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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAIÒI
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
MAY 21, 2010
DANIEL BAL dba WAIMEA COUNTRY
A regularly advertised hearing on the application of
WRENCH (SPP 10-101)
was called to order at 11:08 a.m. in the King Kamehameha's Kona
Beach Hotel, Ballroom I, 75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, HawaiÒi, with Chairman Frederic
Housel presiding.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Frederic Housel, Brandi Beaudet, Lani Bowman, Geraldine
Giffin and Richard Nelson
ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Wayne Iokepa
STAFF PRESENT: Brandon Gonzalez (Deputy Corporation Counsel), BJ Leithead Todd
(Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager) and Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner)
And two people from the public in attendance.
APPLICANT: DANIEL BAL dba WAIMEA COUNTRY WRENCH (SPP 10-101)
Special Permit to operate an auto repair business within an existing building situated on
approximately 2 acres of land within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is
located off the south side of Highway 19 (Mamalahoa Highway) with access between HPM
Building Supply and NAPA Auto Parts, Puukapu Homesteads, First Series, South Kohala,
HawaiÒi, TMK: 6-4-6: portion of 1.
HOUSEL: Our next applicant is Daniel Bal doing business as Waimea Country Wrench. This is
a Special Permit to operate an auto repair business within an existing building situated on
approximately two acres of land within the State Land Use Agricultural District. Mr. Darrow?
DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If I can again direct the attention of the Planning
Commission to the presentation on the wall. Our next applicant is Daniel Bal doing business as
Waimea Country Wrench. He is requesting a Special Permit application. This is the location
map. The area of this application is within the South Kohala District. More specifically, we are
looking at Waimea Town. The general area, what you may be familiar with is the HPM store as
located in this general area, NAPA Auto Parts, the Police station Î letÓs see what else Î you
might be familiar with, I think itÓs Texaco Gas Station in that area. The subject property is
identified with a black outline. We have Mmalahoa Highway that runs in an east-west direction
that provides access through this flagpole that is located on the property. The property itself has
two separate zonings. Mainly itÓs Agricultural 5 acres, which is identified in green, and then y
also have a portion that is commercially zoned, which is the access pole. There was a previous
change of zone that occurred right next door to the property to the west that was done by HPM,
and they had changed the zoning to CV and Family Ag-3 to be able to increase their business.
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Just some history behind this particular application. The applicant had received a warning letter
in 2005. Based on that warning letter, the owner of the property hired an attorney to submit a
Special Permit application. When they submitted the application, Director Chris Yuen requested
that the applicant go through the change of zone process similar as HPM. Unfortunately, there
were some limitations to that based on the access to the property. So at a time in the future when
Planning Director Leithead Todd met with the applicant, at that time if they werenÓt able to
resolve this access issue, then they just proceed with the Special Permit application, which we
have today. So thatÓs just a little bit of background.
This shows the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map showing that the actual
area of the warehouse is located in the Medium Density Urban area, which is the brighter orange.
The outline area, the lighter yellow, is the Low Density Urban.
This is an aerial photo. The subject property is identified in a red outline. Again, we have
Mmalahoa Highway at the top of the map. You can see that there is the warehouse identified,
as well as a dwelling located on the property. The Lindsey property is identified in this general
area, and the area of the apartments that was described in the LindseysÓ submittal is located in
this general area.
The applicant is requesting a Special Permit to legitimize an ex
within the existing 5,000-square foot warehouse and related uses on an approximately 2-acre
portion of the 5.043-acre property. The reason for the request is that the applicant has more than
15 years of experience in auto repair, holds 14 automotive service excellent certifications, and is
qualified in all areas of auto repair. The applicant sees that Waimea is rapidly urbanizing and
has very few choices in the way of automotive maintenance and repair. The applicant feels that
they can serve the communityÓs expanding need for auto service, stimulate WaimeaÓs economy
and provide part-time jobs.
These are some site photos. This is actually at the portion of the flag, looking out towards
Mmalahoa Highway. This is the highway in this general location. It shows that you have a
paved access to the property Î not sure whatÓs going on there. This is looking at the warehouse
towards the east; you have the existing warehouse, 5,000 square feet in size, different vehicles
that are parked around the warehouse. This is in the area looking north and, again, we show the
warehouse on the right and we show the apartments straight ahead
is looking to the south, which shows the remainder of the property thatÓs basically landscaped
with grass.
The Planning Department is recommending approval with conditions. The conditions that the
Planning Department did add, a majority of them are in direct response to minimize the impacts
that are being caused to the surrounding properties.
I would like to make a comment or two. We do have one typo that weÓd like to address, and that
is on the, at the end of the Recommendation, Condition Î the initial time extension or
administrative Î it says No. 7, weÓd like to change that to 9; so that would be the last Condition
we would change from 7 to 9. We apologize for that. Additionally, we are looking at adding our
standard water calculation condition that will be a new Condition No. 2, and thatÓs based on a
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comment letter from Department of Water Supply. At the time of
particular warehouse has one sink and one bathroom, it seemed like it might be a little bit much
to ask the applicant to submit water calculations to Department of Water Supply. But we have
not received a revised comment letter from them stating as such, so weÓre going to go ahead and
add the condition. And basically itÓs just our standard condition asking the applicant to submit
estimated maximum daily uses water calculations for the proposed uses to Department of Water
Supply.
Lastly, weÓve received a petition for standing in a contested case from Glenn Lindsey.
Unfortunately, it was received without the proper filing fee. The Planning Department
responded in writing in a letter asking, if itÓs the LindseysÓ intention to proceed with the petition
for standing, to submit the needed filing fee, which the Planning Department did not receive, but
did receive subsequently another letter of opposition dated April 8, 2010. With that, that
concludes our presentation. Are there any questions?
HOUSEL: Jeff, I had one question. You mentioned the addition for the water calculation.
Which Condition will that be?
DARROW: That would be a new Condition No. 2, and all Conditions after that would be
renumbered.
HOUSEL: I see, okay, so that will become No. 2 and then everythi
Commissioners, any questions of the staff?
BOWMAN: IÓm sorry. And you said they have one sink and one bat
DARROW: ThatÓs my understanding.
BOWMAN: Okay, thank you.
DARROW: The actual property itself has a single-family dwelling, which would take the
majority of the water thatÓs happening, but the additional water
particular business, IÓve been informed, only involve a bathroom and a sink.
HOUSEL: Are they on the same meter Î both?
DARROW: Correct.
HOUSEL: Would the usage have to be required from both of those?
DARROW: ThatÓs what they would look at, if -. I believe Water Supply said that they had a
maximum daily allowance of 400 gallons. So if they go beyond that, then they are going to have
to either, probably get a new meter.
