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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: October 13 , 1987 Re: Comm . 1261
PLACE : Councilroom
TIME: 1:30 p .m .
Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo , Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No . 415 ,
Draft 2 , regarding the rezoning request of Kona Operating
Partnership/Kaupulehu Developments , Kona Village Resorts , Kaupulehu ,
Hawaii , TMK: 7-2-03 :portion of 2 , reports as follows:
Bill No . 415 , Draft 2 , amends Section 25-86 , Article 3 , Chapter 25 of
the Hawaii County Code , by changing the district classification of
approximately 48 acres of land from Open (0) and Resort Hotel (V-3 )
to Resort Hotel (V-7 ) .
Bill 415 , Draft 2 , passed first reading of the County Council on
October 7 , 1987 , and was recommitted to the Committee on Planning for
further review and discussion , at the recommendation of Committee
Chairman Takashi Domingo .
Suggested amendments to Bill 415 were distributed to committee
members. prior to the meeting by Councilman Russell Kokubun. The
amendments are as follows:
" ( F) public access to and along the shoreline , including
related improvements , shall be provided and maintained in
perpetuity, meeting with the approval of the planning
Director . These improvements shall include , but not be
limited to , the following: a) public parking, at the ratio of
at least one parking stall for every ten hotel rooms at the
resort; b ) a pathway, at least six feet wide , constructed in
such a manner as to safely accommodate handicapped persons and
extending from the parking area to the shoreline; c ) public
amenities , such as: restroom facilities , an outdoor shower ,
an outdoor sink and potable water ; d ) lateral shoreline access
along the shoreline fronting the resort and e ) readily visible
signs identifying the location of the public parking area and
pathway; (G) construction of the public parking area and
pathway, including the erection of identifying signs , shall be
completed on or before December 31 , 1987; (H) construction of
permanent public amenities shall commence within six months of
the effective date of the Shoreline Management Area permit and
shall be completed within three months of the commencement of
construction; "
PC REPORT No . 252
ADOPTED : OCT 21 1987
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PC- 252 Page 2 October 13 , 1987
Councilman Kokubun informed your Committee that the suggested
amendments were discussed with Jan Sullivan , attorney for Kona
Village Resort, and a representative of the Planning Department .
Councilman Kokubun also stated that the proposed amendments are
basically provisions which Mrs . Sullivan agreed to in her letter to
the Planning Department dated September 8 , 1987 .
Councilman Spencer K. Schutte stated that the County cannot continue
to expect private developers to provide public access to the
shoreline and other amenities when the State Government is negligent
in improving State-owned land which are located near the subject
property . He stated that he can understand the requirement for
public access; however , he stated that the requirement for restrooms
and other amenities is excessive .
Councilman Frank De Luz also stated that to require the developer to
install restrooms and other amenities is excessive; therefore , he
cannot vote in favor of the proposed amendments .
Councilman Kokubun stated that the amenities are the result of a
"give and take" arrangement between the developer and the County . He
explained that since the County is presently not in a position to
require the developer to dedicate the access to the County, the
developer is responsible for installing the access and necessar
improvements . Along with this , the developer is permitted to attach
certain restrictions to the use of the public access , such as the
type of vehicles which will be allowed on the public access , the
limited hours when the access will be open to the public and
restrictions on alcoholic beverages . Councilman Kokubun added that
if the public access were dedicated to the County , no restrictions
would be in order .
Councilman Robert Herkes questioned Mrs . Sullivan as to whether she
would want the restrictions to also be included in Bill 415 .
Mrs . Sullivan answered in the negative and explained that the
restrictions are issues which she had worked out with the Planning
Department .
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PC- 252 Page 3 October 13 , 1987
Your Committee on Planning is now in full accord with the intent and
purpose of Bill 415 , Draft 3 , and recommends that it pass second and
final reading.
Note: Underscoring of new materials appears in this committee report
but will not appear in the final draft of the bill .
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TAKASHI DOMINGO, AIRMAN
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(I DO NOT CONCUR)
SPENCER K. SCHUTTE, VICE CHR. FRAN E LUZ III, MEMBER
(ABSENT & EXCUSED)
' •BERT N. HERKES, MEMBER LORRAINE R. JITCHA• NO YE, MEMBER
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