HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0155.003 2006-2008 Mailing Address:
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STACY K. HIGA J,?'•~~;! 15 Aupuni .Street
Ililq Hawaii 96720
Council Member . ~
District a Business Address:
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Ben Franklin Bu(ldia,y
PHONE: (808) 961-8396
Hilo, Ifawai'i 96730
FAX: (808)961-8912
EMAIL: shiga(a),co.hawaii.hi.us Hf~Wf~l ~I CO LINTY C~UNCIL
May 16, 2007
MEMORANDUM
TO: Pete Hoffmann, Council Chairperson
and Members of the County Council/~,/~~
FROM: Stacy K. Higa, Council Member ~Y//`""~
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Bill 326, Draft 2 -University District
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County
Code 19$3 (2005 Edition, As Amended), Relating to a University District.
Attached for your consideration is a Proposed Amendment to Bi11326, Draft 2. The following
ramseyered text shows the differences between this proposed draft and the existing Draft 2. Based on
discussion during the May 2, 2007 meeting of the Council the following changes have been
incorporated into Bi11326, Draft 2 for Council consideration:
1. Section Permitted uses.
(a) University facilities including classrooms, laboratory and reseazch facilities,
administration facilities, athletic centers and facilities, auditoriums, student centers,
libraries, museums, exhibition halls, cafeterias, student health clinics, maintenance
facilities and parking lots.
(b) Limited retail and service establishments primarily intended to serve the specific
needs of the student population of a university and are normally associated with
higher education institutions, including, but not limited to, retail stores whose
primary customers are students or faculty of a university, convenience stores,
theaters, restaurants, recreational and amusement facilities, drug stores, book stores,
health clubs, news stands, photocopying, office supplies, word processing or typing
services, computer sales and service, laundries, university credit union, financial
institutions, post office and video rentals. Such retail and services establishments
shall not be used before the commencement of university operations. No single
commercial establishment shall occupy more than twenty thousand square feet of
Qross floor space, excluding the university book store or cafeteria operation.
(c) Dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and apartments and housing for currently
enrolled university students and their dependents and for current university
employees and their dependents.
(d) Guest accommodations to accommodate visiting scholars and their dependents,
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Ref. Dcfe 1 6 2Q07
Pete Hoffrnann, Council Chairperson
May 16, 2007
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parents visiting their children, alumni reunions, as well as participants in conferences and
seminars held at or sponsored by the university.
2. Section _ Minimum building site area.
The minimum land area required for a iJNV district
shall be ten acres. The minimum building site azea for leased lots shall be
seven thousand five hundred square feet.
A copy of the bill that incorporates the proposed amendment is attached. New language has bolded. This
attachment shows the differences between the amendment proposed in this bill and the language in the
existing County Code.
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Attachment
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO A UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose and intent. In addition to educational functions, such as learning
and research programs and facilities, university and college campuses generally include a variety
and mix of other uses which serve the university or college community and which enhance the
overall educational experience provided by a university or college. As such, university and
college campuses should be treated distinctly from other zoning districts. Universities and
colleges are valuable educational and research resources of the County of Hawaii, and present
provisions for zoning limit their ability to provide a complete and conducive campus
environment and sense of community on campus. The establishment of a "University" special
district will provide greater flexibility in establishing a mix of uses which are intended to
enhance the campus environment of a university or college.
SECTION 2. Section 25-1-5, "Definitions," Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition,
as amended), is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as
follows:
"University" means a nationally-accredited institution of hieher
learning, whether classified as a "university" or a "college" and whether
public or private, including community colleges, yrovidingfacilities for
teaching, research and group learning and authorized to grant academic
degrees."
SECTION 3. Chapter 25, Article 7, "Special District Regulations," Hawaii County
Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding a new division to be appropriately
designated and to read as follows:
"Division UNV, University District.
Section Purpose and applicability.
The UNV (University) District shall apply to areas of land that are utilized
for campus-related activities and is intended to apply to areas for the location and
expansion of universities and the uses and facilities that are associated with and
are supportive of them. Special consideration of such uses and facilities is
appropriate given the unique characteristics of university areas, the variety of uses
needed to serve the university community, and the varying intensity of land uses
in such a community.
Section Designation of UNV districts.
Each UNV lUniversityl district shall be desi Hated by the symbol "UNV"
Section Permitted uses.
(a) University facilities including classrooms, laboratory and research
facilities, administration facilities, athletic centers and facilities,
auditoriums, student centers, libraries, museums, exhibition halls,
cafeterias, student health clinics, maintenance facilities and parkin lots.
(b) Limited retail and service establishments primarily intended to serve the
specific needs of the student population of a university and are normally
associated with higher education institutions, including, but not limited to,
retail stores whose primary customers are students or faculty of a
university, convenience stores, theaters, restaurants, recreational and
amusement facilities, drug stores, book stores, health clubs, news stands,
photocopying, office supplies, word processing or typing services,
computer sales and service, laundries, university credit union, financial
institutions, post office and video rentals. Such retail and services
establishments shall not be used before the commencement of
university operations. No single commercial establishment shall
occupy more than twenty thousand square feet of Bross floor space,
excludine the university book store or cafeteria operations.
(c) Dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and apartments and housing
for currentlyenrolled university students and their dependents and for
current university employees and their dependents.
Guest accommodations to accommodate visiting scholars and their
dependents, parents visiting their children, alumni reunions, as well as
participants in conferences and seminars held at or sponsored by the
university.
Section Height limit.
The heieht limit in the UNV district shall be sixty feet.
Section Minimum building site area.
The minimum land area repaired for a UNV district shall be ten acres. The
minimum building site area for leased lots shall be seven thousand five hundred square
feet.
Section Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the UNV district shall have a minimum building site average
width of sixt fy
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Section Minimum yards.
The minimum vazds in the IJNV district shall be as follows:
(a) Front and rear vazds, twenty feet; and
(b) Side yards,ten feet.
Section Other reeulations.
{a) Plan approval is refired for all new structures and additions to existing
structures in the iJNV district.
(bl A maximum of twenty percent of a UNV district's land area may be in
commercial use, including parkins.
(c) The Plannine Director has the authoritXto vazy the parking requirements
for on-campus housing, offices and for pedestrian-oriented commercial
uses.
SECTION 4. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material and
underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 5. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect provisions or applications of the
ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end,
the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
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