HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0093.001 2012-2014 11 PC
comments supporting Bill 291 and opposing Bill 59 re. Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) law
for Hawai'i County Council Committee on Planning
10:15 AM Tuesday, April 16, 2013. West Hawai'i Civic Center
from Cory Harden. PO Box 10265. Hilo, Occupied Hawai'i 96721 808-968-8965 mh ,interpac.net
I support Bill 291, Mr. Hoffmann's original bill, because adds the Planning Commissions and County
Council to the review and approval process. I oppose Bill 59,the Planning Director's bill, because it only
adds a community meeting.
Before voting on these bills, please have two questions answered.
1-Does Bill 291 truly conflict with existing law?
• Planning Department staff said more research was needed. •
At the December 13, 2012 Leeward Planning Commission meeting on Bill 291, Planning Department staff
said "changing the approval process from an administrative decision made by the Director to the Cdutity
Council may be in conflict with the County Charter, because...the County Charter states that the Planning
Director shall render decisions on proposed variances. Since a P.U.D. is a set of variances, it may be'that
the authority to approve a P.U.D. cannot be shifted to the Council without first amending the County
Charter." [emphasis added]
At that meeting, Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd said "...we' ve discussed with corporation counsel that
represents the Department, and the concern was that in order to enact Bill 291 in its current form, you
probably need to go and amend the County Charter...1' m sure that there are some people who will arque
that maybe the Charter isn't as exclusive as it appears to be...a prior planning director...said that they
had specifically gone in and amended the Charter with the purpose of moving...some things
administratively, and it was in response to the fact that the concern is that to take all of those things to the
Planning Commissions was just eating up a lot of time and was very difficult to administer that way. So
the change was made in an earlier Charter, so we are probably goinq to have to qo back, diq up the
minutes of the Charter, and look at...what the rationale was for those changes. ..we' II have to qo dig a
little more in their records and see...what was the intent of the language, what was stated...what was the
measure as proposed, to really determine if in fact that was the intent of the Charter amendments and
whether it impacts Bill 291. So it's going to require some more research." [emphasis added]
• An attorney supported Bill 291.
In written testimony dated September 18, 2012, experienced local attorney Michael Matsukawa said
"I support Bill 291....The county council, whose policies and ordinances are in play when a landowner
applies for a planned unit development. is best suited to determine whether the application should or
should not be approved."[emphasis in original]
2-How will other bills affect the P.U. D. process?
At the December 13 meeting, Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd, the Planning Director. said "...there are two
other bills that are currently being drafted by staff...that are taking those provisions of the Kona CDP that
were in attempt to amend Chapters 23 and 25. and making proposed ordinances to amend the County
Code to conform to the intent of the Kona CDP...some of that will also address the P.U.D. application
process.,,
Mahal°.
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