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Michael J. Riehm, AIA, NCARB <br />Riehm Owensby Planners Architects <br />Page 2 <br />May 1, 2015 <br />other than flag lots and lots at the end of a cul-de-sac to be designed without having to meet this <br />requirement, With the project's unique street and lot layout designed to create a rural character <br />and to mitigate traffic speed, the requirements of Section 25-4-30 become restrictive to the projects <br />overall design goals. <br />B. Minimum Building Site Area; Minimum Building Site Average Width. (HCC §25-4-31). With <br />the project's unique street and lot layout designed to create a rural character and to mitigate traffic <br />speed, the requirements of Section 25-4-31 become restrictive to the projects overall design goals. <br />C. Reduction of Building Site Below Minimum Area. (HCC §25-4-32). With the project's unique <br />street and lot layout designed to create a rural character and to mitigate traffic speed, the <br />requirements of Section 25-4-32 become restrictive to the projects overall design goals. <br />D. General Requirements for Yards and Open Spaces. (HCC §25-4-40). With the project's unique <br />street and lot layout designed to create a rural character and to mitigate traffic speed, some of the <br />lots have an atypical relationship to the street. In order for the homes on these lots to better create <br />a rural and traditional neighborhood environment, a re -designation of the yards is requested. <br />Through the use of the yard designations as specified in the exhibits (attached), an intimate and <br />human scaled environment, conducive to pedestrian activities is created. <br />E. Corner Building Sites. (HCC §25-4-42). With the project's unique street and lot layout designed <br />to create a rural character and to mitigate traffic speed some of the lots have an atypical <br />relationship to the street. In order for the homes on these lots to better create a rural and <br />traditional neighborhood environment, a re -designation of the yards is requested. Through the use <br />of the yard designations as specified in the exhibits, an intimate and human scaled environment, <br />conducive to pedestrian activities is created. <br />F. Fences and Accessory Structures. (HCC §25-4-43). The request is to allow for retaining walls <br />that exceed 6 feet in height when used to retain the grade be permitted to be on the boundary line <br />and without any front, side, or rear yard requirements. <br />Due to the prevalent slopes on the Island of Hawai'i, retaining walls are often required at the <br />property line to manipulate the grade to provide buildable lot pads. These retaining walls should be <br />permitted at the property lines without any front, side or rear yard requirements in order to develop <br />a more useable site area. <br />This request is to allow any accessory structure, architectural feature, wall, fence, or any other free <br />standing architectural feature over six feet in height to extend into any required front, side or rear <br />yard. <br />A variety of free standing architectural features may be used to create the desired character and <br />ambiance of the neighborhood. These features may be in the form of walls, gates, arbors and <br />y <br />