2017-06-15 Leeward Planning Commission Minutes

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Mr. Kay provided training to the Commission regarding newly adopted Planning Commission Rule 16 pertaining to PUD and the new proposed Planning Department applications form. \[SEE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION – EXHIBIT 1\] Upon inquiry by Commissioner Church, Mr. Kay clarified that the processing timeline provided in the new Rule 16, including the 60-day decision time limit following the close of public hearing, was consistent with the Zoning Code and all other types of applications that came before the Commission. Also in response to Commissioner Church’s questions, Mr. Kay stated that some of the most common variances requested in PUD applications had been from lot size and roadway requirements, that a variance from height requirements seemed less common, and that he was not informed of any height variances in PUD applications that had been approved or disapproved in the past. Upon inquiry by Chair Unger, Mr. Kay stated that a water variance could be incorporated in PUD, and that the Department of Water Supply would be the consulting agency for that portion of the PUD application. Commissioner Carr Smith commented that she was surprised to hear that the Ipu Place PUD, which was used as an example in the PowerPoint presentation, had already been approved. Mr. Kay responded that the project had been approved administratively in 2015 just prior to this code amendment. He then expounded on the status of the project, and said that the State Department of Health had subsequently found that the lot sizes would not meet its requirements for individual wastewater systems, and that in order to satisfy those requirements, the project would have to be a CPR \[Condominium Property Regime\] project rather than a PUD project. He also clarified that CPR was outside the Commission’s jurisdiction. In response to Commissioner Carr Smith’s question, Mr. Kay said that there might be a few PUD applications that had been held in abeyance pending the adoption of this Rule. He added that the Planning Department had been trying to educate potential applicants on the changes and new requirements in hopes that they would submit a complete application when the time came. Upon inquiry by Commissioner Church, Mr. Kay stated that the applicant would be required to provide the Planning Department with the exceptions requested along with their justifications, and that the Planning Department would then do its own analysis against the criteria and identify in its report to the Commission the exceptions recommended to be approved or disapproved and the reasons. Lastly, in response to Commissioner Carr Smith’s inquiry, Mr. Kay clarified that plan details, such as floor plans and elevations, had not been required prior to the 2015 code amendment, but that they were required under the new code. There being no further questions, the training ended at 10:37 a.m. 3