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VOLCANO NEON <br />ELECTRIC SIGNS SINCE 1989 <br />www.v-neon.com <br />e-mail: neon@pobox.com <br />contractor's license #C-21656 <br />I 11' —I PHONE / FAX, (808) 967.7648 P.O. Box 668, Volcano, HI 96785 <br />Testimony on Sign Code revision for Hawaii County Council Committee on Public Works <br />& Intergovernmental Relations <br />March 17, 2003 <br />Dear Chairman Elarionoff and committee members, <br />ltea D <br />Oats <br />County,Ca+ncN <br />. <br />As a professional sign contractor, I commend the effort to revise the sign code. I believe <br />these changes will clear up many areas of confusion, close loopholes and create a <br />reasonable method of enforcement. <br />I am concerned, however, about a lack of input from East Hawaii residents during the <br />revision process, with no notice of these hearings appearing in the Hilo paper nor in the <br />Hawaii County e-mail bulletin (distributed until recently by Peter Young). I only learned of <br />the February Hilo meeting the day it happened, from a friend who happened to read of the <br />next day's Kona meeting in the Kona paper. <br />None of the other sign contractors I contacted had heard of these meetings, and the <br />proposed sign code changes will have a major impact on our work. Why hasn't any input <br />been sought from sign contractors? For example, the proposed changes involving permit <br />procurement have not been viewed from the perspective of those who procure permits. <br />There are a number of comments I wish to make: <br />Section 3-15, Building permits: <br />I strongly oppose the provision that an application for a building permit "shall include sign <br />applications for any signs will be erected." ----- — <br />In most cases this would simply be impossible, because sign contractors Pk'' No. <br />File No. /A�✓ <br />Ref. To:!! ' "•"fe- <br />Ref. Tante MAR 1 8 2Q_ <br />