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Home My WebLink AboutAGE PC 11/20/2012 2010-2012 ACTIONSPete Hoffmann Chair K. Angel Pilago i ice Chair DATE: November 20, 2012 (Tuesday) HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PLANNING 33 Session PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai`i Civic Center 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A Kailua -Kona, Hawai`i Fred Blas, Member Brenda Ford, Member Donald Ikeda, Member Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member Brittanv Smart, Member Dominic Yagong, Member J Yoshimoto, Member TIME: 9:15 a.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER — 9:15 a.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM(S) ON THE AGENDA UNFINISHED BUSINESS Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hairai '1 County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer PC -33 Page 2 November 20, 2012 Comm. 872: (Bill 316) Comm. 872.5: ADJOURNMENT — 9:43 a.m. AMENDS CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 5, DIVISION 1, SECTION 25 -5 -3, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) TO INCLUDE EGG PRODUCTION FOR HOME CONSUMPTION AS A PERMITTED USE IN SINGLE - FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS Adds item (13) to section 25- 5 -3(a) to include raising hens (excluding roosters or male chickens) as a permitted use for egg production and home consumption use, with a maximum of four hens per lot. Intr. by: Mr. Ikeda Postponed: October 16, 2012 November 8, 2012 (Note: There is a pending motion by Mr. Ikeda and duly seconded by Mr. Blas to refer Bill 316 to the Planning Director and the Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions.) BILL 316, AS AMENDED, DEFEATED, DUE TO THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Ayes: Committee Members Ikeda and Onishi — 2. Noes: Committee Members Ford, Pilago, Smart, Yagong, Yoshimoto, and Chair Hoffmann — 6. Absent: Committee Member Blas — 1. From Council Member Donald Ikeda, dated October 19, 2012, submitting proposed amendments to Bill 316. The amendments would set a minimum (1) side yard setback of 15 feet; (2) backyard setback of 20 feet; (3) lot size of 10,000 square feet; and (4) prohibit enclosures in the front and side yards. Comm. 872.6: From Council Member Donald Ikeda, dated November 5, 2012, submitting a CD from Vianne Reis containing sounds coming from hens. Comm. 872.7: From Council Member Donald Ikeda, dated November 5, 2012, submitting testimony from former Hawai`i County Police Chief Wayne Carvalho. Note: B/R, when listed next to the name of an Introducer, signifies that the Council Member has agreed to introduce legislation "By Request" on behalf of the requesting party. It does not necessarily signify support of or opposition to the proposal. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by November 15, 2012. Relay users please call 711(961 -8245) to contact our office. PC -33 Page 3 November 20, 2012 Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (hereinafter "HRS ") §92 -3.5, the Hawai`i County Council will be conducting this Committee meeting via videoconference. Council Members will be present at the following location(s): • Council Chambers, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401; and • Kona Council Office, West Hawaii Civic Center, 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A. If audio stream between Hilo and Kona is lost for more than a short period of time, the meeting will be terminated. Public Attendance Via Videoconference is available at the following locations until 4:30 p.m. or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed: • Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Community Center, 92 -8924 Leilani Circle; • Pahoa Council Office, Pahoa Marketplace, 15 -2660 Pahoa Village Road, Room 304; and • Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64 -1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5. Copies of this agenda and items listed on the agenda are available on the County Council -Clerk web page at http: / /co.hawaii.hi.us/ council /agendas_ and actions.htm. For further information, please call 961 -8245. Submitting Written Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14) copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawai`i, 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961 -8912; or (3) by e -mail to counciltestimony @co .hawaii.hi.us. Please submit separate testimony for each item. Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address (url) to videotestimony a hawaiicounty.gov before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting. The email shall indicate the appropriate Committee or Council meeting, the meeting date, agenda item (communication, bill, resolution, or report number), and number of testifiers on the video submittal. Each video submittal shall be limited to a single agenda item. Video submittals may contain up to three (3) individual testifiers and shall each be up to three (3) minutes in length. Video testimony will not be played during the meeting; however, it will be distributed to Council Members prior to the meeting. If submitted after the deadline, Council Members will receive the video testimony after the meeting. The Office of the County Clerk reserves the right to refuse testimony containing inappropriate content or that is not in compliance with Council Rule 13 (Public Statements and Testimony). Allowable video formats are to be internet - based, downloadable, and accessible to this office and the general public; e.g. YouTube being the most commonly known but any, of similar functionality and format we can access and review, is acceptable. PC -33 Page 4 November 20, 2012 Viewin• of Meetin• s on Government Access Television - Channel 55: Public Works and Parks and Recreation; and Planning Committee meetings - Tuesdays, November 27 and December 4 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Human Services, Social Services, and Public Safety; and Finance Committee meetings - Thursdays, November 29 and December 6 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, December 1 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. These airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts from the State Legislature, and are subject to change by Na Leo `0 Hawai`i. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo `0 Hawai`i website at http://www.naleo.tv/tv-schedules/channel-52/.