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HOUSEL: Okay. No other questions? Would the applicants please come forward? Could you
raise your right hand, please? Do you swear to tell the truth on this matter before the Planning
Commission today?
BAL: Yes, I do.
HOUSEL: Thank you. Go ahead and have a seat. Could you state your name and address,
please?
BAL: My name is Daniel Bal, and my address is P. O. Box 6905 in Kamuela.
HOUSEL: Very good. Would you like to present your comments on this, any comments you
have from what Mr. Darrow presented?
BAL: I donÓt have too much else to add. WeÓve been, like I say, it has been a long, long
process, and weÓve been there for five years and things are going pretty well. Do you have any
questions?
HOUSEL: Have you received all the background information?
BAL: Yes, I have.
HOUSEL: Okay. Are you in agreement with that?
BAL: With the -?
HOUSEL: All the conditions.
BAL: I donÓt see any problem with these conditions.
HOUSEL: Commissioners, do you have any questions of the applicant?
BOWMAN: How many employees do you have?
BAL: Right now I have none.
BOWMAN: Okay, so itÓs your, basically your operation. And do y
and electrical?
BAL: Yes, I do. A bathroom is fairly recent, within the last two months. Electrical has been
five years.
BOWMAN: And you are, like you said, with the agreement that the hours of operation and
everything that the conditions state.
BAL: Those are, all the hours of operation and the days were the things that I proposed in my
application actually.
BOWMAN: And the number of vehicles, so thatÓs -.
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BAL: The number of vehicles is no problem.
BOWMAN: Okay, thank you.
HOUSEL: What kind of repair work do you do at this facility?
BAL: We do a lot of stuff that other people wonÓt do Î changing engines, transmissions. We do
have gasket jobs. I donÓt have an alignment rack, so pretty much the only thing we donÓt do is
fine alignments. But IÓm certified in every area plus more, so we can pretty much have the
capability of doing everything. The only thing we donÓt do is f
HOUSEL: Do you do bodywork?
BAL: We donÓt do bodywork. Only repairs.
HOUSEL: Or paint or -?
BAL: No painting, no bodywork. Only mechanical.
HOUSEL: Thank you.
BOWMAN: One of, I think when that first went on, you recognize the growing, you know, that
Waimea is growing, and that you could provide, I thought it said some economic opportunities.
Was this on -? Mr. Darrow, would you show the first slide -?
DARROW: The -?
BOWMAN: Where it says the reasons, I guess.
BAL: I think it said I was going to stimulate the economy of Waimea -.
BOWMAN: Right.
BAL: And can help serve the communityÓs expanding need for auto service, stimulate WaimeaÓs
economy and provide part time jobs -.
BOWMAN: And provide part time jobs. So, is that something you are still looking at? You just
said you -.
BAL: Absolutely.
BOWMAN: Okay, thank you.
BEAUDET: I have a question Î I donÓt know, maybe the staff. It was mentioned in the
introduction that a rezoning application was made some time back, but due to certain challenges
it didnÓt go through. What were the challenges with the rezoning application?
BAL: The access road that you see coming down from Mmalahoa Highway, is only 20 feet
wide, and itÓs not really wide enough for commercial rezoning; itÓs supposed be 40 to 60 feet
wide for commercial zoning. And the fact that HPM owns the property on one side and NAPA
owns the property on the other side, they are not willing to give up; twenty feet would be a whole
row of parking places for NAPA, and HPMÓs building is too close. So I think in the future when
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this property gets rezoned, there will probably be another access road from the back, you know,
in addition to the existing one.
DARROW: Does that answer your question, Commissioner Beaudet?
BEAUDET: Yes.
DARROW: And that is accurate. The issue to limit them from doing the change of zone was the
width of the access road.
BOWMAN: So when you mentioned that when it will get rezoned, are you, then you are coming
off of that cul-de-sac? That would be the access road?
BAL: ThereÓs actually a two-lane dirt road coming from the back of that cul-de-sac now to the
back of the property, that the farmers use.
NELSON: Could you show me that on the, could you demarcate to show me the second
entryway?
DARROW: That would be right here. So you would come off the highway down here and then
it would provide access.
BOWMAN: And that FA-3 is just one lot, right?
DARROW: ItÓs actually, this is one lot here and thatÓs split-zoned Î Commercial Village as well
as Family Agriculture.
BAL: ThatÓs HPMÓs property.
BOWMAN: Is there anything built on those in the back?
BAL: Yeah, HPM just built a warehouse right next to my landlordÓs house. So we just -.
Remember the aerial photograph of the dwelling? Right next to the dwelling on the left is
HPMÓs new warehouse.
BOWMAN: And thatÓs way back in the light blue, or in the purple.
BAL: In the purple.
BOWMAN: Okay, but there is no, in the FA-3 acres, are there any homes back there?
BAL: No.
BOWMAN: No. And thatÓs just one lot.
BAL: Correct.
BOWMAN: Thank you.
HOUSEL: The home, or residence, thatÓs on the same property, who lives there?
BAL: The owner of the property.
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HOUSEL: The owner does.
BAL: And his family.
HOUSEL: And thatÓs who you rent from?
BAL: Yes it is.
GIFFIN: Mr. Chairman. Jeff, could you please identify that road, which would be the alternate
access to the property in question? And what are the adjoining property owners? So I can kind
of have a visual as to where that road is.
BAL: You are talking about the road on the left? I donÓt know the name of the road, but Shell
that used to be a Texaco gas station, that goes right along the Shell station Î itÓs now a Shell
station Î it goes alongside the Shell station, and then behind the Shell station is CarQuest Auto
Parts. And then as you continue, there are residences down that road. As you turn left and get
into the light-blue portion, thatÓs HPM. If you look at -.
GIFFIN: IÓm aware of that but, Mr. Bal, so you are saying that the Shell station is right by the
David Doi dentist office and -.
BAL: Yeah, right across.
GIFFIN: Okay.
BAL: But see, right now that road is used by the farmers, and itÓs like a two-lane dirt road at the
end of that cul-de-sac. ItÓs certainly not considered an access to this property, no. But it has
been suggested that in the future if we want to do commercial zoning, which the Planning
Department actually wants to do commercial zoning, the possibility of widening the flag access
road is pretty slim, so there would have to be another access from behind in order to do that.
GIFFIN: So the pavement that the road is ends, and then you said thereÓs a dirt road that goes
towards that light-blue property, which is your landlordÓs, that could connect to the property in
question.
BAL: Well, no, the light-blue property isnÓt my landlordÓs; thatÓs HPMÓs property.
