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Home My WebLink AboutREP PEDLC 039 09/16/1970 1969-1972 • PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT NO 39 Councilmen County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii The following are the recommendations of the Planning, Economic Development and Legislative Committee which were considered at its meeting of September 16, 1970: Bill 686: PRUSS CORPORATION & WINEGARDNER, INC. REZONING OF TMK: 7-7-04:12, 51 & 52 (Bill No . 686) Amends the Kailua-Honalo Urban Zone Map by changing the district classification from Resort Hotel (V-1.25) to Resort Hotel (V-.75) in Holualoa, N. Kona: Comm. 666.1 : Planning Director transmits a letter from Mr. Donn W. Carlsmith, attorney for Pruss Corporation & Winegardner, Inc. informing that his client is not in any way inter- ested in pursuing the application for rezoning any further: Received and file; file Bill 686. Comm. 672: TAXICAB STUDY George Correa, President, Big Island Taxi Drivers Assn. requests the following regarding the action of SIDA of Hawaii, Inc. : 1) that the County set a limit on the number of taxi PA drivers on the Island of Hawaii; g4 2) that a meeting with the Council be arranged to • discuss this matter further: PT4 '672.1 : Legislative Auditor submits as per request his report on the subject matter: '672.2: Deputy Corporation Counsel Albert Jeremiah, Jr. advises that to limit and to control the number of taxi operators in the County falls within the powers of a municipality: Axt, 6- 672.3: Taxi organizations on the island of Hawaii recommends that part-time cab drivers be drivers and not owners of individual taxi companies. Recommends also that there be a freeze on all taxi licenses and applications until recommendations are studied and finalized: Recommend a freeze limitation on the number of taxi licenses and application on the basis of the present number of taxis and to delete Sec. 2-C of Ordinance No . 38 and insert in ADOPTED: September 23, 1970 Report No. �9 ......... File No. PF_ nA,C, .. M. B. No. 1o?, Date: SEP 2 3 1970 410 IIO • PEDLC-39 - 2 - September 16, 1970 (Can't.) lieu thereof, "No person shall be issued a taxi cab drivers ' permit as a part-time occupation unless he drives for an established taxicab company. " Comm. 885: HEIGHT LIMITATION IN KONA Alan Tyler, President, Kona Conservation Group, requests that the Council put into effect immedi- ately a blanket ordinance for all of Kona limiting the height of all buildings to 3 stories with a 4th story variance: 885.1: Gibson M. & Catherine M. Gray ask that the Council make every effort to limit the height of buildings to 3 stories in Kailua-Kona, Keauhou and adjacent areas: x.ec6- 885.2: Major Deane H. Lees, USAF (ret. ) , President, Kona Chamber of Commerce asks that the Council, the Planning Department, and Planning Commission view the problem of height limitation and institute immediate requirements on a basis of decreased allowable density, wider setbacks, and possibly a height limit of 5 to 6 stories: • 4A, C - 890: Mr. & Mrs. L. W. Bryan requests consideration for a 3-story height limitation on Alii Drive close to the Islander Inn and the Catholic Church: Act- 6 - 1003: Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ullmer - recommends three stories for all of Kona: 1007: Minoru Inaba - supports three-story limitation with a variance of additional story: 4gc, 6- 1008: Margaret Harris, Secretary, Kona Senior Citizens ' Club - endorses three-story limitation for proposed condominium next to Mokuaikaua Church: 1009:" Mrs. William F. Robertson - urges a three-story limitation in Kailua-Kona and that the County buy or obtain a long lease on the Thurston property next to the Mo.kuaikaua Church: 1010: L. W. & Irma C. Bryan - urges a three-story limitation in Kailua-Kona and that a moratorium be declared on permits on Alii Drive between King Kamehameha and Hilton: 1011: Councilman Sherwood R. H. Greenwell - transmits copies of letters from Mrs. C. B. Riordan and Mr. James Bock to the Planning Department requesting height limitation in Kailua and Keauhou: 4L, C.