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<br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />JUNE 5, 2007 <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the COUNTY COUNCIL AND PLANNING DIRECTOR <br />INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 25 RELATING TO SUPERSTORESwas called <br />to order at 11:19 a.m. in the County of Hawaii, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi <br />Street, Hilo, Hawaii, with Chairman William Graham presiding. <br />PRESENT: William Graham (left at 12:07 p.m.) ABSENT & EXCUSED: Takashi Domingo <br />C. Kimo Alameda Alvin Rho <br />Andrew Iwashita <br />Shelly Ogata <br />Rene’ Siracusa <br />Rodney Watanabe <br />Rell Woodward <br />Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Christopher Yuen, Planning Director <br />Norman Hayashi, Staff Planner <br />Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner <br />And approximately 33 people from the public in attendance. <br />INITIATOR: COUNTY COUNCIL <br />5. <br />Amendment to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), as <br />amended, relating to Retail Establishments. The proposed amendment would not permit <br />“superstores” in any zoning district. “superstore” means a business exceeding 90,000 gross <br />square feet, offering for sale more than 25,000 different stock keeping units, and dedicating more <br />than 20,000 gross square feet of floor area to the sale of groceries. <br />INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR <br />5a. <br />Amendment to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), as <br />amended, to create a “superstore” zoning district, which would be the only zoning district where <br />a “superstore” would be allowed. <br />GRAHAM: Norman, our next item on the agenda, and I think you spoke to me a little <br />bit before, is the, maybe I’ll call it the superstore related ordinances; and we have a 5 and a 5a. <br />How should I handle these at this time? Should I start with the 5 and then do the 5a, or join them <br />together, or -? <br />HAYASHI: Well, you can take it together I would assume. <br />GRAHAM: Okay. <br /> EXHIBIT D 1 <br /> <br /> <br />