GIFFIN: Okay.
BAL: But yes, it could connect. And it does actually connect now, but itÓs certainly not a
developed road. Like I say, itÓs like a two-lane dirt road.
GIFFIN: Dirt road, okay.
BAL: The farmers that farm back there use that road now for access.
BOWMAN: Can you show us that just for clarification? I know where it is but -. With that,
yeah, heÓs going to show it. Right there.
BAL: Here is the end of the cul-de-sac. Here is the -.
DARROW: Mr. Bal, if you could use your -. We have -.
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BAL: I canÓt see that -.
BOWMAN: Thank you.
DARROW: Okay, so this is called Kinohou Street, I believe. So itÓs a possibility, but at this
point, based on the circumstances we have, the Special Permit wa
LEITHEAD TODD: I might clarify that. When we talk about a possible future extension of that
road is that when you look at all of the other land back in that area, right, and we anticipate that
in the future as Waimea grows, there may be a rezoning for additional residential use back there,
there may be some rezoning for some other uses in that area, that we would want that road
extended to provide access to all of that other land that sits behind that property; because as you
can see, they have flag lots and other things, and so trying to reduce the number of entrances
onto the main highway, we would want any further subdivision back there to come off of
Kinohou just to reduce the number of accesses onto the main highway Î thatÓs where we would
want to go in a long range, but that is well down the road. And I guess the tug-and-pull on this is
that, you know, we did want to do the rezoning, but they couldnÓt work out an agreement with
the adjoining property owners on the access, so then it wouldnÓt be consistent with rezoning. On
the other hand the use of the property is consistent with the land use maps and, you know, itÓs
kind of a tug-and-pull; on one hand Mr. Bal started a business that was not approved because itÓs
on Ag land, on the other hand it is a service that is kind of consistent with the growth in Waimea
because -. He is not the only one; weÓve had other issues with automobile repair facilities and
the lack of appropriately zoned land to provide some of these services to the community.
There is some concern about the apartment building, so there is going to be a requirement that
they put up a planting screen. And itÓs just part of the growing pains of the community, and also
trying to fit properties into whatÓs required under our Zoning Code, and so we ended up
recommending this as a mechanism of allowing him to continue the business legally. But it
limits whatÓs used on the property, you know, he canÓt do other uses, right, thatÓs just limited,
and itÓs limited to the front two acres, which is consistent wit
difficult to try and kind of fit stuff in to our code, and so thatÓs why we are here with the Special
Use Permit.
BOWMAN: Remind me again how long Special Use Permits are for normally.
DARROW: Unless there is a condition, a time condition placed on
with the land.
BOWMAN: Okay, so there is no -. And we didnÓt think of a time limit.
DARROW: Correct.
LEITHEAD TODD: The Commission can put a time limit. And on the other side of the island
we have on some, just so that there is an opportunity to review the use, to review whatÓs
occurring on the property, whether there have been changing conditions in the community that
require looking at the permits, so we have had a few where we ha
of the concern that if a community changes, the Special Use Permit may not either be appropriate
or you may need additional conditions to take care of changes in the community.
NELSON: I had a question for Mr. Bal.
BAL: Yes.
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NELSON: The existing access roadway, which is, you said itÓs 20
BAL: Yes, sir, itÓs 20 feet wide.
NELSON: In the future if there is no way that you are going to get any extended width
approved, you donÓt see that as a problem for your business?
BAL: I donÓt. And the Planning Department, I think rightly so, pointed out to me that once this
land is rezoned Commercial, that they donÓt really have much control over what is built there as
long as itÓs consistent with the commercial law. So if there was a big restaurant complex that
was built back there after it was commercially rezoned, that roa
lot of traffic. IÓve been there for five years and itÓs fine for the minimum amount of traffic that I
generate. I mean we generally fix three or four cars a day. And so the road is not a problem for
me, although it may be a problem, if there was a big commercial
NELSON: Out of cue, yes, IÓve noticed a lot of tire burns in one of the pictures over there. So it
looks like somebody is using it as a practicing speedway, but -.
BAL: ThatÓs not -.
NELSON: Go ahead.
BAL: IÓm sorry. I should have waited for you to ask your questi
NELSON: No, so, my point was that the road as it is built now with the 20-foot width poses no
problem for your business.
BAL: No problem for my business whatsoever, or for the landowners that live there.
NELSON: Okay, thank you.
HOUSEL: Commissioner Bowman.
BOWMAN: I donÓt know if this is appropriate, but do you know where those -. ItÓs interesting
because it looks like a bunch of kids, like, burning rubber.
BAL: ThatÓs exactly what it is. It usually happens on weekends.
friends, they all have hot rod trucks and hot rod cars. And itÓs a private road; they are allowed to
do that.
BOWMAN: Okay, thank you.
HOUSEL: Now, you said that HPM just completed building a warehouse on the purple area?
BAL: Yes, sir. IÓm guessing within the last two years.
HOUSEL: Do they use that connector to get to the warehouse?
BAL: No, but they park, all their employees park alongside there; a part of that road is used for
HPM employeesÓ parking lot where they park alongside their building.
HOUSEL: And you say itÓs 20 feet wide?
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BAL: ItÓs 20 feet wide. ThereÓs approximately 13 usable feet after, from the front of the cars to
the edge of the road.
HOUSEL: Right, that makes it pretty tight. Now, this road is owned by the property owner that
you are on, is that correct?
BAL: ThatÓs correct.
HOUSEL: Does he have any concerns about the parking there?
BAL: No, he charges HPM to park there.
HOUSEL: Oh, I see. Okay, okay.
GIFFIN: Mr. Chairman? IÓd like to direct this question to the Director. So, would it be okay to
go ahead and put a time limit on the life of this Special Use Pe
conditions, to make sure that they have been addressed and are being complied with? Is that
proper?