- 1014: Dudley Child Jr. , President, Inter-Island Resorts - urges passage of ordinance for a three-story height limitation in Kailua-Kona: a PEDLC-39 - 3 - September 16, 1970 k„ e- Comm. 1015: William S. Kawahara - points out that reducing the height limitation in Kona at this time will have an immediate and increasing adverse effect on the growth and economy of Kona. C - 1020: Howard J. Marsh, President , Kona-Post Corporation - strongly urges that any consideration with regards to height limitation in the Keauhou area be treated as a separate matter from height limitation in Kailua- Kona and that a separate hearing be held at a later date after the interested parties are given sufficient time to prepare a reasonable presentation of their position: 4_«, C- 1021 : Robert I. Bush, Oberlander, Bush & Cave - supports, the proposed height reductions for Kailua but requests omission of zoning changes at Keauhou for the present and submits justifications for the retention of a seven story height limit for Keauhou through explicit criteria: � c -1022: Planning Director submits the action taken by the Planning Commission at its meeting of September 10, 1970 : t-1023: Guido L. Giacometti, Vice President, Kamehameha Development Corporation - supports legislation which would reduce allowable heights within the Kailua area but requests that height limits at Keauhou be con- sidered on its own merits: SSU Pet. 16: Petition (245 signatures) to lower the height limitation in Kailua and Keauhou from seven to three stories with a one-story variance : � �. 16.1 : Mrs. William Bergin - requests three-story limitation in hotels, apartments, condominiums, etc. Received and filed. Inform the writers of the action taken on Bill 730. Comm. 901. 3: AIRCRAFT NOISE - GENERAL LYMAN F FLD Dr. Fujio Matsuda, Director, State Department of Transportation - responds to Resolution No . 263: Received and filed. Comm. 1016: PROCESSING DATE STAMPED ON MILK CARTONS Research and Development Director reports on a PEDLC recommendation that he look into the possibility of making it mandatory to have the processing date stamped on milk cartons: Received and filed. r 1 • . PEDLC-39 - 4 - September 16, 1970 Respectfully submitted, PLANNINTG, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ast-i,___ k -R--fig`- ROBERT M. Y A, CHAIRMAN YULIAAL4, j - „ , FRAN LU , • ,�:� HR. . -- "/) , r- --; A i ?� Wf.�, ?:_--- RI RD G. EIS' A RDS,-MEMBER ;� LTJ -OD . DI '4 ....._ flu BER _, ok ' `. P�WOOD ii0EiI odr ." RBERT T. MA ° YOS I, BER f • / 11, j ; 47f.c..0t)_� rH !'1 R. YADAO, MrER r - • • PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Report No. AMENDMENT COMM. 672: TAXICAB STUDY George Correa, President, Big Island Taxi Drivers Assn. requests the following regarding the action of SIDA of Hawaii, Inc.: 1) that the County set a limit on the number of taxi drivers on the Island of Hawaii; 2) that a meeting with the Council be arranged to discuss this matter further: COMM. 672.1 : Legislative Auditor submits as per request his report on the subject matter: COMM. 672.2: Deputy Corporation Counsel Albert Jeremiah, Jr. advises that to limit and to control the number of taxi operators in the County falls within the powers of a municipality: COMM. 672.3: Taxi organizations on the island of Hawaii recommends that part-time cab drivers be drivers and not owners of individual taxi companies. Recommends also that there be a freeze on all taxi licenses and applications until recommendations are studied and finalized: Rescind Recommendation No. 1 of PF1)L Committee Report 36 of August 20, 1970 and adopt the following recommenda- dation: Recommend a freeze limitation on the number of taxi permit and application on the basis of the present number of taxis and to delete Sec. 2-C of Ordinance No. 38 and insert in lieu thereof, "No person shall be issued a taxi cab drivers' permit as a part-time occupation unless he drives for an established taxicab company".