2017-04-10 Leeward Exh B (Amend Zoning Code re Meeting Facilities and Community Buildings)

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There are several minor revisions that we added at the Windward Planning Commission. These included a simple change: Instead of referring to the 2005 Edition when this change was originally initiated, we were bringing it up to the current Edition, which is 2016; additionally, we are adding in the allowance of a kitchen within the definition of meeting facility. So that’s been added on your yellow sheet. And the reason for that is most of these meeting facilities do have a kitchen facility as part of them whether it be a certified kitchen or just a regular kitchen. Typically, they have events where they need a kitchen, so it seems, rather than trying to guess whether or not, it’s permitted, we just made it part of the definition. Now, the green sheet that’s been passed out incorporates some changes that were requested in the Windward Planning Commission, which is in italics. Basically, there were several minor changes: One is that the term “or governmental functions” was included, and a simple change taking out “for” and substituting it “by.” The reason for the “governmental functions” was again to keep a meeting facility separate from a public use. The Planning Department in kind of understanding the direction of the Windward Planning Commission, even incorporated further changes where we took out the reference to public and privately-owned, as well as whether or not it was operated primarily for financial gain. If these meeting facilities are approved, they can be rented out. Most times they are rented out for financial purposes. We also, instead of referring to “educational facilities,” we did put the term “educational” back into the type of use that can be used in these because they may be using, the illustration is that someone may rent a facility to do a training on how to do woodworking or to do hula or whatever it is; so we just clarify that by saying that a meeting facility cannot be used as a school. A school requires its own Use Permit and needs to go through the process. So that is what is Number 2 there, further defined. So what the Planning Department is asking for today is the request, and again this is up to the Commission, but we are, the Planning Department is bringing forth Number 2 to try to incorporate all the changes into that one particular definition. We feel that that would take care of both the kitchen, allowing the kitchen, as well as the issue that came up at the Windward Planning Commission. If approved today, we would take this back to the Windward Planning Commission to have them vote on that particular change as well. With that, that concludes our presentation. Thank you. I’d better say that the Planning Director’s recommendation is favorable. UNGER: Thank you, Mr. Darrow. Commissioners, any questions? NOBRIGA: Yeah, I have a question. Say, if I from the general public wanted to hold a function here in this room, I would be able to do that and use that kitchen? DARROW: Noriko? Do they rent this out here to the public? SAUER: I’m not quite sure. DARROW: I’m not sure about that as well. I’m not sure about this particular facility. I know that it is rented out, I mean that other organizations use it, but I don’t know if they rent it out for financial means. I think it’s mainly a community building, so it’s used for community purposes. But I’m not sure if it’s actually rented out for financial money. 3 EXHIBIT B