LEITHEAD TODD: I think that the Planning Commission in its wisdom can put a time limit on
a Special Use Permit so that they can revisit whether it continues to be an appropriate use and
whether the community has changed in that area. And I would think perhaps, you know, I donÓt
know, ten years, you know, or any other period that you picked. WeÓve picked different times
for different permits. Trying to think, we had guys that had an existing portable toilet business
outside of HonokaÒa, and that was one where I had recommended denial of the Special Use
Permit, and the Windward Planning Commission didnÓt want to put the employees out of
business, so they gave them, I think it was five years, with the thought that they would revisit
and basically we were asking in that case the applicant to take a look at whether he could
relocate the business. And then we had another one Î IÓm trying to remember what the time
limit on that was Î but we had another Special Use Permit where
because we wanted to revisit whether the community changed around that use. And part of the
concern was that, you know, if we have Special Use Permits, they run forever, and that we
wanted to perhaps have a little bit more control over making sure that people were abiding by the
existing conditions, and give the Planning Commission the opportunity to even revoke a Special
Use Permit, if the applicant was violating the conditions, because weÓve had issues over Special
Use Permits and whether people Î something like this is fairly s
special use Î but we had others where there have been issues over interpretation over what their
activities are, what is or is not a birthday party, and kinds of things like that. And so sometimes
we thought that it was better to be able to bring it back and have the Commission be able to
evaluate whether the applicant had abided by the conditions, was being a good neighbor. And it
was also, the idea was to give neighbors an opportunity to come forward in the future and say if
there have been ongoing problems with the Special Use Permit, which we had not anticipated
and which needed to be taken care of.
GIFFIN: So in this instance, would five years be too short, is that reasonable, what is -?
BAL: I have a comment.
GIFFIN: Excuse me, IÓm addressing the Director.
BAL: IÓm sorry.
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LEITHEAD TODD: I would think that that would be better answered by the applicant, and
thatÓs because he has a better idea of what type of an investment he has to make into the place;
because part of the problem on some of these is like, letÓs say you are granting a Special Use
Permit, somebody invests money in equipment and installing interior renovations in the building,
and you may need to give them enough time to basically amortize the investment in the building.
And so the applicant would probably be in a better position to address that. And sometimes the
reason you want to revisit is to see whether other property opens up that is available.
GIFFIN: ThatÓs right -.
HOUSEL: How long have you been at the site?
BAL: Six years.
HOUSEL: Six years.
BAL: And my comment was that not much changes in six years; I think ten years would be
appropriate. And IÓm not opposed to that; as long as IÓm able to get another Special Use Permit
if nothing has changed and everything is still okay at that time, IÓm not opposed to ten years. I
think five is too short just because not much changes in five ye
BOWMAN: And you have a lease on this building?
BAL: I do not.
BOWMAN: So, but you are not the owner of the property.
BAL: IÓm not the owner. We have, I have a verbal agreement and, like I say, IÓve been there for
six years and I trust my landlord. There is nothing in writing at this point.
BOWMAN: So if he decided that he wanted you out tomorrow or whatever, that -.
BAL: ThatÓs certainly up to him. I mean certainly he will give
yeah, he can, at this point he can ask me to leave.
BOWMAN: Okay, thank you.
HOUSEL: Any more questions of the applicant?
BEAUDET: I have a question.
HOUSEL: Sure.
BEAUDET: Part of the recommended conditions is to limit the size of the Permit to a half acre
instead of the requested two acres -.
BAL: ThatÓs correct. I think thatÓs okay.
BEAUDET: And the warehouse, the square footage of the warehouse is 5,000 square feet, so
thatÓs basically -. Where do you intend to have vehicle storage?
BAL: There is a condition in there also about vehicle storage that says I have to store them all
behind the building instead of on this side of the building that the apartment building is at -.
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BEAUDET: That fronts the apartments, right?
BAL: WhatÓs that? Yeah -.
BEAUDET: Do you think that thereÓs enough space for you to contain everything within the
half acre?
BAL: Sure.
BEAUDET: And parking?
BAL: Sure.
GIFFIN: So we are speaking of Condition No. 4, is that correct?
HOUSEL: Are there any other questions of the applicant? We do have -. Thank you, sir.
Unless we want more discussion -.
GIFFIN: How are we going to go about the actual wording of the time limit? And then also the
new wording for Condition No. 2?
HOUSEL: I think Mr. Darrow is going to help us with that. Commissioner Giffin, we do have
one testifier also that maybe we want to hear before we start writing an amendment.
GIFFIN: Sure.
HOUSEL: Any other questions of the applicant? Thank you very much. Would Cynthia
Lindsey please come forward? Could you raise your right hand, please? Do you swear or affirm
to tell the whole truth on this matter before the Commission today?
LINDSEY: Yes, I do.
HOUSEL: Thank you. Could you state your name and address, please?
LINDSEY: My name is Cynthia Lindsey. We have, we live in an apartment directly across
from the subject property, thatÓs at 64-1013 Mmalahoa Highway, Apartment 3-2.
HOUSEL: Directly north of the property, is that correct?
LINDSEY: Okay, north, I have, mauka, makai, or -.
HOUSEL: Okay, okay, IÓm trying to get my directions here, too.
LINDSEY: Okay, yeah.
HOUSEL: Would you like to proceed with -?
LINDSEY: Yes. First of all, I see applying for this Special Permit and even considering it is
jumping the gun. There are so many things that need to be done to this property before it can be
used for any commercial or other purpose. The building has never been completed. I was told
by the owner two months ago that he hadnÓt put in a cesspool or
plumbing permit thatÓs been finished. The building has never be
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creating a revenue source for a commercial purpose, he is doing it illegally. I mean I have a
commercial building. My building there has commercial places. I had to get a certificate of
occupancy. I could not rent that building or create any revenue stream, do anything with it until I
had completed all of the requirements of the County for building inspections, plumbing
inspections, electrical inspections, and all of the other requirements. I think this is grossly
jumping the gun to allow someone to operate a commercial business in a building that is unsafe,
un-inspected and should not be used for any purpose until itÓs been completed.
And Mr. Bal indicated that he has a bathroom and a sink. Mr. Bal did not have a bathroom and a
sink for the past six years that he has occupied that place. And I was told two months ago by
Curtis Sylva himself in person to my face that he had no septic tank and no cesspool. So I donÓt
know where he is getting a bathroom from unless he is using one
understanding he wasnÓt, and it was my understanding from Curtis Sylva that he was using the
bathroom at NAPA Auto Parts, which he didnÓt use, because I had to stand there and watch him
urinate along with all of his employees and assistants and other people squatting on the ground
right in front of my door, which was gross.
Okay, now, to move onto my other comment. First of all, this Special Permit, this place hasnÓt
been zoned for commercial purpose, using an unfinished building thatÓs never been inspected.
DoesnÓt this create a variance that the County could be liable, if any employees or customers
were injured or hurt in that building because itÓs never been inspec-, if you allow him to continue
with the commercial operation in that building and you give him permission with your approval,
and none of these things have been completed? YouÓve added them as conditions to give him six
months to a year and even another year extension to complete these things; a lot of things can
happen in a year, in a day, in a month. And I believe that if someone got hurt or something
happened there, that the County would be jointly liable because they gave him permission to go
ahead and be there and do this when he shouldnÓt be.
