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PLANNING COMMISSION
Planning Department
County of Hawaii
Hilo,; Hawaii
APPLICATION FOR USE PERMIT' )
by )
KONA PACIFIC PARTNERS ) USE PERMIT NO. 17
from )
MAXIMUMALLOWABLE HEIGHT LIMIT)
in )
KAILUA, NORTH KONA, HAWAII )
USE PERMIT
The County of Hawaii Planning Commission at its duly held
public hearings on April 26 and May 31,;1979,'considered -the
application of KONA PACIFIC PARTNERS for a Use Permit in accord-
ance with Article 5, Section 4 of Chapter 8 (Zoning Code), Hawaii
County Code, as amended, to allow the construction of a 4 -story
condominium bulding'in lieu of the maximum allowable height limit
of three (3) stories as stipulated within the Multiple Residential
(RM) zoned district.) The properties involved are located between
Walua Road and Kuakini Highway -at the intersection of Alii Drive
and Walua Road, Kailua, North Kona, Hawaii, Tax Map Key 7-5-09:
3, 38, 49, 60I 61 &'62.
The Commission has found:
It is determined that the condominium building
proposed to be constructed at a height of four (4)
stories and forty-five (45) feet does meet the
criteria established for an additional story Use
Permit as stipulated within the Multiple Family (RM)
zoned district.- The ,primary icriteria used in
determining whether a'Use Permit should be granted
for an additional story and height is if "...the
taller building ;will not dominate the landscape."
Although a Use Permit is being requested for
the additional story, only a portion of the building
will be affected. Further, that portion of thei
building which will be four ;(4) stories in height
will not exceed the maximum allowable limit in
terms of feet. The proposed forty-five (45) foot
building will be within the height limit (in feet)
established within the RM zoned district.' The
building is designed in such -a manner that those
portions fronting the 'public `roadway, both Kuakini
Highway and Walua Road`, will be well within the;
maximum allowable height. Both ends of the build-
ing will be three (3) stories and approximately
forty (40) feet in height. Only the center portion
of the building will exceed the allowable height
limit in terms of the number of allowable stories
and five (5) feet in height. Because of the sloping
terrain running in a mauka-makai direction, that
portion of the building which will exceed the height
limit will not be significantly noticeable from both
roadways. In ;fact, because of the design of the
building, the building from both a mauka and makai
view would have an appearance of a=three (3) story/
40 -foot high building. Therefore, the view planes
from Kuakini Highway rand ;Walua'Road will not
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significantly be impeded. -Since the proposed
building will be terraced in relationship tothe
topography and slope of the land, the additional
story will not be pronounced.
The effect of the building will also be softened
by the adjoining Malia'Kai >and Kona Mansions Condo-
minium buildings. Furthermore, heavy landscaping,
including the use of taller trees will be planted
to soften the impact of the building.
Based on the design of the building and its
proposed improvements, including landscaping, it is
felt that the building; will not detract nor have an
adverse impact on the adjacent buildings and land-
scape of the surrounding -areas. -
Based on the above, it is felt that the addi-
tional'story for a;portion ;of the proposed building;
will not dominate the landscape of the immediate
area.
It should be further pointed out that although
the petitioner couldpossiblycomply with the maximum'
allowable height limit and Still; provide for the
desired 'number :of condominium units, the building
would have to be redesigned in such a manner that the
appearance of the building would be "bulky". It would
have to be"arranged 'in a manner which would literally
create a massive wall along ;both the mauka and-makai
property lines along`Kuakini Highway and Walua Road.
It is therefore felt that thepresentdesign of the
building, would be more in the direction of complying
with the criteria of the Use Permit.
Therefore, the Commission hereby grants to the petitioner a
Use Permit to allow the construction of a 4 -story condominium
building in lieu of the maximum allowable height limit of three
(3) stories at Kailua, North Kona', Hawaii, pursuant ;to the
authority vested in it by Article 11 Section '8 of the Zoning
Code, 'subject to the 'ifollowing ;conditions:
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1. That the conditions as outlined in the accompanying
Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit and Planned
Development Permit (PDP) be complied with.
2. That no portion of the building shall exceed forty-
five (45) feet in height. Further, those portions
of the building along Kuakini Highway and Walua Road
shall not exceed the three (3) story height limit nor
shall it be higher than forty (40) feet.
3. That extensive landscaping along the Kuakini Highway
portion of the parcel be developed to cushion the
effect of the building from pedestrian and vehicular
traffic. Said landscaping plan shall be submitted
in conjunction with the plans for Plan Approval
review.
4. That all other applicable rules, regulations and
requirements be complied with.
Should any of the delineated conditions not be complied
with the Use Permit may be deemed null and void by the Planning
commission.
1979. The effective date of this Use Permit shall be from May 31,
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this
APPROVED as to
FORM AND LEGALITY:
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DEPUTY CORPORATIONNCOUNSEL
COUNTY OF HAWAII
Date: .JUN .m '1:S
qday of June , 1979.
Willi m F, elcke
Chairman, Planning Commission
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