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Home My WebLink About2024-11-21 Leeward Planning Commission Agenda (Amended) County of Hawai‘i LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742 Barbara DeFranco, Chair Mahina Paishon-Duarte, Vice Chair Dean Au Michael Dela Cruz Clement “CJ” Kanuha III Donna Kinuko Noborikawa Armando Rodriguez Mitchell D. Roth Mayor AMENDED AGENDA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following matters to be considered by the Leeward Planning Commission of the County of Hawai‘i at a regular meeting in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 91 and 92, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Section 6-7.5(a) of the Charter of the County of Hawai‘i and Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure. DATE: Thursday, November 21, 2024 TIME: 12:00 p.m. (Noon) LOCATION: West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Council Chambers, Building A 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i Public Participation: This is an in-person meeting, and the Leeward Planning Commissioners will participate in person. The primary way to view or testify at this meeting is in-person; however, as a courtesy to the public, the Commission provides the following additional ways to view or testify remotely at this meeting. Optional Alternative to Provide Remote Oral Testimony: The public has the option to provide verbal testimony at the meeting by joining Zoom. To provide verbal testimony via Zoom, please use the link below to register prior to the meeting: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsd-2qpj8tHbWPX4IVSM46gTuW5LtzipY Optional Alternative to View Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAFoRMb3rfWLQMPd6TAkEGA?view_as=subscriber Please note, as this is an in-person meeting, the hearing may proceed if the Zoom and/or YouTube connections fail. Submitting Written Testimony: To ensure timely delivery to Commissioners prior to the meeting, written testimony should be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday November 18, 2024, by: (1) email to LPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov; (2) mail to the Leeward Planning Commission at 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, Hawaiʻi or (3) drop-off at the Planning Department offices in Hilo at the address above or Kona at 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building E, 2nd Floor, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i. All written testimony, regardless of time of receipt, will be made part of the permanent record. Please submit separate testimony for each item. 2 Meeting Materials/Board Packet: Pursuant to Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Section 92-7.5, the meeting materials provided to members of this commission for this meeting is available for public inspection two business days before the meeting date during regular business hours at the Planning Department offices in Hilo and Kona and by clicking ‘Board Packets’ at the following Planning Department website link: www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/about-us/boards- committees/planning-commission-applications. This information can also be requested by sending an email to LPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov or by calling (808) 961-8288. CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES Review and Approval of October 17, 2024, Leeward Planning Commission Minutes. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS Members of the public may provide public testimony regarding any agenda item now or at the time the agenda item is called to order. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. APPLICANT: JEKATERINA MYSIN (SMA-2021-000078) Application for a Special Management Area Use Permit to construct a six (6) unit, five (5) story condominium and related improvements on a 9.934-square foot parcel within the Special Management Area. The subject property is located at 75-6150 Aliʻi Drive, approximately 0.25 miles north of Royal Poinciana Drive, Puapuaʻa 2nd, North Kona, Hawaiʻi, TMK: (3) 7-5-020:066. 2. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR (PL-PDI-2024-000008) The Planning Director has initiated an ordinance to amend Chapter 25 (Zoning), Article 2, Article 4, Article 5, and Article 7 of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) relating to telecommunication antennas and towers. The purpose is to remove the requirement for a use permit to establish telecommunication antennas and towers in certain zoning districts, add application requirements, and amend standards for the establishment of telecommunication antennas and towers. NEW BUSINESS 3. APPLICANT: CROWN CASTLE (PL-USE-2024-000029) Application for a Use Permit to upgrade an existing telecommunication facility, including replacement of an existing 73-foot, 6-inch tall wood pole with a new 73-foot, 6-inch tall steel monopole and equipment compound in the Agricultural-20 acre (A-20a) zoning district. The subject property is located at 73-4310 Huehue Street on the west side of Huehue Street, approximately 0.59 miles north of its intersection with Kaloko Drive, Kaloko, North Kona, Hawaiʻi, TMK: (3) 7-3-048:003(por.). 