2010-12-15 Leeward Planning Commission Minutes

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES DECEMBER 15, 2010 The Leeward Planning Commission met in regular session at 9:33 a.m. in the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, Ballroom I, 75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Frederic Housel presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Frederic Housel, Brandi Beaudet, Lani Bowman, Geraldine Giffin, Thomas Hickcox, Wayne Iokepa and Richard Nelson STAFF PRESENT: Brandon Gonzalez (Deputy Corporation Counsel), BJ Leithead Todd (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager) and Jeff Darrow (Staff The Chair introduced the commissioners and staff to members of the public, and described the procedure for public testimony. The Commission took up the following item at 9:35 a.m. with approximately thirty people from the public in attendance: APPLICANT: LEXTRON ANIMAL HEALTH-HAWAI‘I (SPP 417) Amendment to Special Permit No. 417, which allowed the establishment of a veterinary hospital and animal health supply outlet on approximately 3.1-acres of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The amendment request is to allow the sale of ranching, farming and veterinary and animal supplies in addition to the previously approved activities. The property is located off of the west side of Mana Road, approximately 1,100 feet south of the Mmalahoa Highway-Mana Road intersection at Pu‘ukapu, Waimea, South Kohala, Hawai‘i, TMK: 6-4-01:2. Mr. Darrow oriented the Commission and public of the subject and surrounding properties on the location map, site plan and photographs, and summarized the request. He noted that the Planning Director recommended approval of the application, with updated conditions. The applicant, Ralph Olson, and his representative, Sidney Fuke, were in attendance. Mr. Fuke corrected a statement provided in the background report, saying that Building Permit No. B2010- 1204H had actually been issued to Dr. Lisa Wood who was a veterinarian and owned and ran the Hawai‘i Veterinary Associates. He then requested that the proposed Condition No. 4, which would limit the hours of operation for the supply outlet to only during the established hours for the veterinary clinic, be revised as follows: The hours of operation for the supply outlet shall be limited to 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. He said the reason why the supply outlet had been operating from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., rather than from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to match the veterinary clinic hours, was because its customers in the ranching industry started work early. He further explained that even though the applicant’s intension was to keep the current hours of Monday through Saturday, the proposed wording would allow him to conduct emergency transactions on Sundays. In response to Commissioner Bowman’s question, Mr. Fuke confirmed that the applicant had been operating his business for a number of years and was trying to legitimize it at this time, and added 1