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DATE: September 17, 2019 Re: Comm. No. 450113ill No. 94
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kana, Hawaii
TIME: 2:54 p.m.
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Council Chair and Members
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Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 94, reports as follows:
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Bill No. 94, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim via Communication No. 450, dated August 22, 2019, a
Planning Director Initiated Amendment to Chapter 25, (Zoning Code), Articles 2 and 5 of Hawaii
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County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), relating to amusement and recreation facility, indoor
within the Neighborhood Commercial (CN), Limited Industrial (ML) and General Industrial (MG)
zoning districts and relating to major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities in the Single-Family
Residential (RS), Double-Family Residential (RD), Multiple-Family Residential (RM) and
Neighborhood Commercial (CN) zoning districts.
The Leeward Planning Commission, at its duly noticed meeting on August 15, 2019, forwarded to Your
Committee a favorable recommendation of the proposed amendments relating to Chapter 25, Articles 2
and 5 of the Hawaii County Code. The County of Hawaii Planning Department Background and
Recommendation report noted that there are two types of amusement and recreational :Facilities listed
within the Zoning Code:
1. "Amusement and recreational facility, major outdoor"defined as "a permanent facility providing
outdoor amusement and entertainment, including theme and other types of amusement parks,
stadiums, skateboard parks, go-cart and automobile race tracks, miniature golf and drive-in
theaters.
2. "Amusement and recreation facility, indoor" defined as "an establishment providing indoor
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amusement or recreation. Typical uses include: martial arts studios; billiard and pool halls;
electronic and coin-operated game rooms; bowling alleys; skating rinks; health and fitness
establishments; indoor tennis, handball and racquetball courts; auditoriums; theaters; and indoor
archery and shooting ranges."
The Planning Director is initiating the following three amendments to the Zoning Code related to
amusement and recreational facilities, indoor and major outdoor.
1. Remove the option for obtaining a Use Permit for major outdoor amusement and recreational
facilities in the Single-Family Residential (RS), Double-Family Residential (RD) and
Multiple-Family Residential (RM) zoning districts.
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2. house cleaning amendment to add the requirement of a Use Permit for major outdoor
amusement and recreational facilities in the Neighborhood Commercial (CN) zoning district to
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be consistent with Use Permit section in the Zoning Code.
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3. Add amusement and recreational facility, indoor as permitted use in the Neighborhood
Commercial (CN), Limited Industrial (ML) and General Industrial (MG) zoning districts.
Appearing before Your Committee from the Planning Department was Planning Program Manager
Jeff Darrow, on behalf of the Planning Director. Mr. Darrow briefly explained the purpose of the
requests, all of which related to amusement and recreational uses and facilities. For the first amendment,
he noted that after a review of the permitting history, following the amendment of the Zoning Code in
1996, there had been no permits or requests ever made for major outdoor amusement and recreational
facilities in the RS, RD, and RM zoning districts. He explained that given this, the Planning Department
wanted to eliminate this option altogether. The second amendment request was merely a housecleaning
matter to create consistency within the Zoning Code's Use Permit section. The final amendment request
was to create more options for indoor amusement and recreational facilities in the remaining commercial
and industrial zoning districts where they are not permitted, and to make it an allowable use instead of
requiring a permit. Over the years there were many permit requests for such uses, particularly in the
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health and wellness industries. He explained that at this time many such facilities are nonetheless
currently operational, while others have been hindered in their attempt to find suitable locations within
the few zoning districts that permit such use.
Council Member Karen Eoff noted that she appreciated the presentation in conjunction with the packet
of information that Council Members receive for review.
Committee Chair Ashley Kierkiewiez stated that she knew the Bill before the committee had been in the I
malting for the last five to ten years as a result in the uptick in use permits for recreational use indoors.
She stated that she was interested in the Planning Department's code audit process, explaining that she
knew some of the codes in existence had not been reviewed since her own birth.
The vote was taken on the motion to move this measure to Council with a positive recommendation and
passed with eight"ayes."
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Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 94, and recommends
its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID x COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
EOFF X
KIERKIEWICZ X
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
LEE LOY X
POINDEXTER X ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ, CHAIR
RICHARDS X PC REPORT NO.: 30
vILLEGAs X ADOPTED: OCT 0 2 2019