HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPC 036 07/07/1999 1998-2000 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
DATE: July 7, 1999 RE: COMM. NO. 167
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 9:08 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication
No. 167, reports as follows:
Communication No. 167 is from Kaz Shigezawa, Landscape Images Inc., dated
February 16, 1999, informing that the developers of Kohanaiki Business Park,
Kamaaina Eight Partners LLC, are requesting a variance for their subdivision signage
from the standazds set forth in Section 3-25, of the Hawaii County Code, to allow for
more than one sign to front onto any street and in Section 3-30, of the Hawaii County
Code, to allow for a sign larger than eight square feet.
According to Mr. Shigezawa, the Kohanaiki Business Park fronts Queen Ka`ahumanu
Highway which has a posted 45 miles per hour speed limit. Project signage along this
highway needs to be oriented towards approaching vehicles and sized lazge enough to
allow people an opportunity to read it while traveling at a high rate of speed. The
signage for this project proposes to mount cutout letters spelling the name,
"KOHANAIKI" onto the faces of two 4-foot high rock walls located one on each side of
the entry road. These signage walls will be oriented such that one would face
southward onto Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway and the other would face northward.
Both signage walls are integrated into the landscaping that is planned for the project
frontage.
The individual letters for the signs will be of white Corian eleven inches in height. The
aggregate area of all the letters in the name "KOHANAIKI" totals 6.8 square feet. The
combined signage area for both signs will be 13.6 square feet.
Committee on Public Works & Parks
July 7, 1999
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Communication No. 167.001 is from Kaz Shigezawa, Landscape Images Inc., dated
June 17, 1999, informing that the Kohanaiki Business Pazk project is rapidly
progressing to completion and would appreciate action on their request (Comm. 167) as
soon as possible.
Your Committee finds that enforcement of Section 3-25 and 3-30 would work a
hardship upon the applicant, and that the granting of a variance would not be contrary to
the spirit and purpose of this article and the public interest.
Your Committee is in accord with the request for sign variance from Mr. Shigezawa for
the Kohanaiki Business Park, and recommends its approval.
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