That photograph of the road that you showed with the skid marks, those skid marks are people
coming in and out of his facility, and the noise there is tremendous, laying rubber there
constantly. And screeching and screaming around that corner is dangerous. ItÓs frightening.
You canÓt even hear when they are doing it.
Apparently, from when I looked up the property tax records, the building, because it is
incomplete, has never paid any taxes on that property; there has been no assessments on it. It
was designated as an agricultural warehouse. I donÓt know if itÓs built to commercial
construction standards, codes, requirements. And he is not paying commercial property taxes.
As a landowner and a commercial property owner, I pay commercial property taxes on my
building including my residence. And I think this is just, by allowing this is setting a precedent
and indicating to the general public that you can get away with bloody murder.
There have been many times when IÓve stood at my front door and seen over 40 cars parked in
this area between the apartment and the building. And if he is going to have that many vehicles,
heÓs Î they are in there all the time Î there is no way heÓs going to fit this on half an acre.
HeÓs been there over six years now. My first complaint when I went to the Planning Department
in Kona was in 2004, and they wrote a letter in 2005, and it has taken this long to get to this
point. Are we going to be having him drag his feet and drag his feet with these conditions and
come back again and again? What do I have to do to get this thing resolved to where it is in
compliance with the law and conditions and regulations? I mean the building should not be
being used for any purpose right now or for the past six years in the condition itÓs in now.
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He is saying that there is no available space in Waimea, that Waimea has grown and he canÓt -.
Well, the Lex Brodie building right directly across Mmalahoa Highway is vacant and there is a
big sign that says ÐFor LeaseÑ right now. He has plenty of access to other facilities out by the
airport IÓve seen for lease. I donÓt see why he needs to use this particular spot and get a Special
Use Permit when there are more than adequate properties that are
this type of business.
He also Î you have a photo showing that runway between the two buildings Î he is storing fuel.
Akana Petroleum has delivered fuel. Directly between the car that is adjacent to the left side of
the building and the building, there are four 55-gallon freestanding drums filled with volatile
fuel, and that is how far from my residence. What happens if somebody goes out there and
smokes a cigarette and it blows up? What kind of safety precautions are there? There is none.
There is 200 gallons of fuel plus sitting right there on the corner of that building in 55-gallon
drums Î itÓs just not safe.
The noise from his operation is disturbing at night. And thank goodness that one of the
conditions is that tow trucks canÓt come in there at night, because they come in at all hours with
their lights and their chains and their other noise.
Anyway, I strongly object to this Special Use Permit. And I donÓt think that this is the time to be
even considering it until that building and, as theyÓve said, that possibility of putting in a road
where the whole property could be rezoned, because there are ade
available to him in other areas of Waimea, and there is no need for the Special Permit.
HOUSEL: Okay, thank you. Commissioners, any questions?
GIFFIN: I have a question of staff. Mrs. Lindsey spoke of the building being incomplete and
without certificate of occupancy as a result of its incompleteness. Has that been pursued by
Planning, our department?
DARROW: This has been pursued through the conditions of approval. One of them would be
final plan approval, which the applicant will need to achieve Î submit plans for the property, and
we would take a look at landscaping, parking, re-striping at that time. The other condition that
we were looking at is Condition No. 6, which was addressed through comments from
Department of Public Works letting us know that the permits are incomplete, and that because
the applicant is going from an Ag warehouse use to a commercial use, he also has to submit a
building permit for a change of use to commercial. And so our standard condition in regards to
these types of issues is similar to this where we give the applicant a period of time to get
everything in order, and itÓs usually six months. And in this particular case, additionally,
because of the change of use, they have to also do an additional permit as well.
LEITHEAD TODD: I have a couple of concerns, and IÓd like to have
our background report indicates that there is supposed to be connection to an existing cesspool,
but I have Ms. Lindsey saying that this is not connected. And so IÓd like some clarification with
that because IÓm very concerned if itÓs some ongoing operation.
BAL: Well, itÓs really easy to find out; all you have to do is come and see our working bathroom
in the warehouse. I mean they are claiming that we donÓt have one, and we do have one. And
there is a common cesspool that is connecting the main house and the warehouse, and this -.
LEITHEAD TODD: Then thatÓs illegal.
BAL: WhatÓs that?
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LEITHEAD TODD: Then thatÓs illegal.
BAL: I thought thatÓs what the Health Department had asked -.
LEITHEAD TODD: That would be a gang cesspool, and that would be
cesspool serving the single-family residential house and the warehouse, that is a problem.
BAL: Well, IÓm told by the landlord that thatÓs what he has done.
LEITHEAD TODD: That would not be permissible under current EPA regulations. So that is
something that we need to look into, because thatÓs my understanding of the Environmental
Protection Act regulations on gang cesspools and there would need to be a separate cesspool or
septic system for this building, I believe. So that has to be looked into before we go further.
DARROW: If I could interject, Planning Director? We did look into this matter; we contacted
Department of Health and we spoke to Dane from the Kona office to find out the status of the
Department of Health permit for the cesspool. He indicated that their requirement was that there
was a cesspool for the dwelling that they wanted the applicant to fill in and create another
cesspool or septic system Î he just said whatever it requires Î and connect the warehouse and the
dwelling to that particular new cesspool or septic system. He said that it hadnÓt been inspected,
and so that he was going to have to go out there and inspect it to confirm that compliance was
achieved. And again, based on Condition 6, we had also required that the applicant comply with
Department of Health requirements as part of this situation. ItÓs going to be a process in the
plumbing permit, as well as Department of Health coming out to do their inspection to confirm
compliance with their requirement of filling in the existing cesspool or, if itÓs been done already,
the previous cesspool, and creating a new one. Mr. Bal is saying that somehow they have a
working bathroom; IÓm not sure if that means that theyÓve put in another cesspool, which would
not be right, or if they had complied with the requirements of Department of Health. And as part
of our condition, again, it gives the applicant a period of time to resolve these matters and that is
a period of six months.
HOUSEL: Mr. Darrow, on the electrical and plumbing permits, do you know when those were
originated?
DARROW: Just one minute.
BAL: Am I allowed to ask questions to Mrs. Lindsey?
DARROW: If I could answer -.
LEITHEAD TODD: Actually, no. You can direct questions to staff, if you have some, but
basically this is -.
DARROW: We have a plumbing permit that was -. Oh, IÓm sorry, Madam Director. To answer
the ChairmanÓs question, the plumbing permit, Permit No. M006044
8, 2000, the electrical permit, Electrical Permit No. E025606, was issued on April 26, 2002, and
the building permit was issued on July 17, 1998.
HOUSEL: Mr. Bal, IÓd like to understand, are you responsible for closing these permits,
finalizing these permits, or the owner?
