's not an exhaustive list. I just wanted to note that PUD's cannot condition off-site alterations or improvements. So, we can't like in a rezone, where we can recommend off-site roadway improvements. We cannot do that for a PUD. The Code is very specific on that. We added, oh, pardon me, another thing that the PUD rule talks about is no separate or additional Use Permit or Plan Approval is required, but rather, it's considered approved under the PUD. So, how we're dealing with that is normally, if we have a Special Permit or something like that, a condition is you prior to, prior to occupancy, you need to get Plan Approval and things like that. What the rule is saying here, what the Code is saying here is it's outright considered approved. So, we're saying that you need to provide us all of the information that we would normally get through a Plan Approval process as part of the project submittal before we'll accept it. So, we added a few sections to the rule to help clarify Section 16-6 is notice of filing and action on PUD application and sign posting. That's just, again, notification for surrounding property owners and how to, the process to post a sign. A process for continued hearings, so if the applicant requests to continue the hearing, we will charge them a fee and give them an idea of what that process looks like. And, we added an appeals process which wasn't explicit in the Code. And, then, also Section 16-5 [sic -15], we added PUD permit revocation, and that's something that Maija talked about a little bit before about the possibility of revoking a permit if the applicant requests it or if they're in non-compliance with conditions. There were some suggested revisions that we handed out, and this is a little two-page front and back sheet. Most of the changes that are being proposed here are pretty small. Just non - substantive changes. So, in Rule 16-4, in order to be consistent with what the Code looks like, we just wanted to change indentation and subsequent lettering of the subsections. So, we haven't changed any of the information. It's just how it's laid out. Again, Rule 16-6, we left out a parenthesis, so we added that parenthesis in, and then we added that subsection "d" for continued hearing request. And, then on the back, Rule 16-8 we didn't capitalize "commission" to be consistent with the other ways that we signify Commission with a capital "c." At any rate, it's a lot of information, and right now, we just wanted to give you an overview of this new type of permit that we're going to be now responsible for moving forward. You're not expected to make a vote today on it. It's just to open up some public discussion if they had any EXHIBIT C