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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSIION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT NOVEMBER 6, 2009 A regularly advertised hearing on the PLANNING DIRECTOR’S PROPOSAL TO AMEND CHAPTER 25, HAWAII COUNTY CODE, BY REQUIRING A USE PERMIT FOR TELECOMMUNCIATION ANTENNAS AND TOWERS was called to order at 12:12 p.m. in the County of Hawaii, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Rell Woodward presiding. PRESENT: Rell Woodward Takashi Domingo Andrew Iwashita Zendo Kern Shelly Ogata Wallace Ishibashi Brandon Gonzalez, Deputy Corporation Counsel BJ Leithead Todd, Planning Director Norman Hayashi, Planning Program Manager Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner Maija Cottle, Staff Planner And 2 people from the public in attendance. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR Amendment to Chapter 25, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) by requiring a Use Permit for telecommunication antennas and towers situated within the Residential and Agricultural (RA), Family Agricultural (FA), Agricultural (A) and Intensive Agricultural (IA) zoned districts. WOODWARD: Next item is Agenda Item No. 4, a Planning Director initiated amendment to Chapter 25 of the Hawaii County Code relating to telecommunication antennas and towers. Maija. COTTLE: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Planning Director is initiating this amendment to the Zoning Code because the State law was recently changed to allow telecommunication antennas and towers as a permitted use within the State Land Use Agricultural District. And in order to afford the public an opportunity, surrounding property owners, to provide input on proposed antennas and towers on applications that come before us the Director is recommending that a Use Permit be required. So this is just a change to the Zoning Code to provide for that. 1 EXHIBIT C