HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWIRC 016 04/17/2007 2006-2008 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
DATE: April 17, 2007 Re: Comm. No. 309/ Res. No. 140-07
PLACE: Council room
Ben Franklin Building
333 Kilauea Avenue, 2"d Floor
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations, to which was referred
Resolution No. 140-07, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 140-07, transmitted by County Clerk Casey Jarman, via Communication No. 309,
dated Apri15, 2007, asks that the County grant a vaziance to the KOYO USA Corp. from Chapter 3,
Section 3-11(a)(6)(A), Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) relating to the sign
code (to erect a wall sign that is 680 square feet in size upon KOYO USA Corp.'s facility located at
73-4460 Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway in Kailua-Kona (delete pazen.). This vaziance is needed
because KOYO's physical location and the nature of their business require installation of a sign that
exceeds the 150 square foot maximum size wall sign presently allowed by the Code.
There was one testifier from Kona, Mr. Hiroshi Usami, from KOYO USA Corp. He stated that the sign
was needed because they were faz from the road. He said that the capacity of the plant in the future
would be to produce 600 bottles of deep sea water per minute, and the company was expanding their
markets from Japan to the mainland US.
Council member Pilago stated that he respected the business that they have built but that he would be
voting against the sign variance because the Council needed to follow the law. Council member
Jacobson said that he also would be voting against this vaziance because it would contribute to visual
pollution. Council member Yagong agreed that the Council needed to follow the law. Council Chair
Pete Hoffmann stated that he would vote against this because he could see the building from the road
and a sign was unnecessary.
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Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations is not in accord with the purpose
and intent of Resolution No. 140-07, and forwazds it to Council with a negative recommendation.
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Hues rvoes n&E ex Respectfully submitted,
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HIGA x COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND
HOFFMANN x INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
IKEDA X
JACOBSON g 2
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PILAGO x BRENDA FORD, CHAIR
YAGONG x PWIRC REPORT: 16
YOSHIMOTO x ADOPTED: MAY 0 2 1007