BAL: The owner.
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HOUSEL: The owner is.
BAL: Yes, sir.
HOUSEL: Is there any reason that you know of why he hasnÓt done that?
BAL: Which permit are you talking about?
HOUSEL: All of them.
BAL: We just found out that we have to have all these change of use and building permit and
stuff; we havenÓt had time to do this. It already has building permits for the Ag warehouse; those
have all been done. And you know, Mrs. Lindsey said thatÓs unsafe; I donÓt know how that
could be, I donÓt know what is unsafe about the building. It has new electrical in it thatÓs been
inspected by the County and approved, and -.
HOUSEL: Well, what I read here is the Department of Public Works says they are still open, the
permits.
BAL: From years ago you are talking about?
HOUSEL: Yes.
BAL: No, I donÓt know why. And I donÓt really, yeah, IÓm not privy to what he is doing with
that.
HOUSEL: Okay. Commissioner Giffin.
GIFFIN: I have a question of Brandon. If the Special Use Permit goes with the land and we
have these conditions that are supposedly not complete by the landlord, I am sensing a feeling of
discomfort about this whole application without even speaking tolandlord and, you know,
going deeper into this. And I may be totally out of order, Brandon, but could you clarify that for
me in terms of these conditions?
GONZALEZ: Well, I donÓt know what to clarify except -. I mean you just, you asked the
question but you just made a statement, so -.
GIFFIN: Could we delay the approval of this application until some of the permits and some of
the, yeah, permits were finalized?
GONZALEZ: Definitely. If you guys require more information to m
want to take the time, and the additional information or materials will assist you in making a
more informed decision, then itÓs within you guysÓ discretion to continue the matter until that
information is provided to you.
ARAI: Mr. Chairman, maybe, if I could clarify something, maybe it will help this discussion.
The building permits that still remain open are for an agricultural storage building consistent
with the current agricultural designation. The Special Permit needs to be decided upon by the
Planning Commission to determine whether this ag storage building may be converted into an
industrial type of building that would support this automotive repair business. So the Special
Permit needs to happen first before we can determine how to best finalize the building permits.
If the Special Permit is not approved, then we can work with the applicant to finalize the building
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permits for an ag storage building; but if the Special Permit is approved, then weÓll work with the
applicant to finalize the building permits for an automotive repair shop. I hope that clarifies
things.
LINDSEY: Excuse me, may I make a comment?
HOUSEL: Yes, please go ahead.
LINDSEY: IsnÓt it true that the owner could build a commercial building with commercial
permits, should he choose to, even though itÓs not zoned for such a thing?
DARROW: To answer your question, Mrs. Lindsey, the application today is for a Special
Permit, which is specific to a specific use, and the use is an existing auto repair facility within the
existing warehouse. So they couldnÓt come in and do a restaurant or do any other type of
commercial venture without either amending the Special Permit or changing the zoning of the
property.
LINDSEY: He couldnÓt overbuild his building to meet certain commercial building
requirements -?
DARROW: At this time -.
LINDSEY: At his choice, if he chose to do so?
DARROW: The Permit limits it to a 5,000-square foot building.
LINDSEY: But he couldnÓt overbuild his building, should he choose to with the idea in mind
that at some point in the future he wanted to have it rezoned or reclassified as a commercial
building and meet all of the permit requirements of a commercial building?
DARROW: Again, you would have to, if -.
LINDSEY: If the owner chose to do such a thing?
DARROW: If the owner were to amend the Special Permit, if approved, or change the zoning of
the property Î he couldnÓt just do it just on his own.
LINDSEY: Can I recommend to the Planning Commission that they donÓt even address this
until theyÓve spoken to the owner because Mr. Bal apparently doesnÓt even have a lease
agreement with the owner to even maintain this type of business. He has been operating an
illegal business for six years, and I donÓt see that continuing on is going to make it any less
illegal.
DARROW: If I could -.
LINDSEY: And if the owner was here addressing the Commission, I think you get a lot more
clarity on what is actually going to be happening.
DARROW: If I could clarify for this.
HOUSEL: Yeah, please do.
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DARROW: In these types of situations where we have a landowner and an applicant that differ,
we require that the applicant (sic) sign the application as part of an authorization to allow the
applicant to submit the application. In this particular case, the owner who is Curtis Sylva, has
authorized the application through his signature on the application. Additionally, as IÓve
mentioned previously, is that in 2005 Daniel Bal actually did not submit the original Special
Permit, but the owner of the property hired an attorney to submit the original Special Permit
application. I think, IÓm not sure what the reason was Î it could be based on the amount of
money, it was, to continue with the lawyer Î but anyway, at this time the owner has authorized
the applicant to submit the Special Permit.
HOUSEL: Help me with this Î IÓm trying to understand. As far as the relationship between the
landlord and Mr. Bal, if these conditions in Condition 6 are not the responsibility of Mr. Bal and
instead are, the conditions are applicable to the landlord, then is it not appropriate to address
these to the landlord rather than Mr. Bal?
DARROW: In these situations we place the condition on the applicant; if the condition is not
complied with after six months, if these permits are not finalized, then at that point the applicant
is in noncompliance with this condition. Even though he may have to work with the landowner
to achieve compliance with these conditions, ultimately the applicant is responsible for
compliance.
LEITHEAD TODD: Just want to point out for the Commissioners that
report, youÓll note that a previous Special Permit issued by the Planning Commission in 2006 for
an automotive body repair shop was only issued for a two-year period. So there is some past
action by the Planning Commission that has set some kind of precedent there. But the
Commission can do a number of things Î and Mr. Gonzalez can correct me, if IÓm wrong: The
Commission can defer this matter and request additional information be provided and request
that the property owner come to address some of these questions; the Commission can deny the
application for Special Permit, if you are uncomfortable with the history and the existing
conditions; or you can approve it. So you have options of approval, denial, deferral to get
additional information.
BOWMAN: I heard concern of commercial businesses. The Special Permit will allow only the
existing commercial venture, which is car-fixing or whatever it
DARROW: Correct.
BOWMAN: Okay. So that -. I heard that concern, and I wanted to make sure that just as it is
with all the conditions. Okay, thank you.
HOUSEL: Anyone else would like to have comment?
BOWMAN: Yeah, IÓm with Ms. Giffin. IÓm a little concerned that everything is on the owners
of the applicant, and with no lease, IÓm just wondering what active part the landowner is willing
to take in this, if any. And maybe the applicant can address this?