3 4. APPLICANT: MARY FOX (PL-SPP-2024-000074) Application for a Special Permit to allow the operation of a home office for the management of a vacation rental business within a 100-square foot portion of an existing single-family dwelling on a 3-acre parcel of land in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject property is located at 59-455 A Ala Kahua Drive approximately 500 feet northwest of its intersection with Kulea Place, Kahua 1st, Kahua, Waika, North Kohala, Hawaiʻi, TMK: (3) 5-9-008:023-0001(por.). 5. APPLICANT: HAWAII ISLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PL-SLU-2024-000011) Application for a State Land Use District Boundary Amendment from an Agricultural District to an Urban District for a 14.321-acre portion of a larger 237.5-acre parcel of land. The subject property is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Kawaihae Road and Waiula Drive, Kawaihae 2nd-Lanikepu, Waimea, South Kohala, Hawaiʻi, TMK: (3) 6-2-001:075(por.). 6. APPLICANT: HAWAII ISLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PL-REZ-2024-000066) Application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-1 Acre (A-1a) zoning district to a Single-Family Residential-10,000 square feet (RS-10) zoning district for a 14.321-acre portion of a larger 237.5-acre parcel of land. The subject property is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Kawaihae Road and Waiula Drive, Kawaihae 2nd- Lanikepu, Waimea, South Kohala, Hawaiʻi, TMK: (3) 6-2-001:075(por.). 7. APPLICANT: HAWAII ISLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PL-PUD-2024-000004) Application for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a 43-lot, single-family residential subdivision on a 14.321-acre portion of a larger 237.5-acre parcel of land. The PUD would allow various exceptions from Chapter 23 (Subdivision) of the Hawaiʻi County Code. The subject property is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Kawaihae Road and Waiula Drive, Kawaihae 2nd-Lanikepu, Waimea, South Kohala, Hawaiʻi, TMK: (3) 6-2-001:075(por.). 8. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR (PL-PDI-2024-000009) The Planning Director has initiated an ordinance to amend Chapter 25 (Zoning), Article 5 of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) relating to hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes. The purpose of this ordinance is to promote the establishment and development of hospitals within the Industrial-Commercial Mixed zoning district to improve access to healthcare services while ensuring compatibility with industrial and commercial land uses. 9. INITIATOR: COUNTY COUNCIL (PL-CCI-2024-000009) Bill 194, an ordinance amending Chapter 25 (Zoning), Article 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 of the Hawaiʻi County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), relating to telecommunication antennas and towers. The purpose of this amendment is to implement a uniform and comprehensive regulatory framework for the development, siting, installation, and maintenance of telecommunication antennas and telecommunication towers. 4 PLANNING DIRECTOR’S REPORT Report on Special Management Area (SMA) determinations and minor permits issued by the Planning Director for October 2024. AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING The Commissioners will comment on matters not on the current agenda, for consideration for the Commission’s next meeting. ANNOUNCEMENTS The Leeward Planning Commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 19, 2024, at the County Council Chambers in Kona and the public can also testify via Zoom. The date and venue of the meeting are subject to change. ADJOURNMENT Contested Case Procedure: Pursuant to PC Rule 4, Contested Case Procedure, of the County of Hawai‘i Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure, any person seeking to intervene as a party to a contested case hearing on Agenda Item Nos. 3 and 6 above is required to file a written request which must be received by the office of the Planning Department no later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the Planning Commission’s first public meeting on the matter. Such written request shall conform with the PC Rule 4-6(a), relating to Prehearing Procedure on a form as provided by the Planning Department entitled “Petition for Standing in a Contested Case Hearing.” The notarized petition form and a filing fee of $200 shall be submitted online via County of Hawaiʻi Electronic Processing and Information Center (EPIC) at the following website: https://hawaiicountyhi-energovpub.tylerhost.net/Apps/SelfService#/home. Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai‘i County Code}. A lobbyist means “any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials.” {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawai‘i County Code} Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk, 25 Aupuni Street, Room 1402, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service, or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Planning Department at (808) 961-8288 or LPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov as soon as possible. If a request is received later than five working days prior to the meeting date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, or electronic copy. Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer 5 LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION Barbara DeFranco, Chair (Hawai‘i Tribune Herald: Friday, November 8, 2024) (West Hawai‘i Today: Friday, November 8, 2024)