BAL: I have a great relationship with the landowner. And IÓve been there for six years without
a lease, and if I was really worried, IÓd be pressing him to get one. But they want me there, and
IÓve been there long enough so that IÓm comfortable with the fact that they want me there. And
IÓm their income and they have told me that, you know, IÓm part of their monthly income. So
itÓs in their best interest to -. And the landowner has said heÓs been trying to work since weÓve
been getting these notices from the Planning Department; heÓs be
engineer come out to inspect the septic system, the cesspool and, you know, he is also working
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along to get all these conditions met. So we are not opposed, I mean itÓs not that we have
opposing viewpoints. ItÓs just that I do sometimes have to push him to get things done. But he
does want to do it, itÓs in his best interest to do it, and IÓm not afraid of them kicking me out. On
the other hand, you know, if they do ask me to leave, they canÓt just put someone else in there;
whoever else rents that place is going to have to go through this whole process again because the
Permit is mine, you know, for my business. So like I say, IÓm not worried about the landowner
asking me to leave, IÓm not worried about him not getting the building permits, IÓm not worried
about him not making the improvements. ItÓs in both of our best interest to do so.
LEITHEAD TODD: Mr. Bal, you are operating under misunderstanding of the law. The Special
Permit runs with the land. If the Special Permit is granted, it goes with the property. So the
landowner could kick you out and have somebody else come in and run an auto shop there. It
does not belong to you individually -.
BAL: Okay, I didnÓt know that. But what it is that they would have to run the exact same kind
of business IÓm running, right, because this Permit is only for
LEITHEAD TODD: Yes.
BAL: Okay.
LEITHEAD TODD: But I am growing increasingly concerned about the fact that this has been
going on since 2005, and the landowner hasnÓt done anything about getting the existing permits
closed. So I recommend that the Commission should discuss whether you want to defer or
whether you want to take other action.
DARROW: If I could interject real shortly? It was brought to my attention that there is a
possible alternative as well, and that is to add the landowner as one of the assigns responsible for
complying with the conditions of approval. So it would be in essence applicant/landowner. So
that was something brought to my attention.
HOUSEL: Ms. Giffin.
GIFFIN: Mr. Chairman, I need to express to our staff that I appreciate the information that you
have just shared with us; however, the discomfort that I expressed earlier persists. And IÓm
appreciative also of the DirectorÓs three options that she listed for us to consider, and I need to
express that IÓm in favor of the first option that she expressed to us, and that was a deferral.
HOUSEL: Any other comments?
BOWMAN: I would like to agree just because everything is so haz
lease, there is no definite commitment from the landowner. I just would not feel comfortable
passing this today.
HOUSEL: Mr. Beaudet.
BEAUDET: You recommend that we defer for what purpose, though?
GIFFIN: First of all, I would like to see the landowner here because, as we know, this permit
goes with the land and there are extenuating circumstances that obviously have not been met by
the landowner. For me to go ahead and agree to the approval of this Special Permit, I just
couldnÓt do it today, especially with all of these extenuating circumstances, and I think we need
to have, I would need the time under this kind of purview to question the landowner.
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BEAUDET: So are you recommending that we defer until open permits are closed?
GIFFIN: I donÓt know that we need to even specific, you know, be that specific, Mr. Beaudet,
but I think that what we need to do is speak with counsel, and perhaps also staff, on wording for
what would be appropriate in terms of a length of time for deferral. And if we need to state why,
IÓd be happy to do that.
HOUSEL: Mr. Bal, I have a question. Obviously, thereÓs a lot of concern about the situation
here and a lot of unanswered questions. Would you be in agreement to continue this matter?
BAL: As long as IÓm allowed to work while we continue, I have no problem.
BOWMAN: I have a question maybe, Mr. Bal. I donÓt want to see any economic hardship on
anybody, and IÓm just wondering if you have any idea of Î I donÓt know if this is a correct
question Î but it just seems like you need to finalize all these and you said you have your
plumbing and your electrical. Do you see finalizing these permits as a hardship? So the
commercial, so it can be legal as a building to run your business rather than an agricultural
storage.
BAL: IÓm going to have to invest some money and getting the electrical installed. IÓve done
part of it already. And in order for this to pass, the only thing that IÓd have to do -. In fact, the
only thing the building needs is Î itÓs certainly not an unsafe building, itÓs only like an eight
years old or something like that Î so the only thing that I would need to pass is to get some, the
electrical installation like installed a conduit and brought it up to the code. I mean the electrical
is installed now, but itÓs not up to the code.
BOWMAN: Because even if we were to pass this today, you understand that this would need to
be done within six months.
BAL: I donÓt see that as a problem.
BOWMAN: Okay.
BAL: I mean basically all we have to do is make drawings and submit them to the Building
Department. Everything is all done -.
GONZALEZ: Okay, well, no, thatÓs not the point; the point is the Planning Commission has
been trying to inform you that they donÓt have enough information right now to make a decision
and they are not comfortable making a decision. They want to continue this matter as one option
so that, to give you an opportunity to get information, if it exists, to answer their questions. The
other option is they can try and vote today, if they are comfortable, either to approve it or deny it.
BAL: And your question to me is -?
GONZALEZ: ThereÓs no question. IÓm trying to explain to you what the situation is. ItÓs not a
matter of you submitting documentation and itÓs going to be approved. What they are going to
do, if they are going to continue it, is to continue the hearing, and you are going to come back
here again with the owner. And thatÓs when any documentation would be reviewed by the
Commission; any other additional questions would be answered by you or anybody else.
BAL: Yeah, thatÓs fine.
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NELSON: Mr. Chairman?
LINDSEY: This has been going on since 2004. This apply-for-a-Spe
delay-delay, forget-it, drop-it, I have to go in and make another complaint before the Planning
Department will even make any action. I have constantly over and over the years -. And you are
just giving him another continuance to drag his feet to not do anything. This is just, itÓs an on
and on and on and on. Some decision needs to be made to stop this at some point. There has to
be an end to it Î either itÓs okay for him to operate illegally a commercial business where there is
no commercial building or he is not allowed to do that. And there are places in Waimea that are
available for rent right now Î Lex BrodieÓs old building, the buildings out by the airport Î there
are plenty of places for an automotive repair shop in Waimea. There is no need to continue to
have an illegal operation for over six years to continue to operate in Waimea. And I recommend
denial.
HOUSEL: Thank you for your comment. If you concluded your testimony, if you could go
ahead and return to your seat. Thank you. Mr. Bal, did you have something youÓd like to say?
BAL: No -.
HOUSEL: Okay.
BAL: Oh, I did have one comment. I think the big picture here is what the Planning Director
said at the beginning that the use of the property is consistent with the long-term goals of the
economic expansion of HawaiÒi. I mean the spot that IÓm in and the place that IÓm using is
consistent with what they would like to see there.
LEITHEAD TODD: ThatÓs kind of misstating what I said. IÓm just saying that we were trying
to weigh and balance competing interests here, and one is that, you know, frequently we try to
work with people who are doing businesses that are illegal under the Zoning Code, and try to
work with them to make it legal. The preference was that this be rezoned and go through that
process; you werenÓt able to, so weÓve tried to work with you the Special Permit. But along with
that the -. So we make a recommendation based on that, but ultimately the Planning
Commission has the authority on whether to approve, deny, defer to get additional information,
and whether they are comfortable with the fact that this has been going on since 2004.
NELSON: Mr. Chairman?
HOUSEL: I have a question of the Planning Director. The recommendation is currently
favorable to pass this. Have you considered changing your recommendation?
LEITHEAD TODD: I have questions and information that I would like, you know, that
without -. At the moment I have to admit that IÓm wavering, and thatÓs because I have some
concerns about the cesspool in particular, and I think I want the property owner because I want to
know why he hasnÓt done anything further to complete stuff. And he has been collecting rent
from Mr. Bal since 2004, so obviously he has had some income to address some of these issues.
So I think I would like to see the property owner. No offence to you, Mr. Bal. I think you are
trying to do the best that you can under the circumstances, but we have a property owner who is
the one thatÓs really in violation.
HOUSEL: Commissioner Nelson, did you have a comment?
NELSON: Mr. Bal, IÓve been listening to the testimony in this case, and I just feel that there is a
serious disconnect between you and your landlord in terms of good clear communications with
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the Planning Commission, and obviously thatÓs been shared today by my fellow Commissioners.
And it would be in the best interest of your business and the interest of your landlord to come
back here and to clear up some matters that are really at this point very confusing. I just wanted
to say that.
BAL: I would like to point out that my communication with the Planning Department has been
excellent.
NELSON: ThatÓs just one half of it, though. See, there is another part of this thatÓs missing.
HOUSEL: Commissioner Giffin.
GIFFIN: Brandon, when I make a motion, do I need to say how long the suggested deferral
would be, or -? I mean I donÓt want it to be open-ended, I understand that, but whatÓs
reasonable?
GONZALEZ: I think some of the best language is until, to be continued to the next hearing
upon compilation of the information or something. And then the staff has a flexibility to fit it on
the agenda. You made your point you want it done in a timely manner.
GIFFIN: I do.
GONZALEZ: And then thatÓs the best way.
GIFFIN: Okay. Mr. Darrow, could you work up some language regarding the length of time or,
you know, the consideration that corp. counsel just mentioned regarding flexibility, making sure
that you people can fit it in a timely manner in our schedule and that kind of thing, because I will
make a motion.
DARROW: Okay. If I can just get clarification, Commissioner Giffin, and that is that the
information that you are asking the applicant to provide is information regarding open building
permits, electrical permits, plumbing, as well as the situation with the cesspool or septic system
on the property, is that correct?
GIFFIN: Correct.
DARROW: Okay, so -.
GONZALEZ: I also believe there are issues regarding the lease arrangement -.
DARROW: Lease, correct.
GIFFIN: Thank you.
DARROW: So we would ask for a deferral until such time that the Planning Department has
received pertinent information regarding outstanding permits Î building, plumbing, electrical,
and the Department of Health Î as well as information regarding a lease agreement with the
owner and the applicant, as well as you would like the applicant and the landowner present for
this next, for the hearing. So if it would be okay, we can schedule or allow it to be scheduled for
next hearing as long as the Planning Department receives that information. If not, we will
continue deferring until we do receive that information.
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LEITHEAD TODD: Mr. Darrow, I would recommend no more than two months. I would like it
rescheduled next month; if the information is not in, it can be rescheduled the month after that
but no further than that Î up or down, two months from now.
DARROW: Okay, thank you, Planning Director.
GONZALEZ: Yeah, then the matter has to get resolved.
HOUSEL: Commissioner Bowman.
BOWMAN: I just have a quick safety issue. I donÓt know if the storage facilities of gasoline, if
thatÓs something that is just a part, if in fact it is something that should be addressed Î IÓm not
sure about that.
BAL: Those barrels donÓt contain gasoline. When they do contain fuel, itÓs diesel fuel. And
theyÓve been empty for six months.
BOWMAN: And thatÓs allowable, I guess, to have diesel. ThatÓs all I care; IÓm not picking
anything specific out but just the safety of storage of fuel.
DARROW: I am sure that there are safety requirements regarding that. I believe it falls under
the Fire Department, and also I believe that there is Solid Waste or one of Department of
HealthÓs divisions gets involved in that.
BOWMAN: Just so everything gets addressed. Just so, then you donÓt have to come back and
address something else. And I think that, I would just like to add, you know, I know that you
want to move on this, but then I think everything can get done at once, and then there is the
assurances of not having to come back and have more information required. Thank you.
HOUSEL: Commissioner Giffin.
GIFFIN: Mr. Chairman, maybe to facilitate any more discussion on this issue, I should make a
motion.
HOUSEL: Please do.
GIFFIN: I move that we defer Special Permit Application 10-000101, utilizing the verbiage that
was presented to us by staff, including all of the conditions, the situations that we wanted
addressed that were raised by staff, by our Director, and also that was raised by our corporation
counsel.
NELSON: Second.
HOUSEL: Do you mean to include a limit of 60 days also?
GIFFIN: Yes. That was raised by our Director.
HOUSEL: Okay. Do we have a second?
NELSON: Yeah, I did second, yeah.
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HOUSEL: Second? Okay. So we have a motion made by Commissioner Giffin, seconded by
Commissioner Nelson, to defer this with the appropriate language from staff for maximum of 60
days. Any discussion? Do you have comment? Okay. Mr. Darrow?
DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wonÓt go into the long details of the motion, but with
that IÓll take the roll call. Commissioner Giffin?
GIFFIN: Aye.
DARROW: Commissioner Nelson?
NELSON: Aye.
DARROW: Commissioner Beaudet?
BEAUDET: Aye.
DARROW: Commissioner Bowman?
BOWMAN: Aye.
DARROW: And Mr. Chairman?
HOUSEL: Aye.
DARROW: The motion passes, five to zero.
HOUSEL: Mr. Bal, I hope this is clear to you that obviously there are a lot of unanswered
questions here, and we would very much like to get this solved as soon as possible. So if you
could convey that to the landlord, that would be very helpful.
BAL: Thank you, Commissioners.
The discussion ended at 12:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Noriko Sauer, Secretary
Leeward Planning Commission
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