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Home My WebLink About2016-05-19 Leeward Planning Commission Minutes LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES MAY 19, 2016 The Leeward Planning Commission met in regular session at 9:31 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Keith F. Unger presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Keith F. Unger, Nancy Carr Smith, Scott Church, Collin Kaholo, Barbara Nobriga and Sonny Shimaoka ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Counsel for the Commission), Duane Kanuha, (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Jeff Darrow (Planner), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately 80 people from the public in attendance. A quorum was present. Chair Unger called the meeting to order, and introduced the Commissioners and staff to members of the public. He described the procedure for public testimony. Chair Unger announced that at the request of the applicant, which had come in this morning, the Commission would postpone the hearing on Agenda Item No. 4 (Bolton, Inc., SPP 16-188) until a future meeting. He said that there would be no presentation by staff, the applicant, or the petitioner for a contested case hearing, but that public members who wished to provide oral testimony would be able to do so when the agenda reached that particular item. Chair Unger further announced that Agenda Item No. 5 (Pālamanui Global Holdings, LLC, Amend REZ 05-10) was also postponed, and that likewise the Commission would only hear public testimony regarding that application as well. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC – No statements were presented under this section of the agenda. NEW BUSINESS 1.APPLICANTS: DANIEL SHEEN (formerly TAKESHI KUDO) (Amend SPP 714) Request to amend Special Permit No. 714, which allowed the establishment of a coffee mill, office and general store on .643-acre of land situated in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The amendment request seeks to extend the permitted operational hours for the general store from its current 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. period to a proposed 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. operation. The property is located along the west (makai) side of the Hawai‘i Belt Road (Highway 11), approximately 900 feet south of the Middle Keʻei – Highway 11 junction, Honaunau, South Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 8-4-006:053. 1 The Commission took up this item at 9:35 a.m., with approximately 80 people from the public in attendance. (SEE EXHIBIT A) 2.APPLICANT: ALI‘I PALMS, LLC (formerly LEHUA LANI, LLC) (AMEND REZ 1039/ AMEND SMA 441) Request to amend Condition B (time extension to secure subdivision approval), Condition J (drainage improvements) and Condition V (fair share payment) of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 04-56, and Condition No. 4 (time extension to secure subdivision approval) and Condition No. 6 (drainage improvements) of SMA Use Permit No. 441. In 2004, the property was rezoned from Agricultural- 5acres (A-5a) to Single Family Residential- 7,500 square feet (RS-7.5) and SMA Permit No. 441 was issued to allow the development of a 58- unit single family residential house and lot subdivision and related improvements. The property is located along the east (mauka) side of Ali‘i Drive, between the Ali‘i Lani Condominium and the Ali‘i Garden Marketplace and across from the Kona By the Sea and nd Kona Riviera Villas condominium complexes, Puapua‘a 2, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-5-020:071 and 072. The Commission took up this item at 10:01 a.m., with approximately 80 people from the public in attendance. Chair Unger recused himself for the reason that he owns a property adjacent to the subject property. Vice Chair Kaholo assumed the chairmanship for this agenda item. (SEE EXHIBIT B) 3.APPLICANT: KONA VETERINARY SERVICE (Amend SPP 780) Request to amend Special Permit No. 780, which allowed the establishment of a veterinary office and clinic on 1.64 acres of land within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The amendment request seeks to increase the number of staff from 8 to 12 and increase the square footage of the clinic from 1,700 square feet to approximately 3,100 square feet. The property is located adjacent to and north of the Māmalahoa Highway-Onaona Drive-North Kona Belt Road intersection, Kaloko, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-3-008:001. The Commission took up this item at 10:26 a.m., with approximately 70 people from the public in attendance. (SEE EXHIBIT C) 4.APPLICANT: BOLTON INC. (SPP 16-188) Application for a Special Permit to allow for a baseyard/staging yard for equipment, storage of materials, stockpiling and crushing of natural materials for commercial use and a security dwelling situated on a 9.23-acre portion of a 23.738-acre property situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located at 75-476 Hualālai Road, approximately 700 feet east of its intersection with Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway, Kahului 1st, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK:7-5-017:044. 2 Chair Unger reiterated that the hearing on this application was postponed. The Commission took up public testimony at 10:39 a.m., with approximately 70 people from the public in attendance. (SEE EXHIBIT D) 5.APPLICANT: PALAMANUI GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC (Amend REZ 05-10) Request to amend various conditions of Ordinance No. 09-132, which amended Ordinance No. 06-105, which rezoned 725 acres from Agricultural- 3 acres (A-3a) and Open to a Project District for a mixed-use development known as the Pālamanui Development. The specific request is to amend Condition V(1)(a) related to timing of constructing University Drive (Road 2) from Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway to 800 feet mauka of Kamanu Street (Road 3A); Condition V(1)(c)(3) related to timing of constructing the Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway/University Drive intersection; Condition V(4) modifying the requirement to construct the new mauka-makai connector road (Road 1); Condition NN related to the fair share contribution for regional road improvements; and Condition S related to the timing and scope of providing park improvements. The property is located northeast of the Kona International Airport at Keāhole, between the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway and Mākālei Estates Subdivision, Kau, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-2-005: Por. of 001. At 11:47 a.m., with approximately 14 public members in the audience, Chair Unger reiterated that the hearing on this application was deferred until a future meeting. There was no one who wished to provide testimony. It was moved by Commissioner Shimaoka and seconded by Commissioner Kaholo that the Commission close public testimony on this agenda item. The motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote. 6.APPLICANT: LALAMILO FARM PARTNERS, LP (Amend SPP 77-20/SPP 378) Continued hearing on a request to Amend Special Permit No. 378 to allow the establishment of a fitness center; refrigerated box truck parking area; bakery; honey storage and distribution facility; butter processing, storage and distribution facility; limited retail sales area and related improvements on approximately 0.5 acre of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject property is located on the north side of Lalamilo Farm Road approximately 900 feet west of its intersection with the Māmalahoa Highway and within the Lalamilo Farm Lots Subdivision at Lalamilo, South Kohala, Hawai‘i, TMK: 6-6-005:032 (portion). The Commission took up this item at 11:49 a.m., with five people from the public in attendance. (SEE EXHIBIT E) MINUTES – The Commission took up the following minutes at 11:59 a.m.: April 21, 2016 meeting – It was moved by Commissioner Shimaoka and seconded by Commissioner Kaholo that the minutes be approved as submitted. The motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote. 3 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS – None. ANNOUNCEMENTS – Mr. Arai announced that the next meeting was scheduled for June 16, 2016, with tentatively five items on the agenda, including the deferred hearing on the application of Bolton, Inc. (SPP 16-188). He added, however, that a few of those items might be postponed. Mr. Arai also announced that the Hawai‘i Congress of Planning Officials conference would be strd held in Kaua‘i County from the 21 through the 23 of September this year. He said that there was budget affording two Commissioners to attend. ADJOURNMENT – There being no further business, at 12:02 p.m., it was moved by Commissioner Church and seconded by Commissioner Nobriga that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was unanimously carried by a voice vote. Respectfully submitted, Noriko Sauer, Secretary A T T E S T: Keith F. Unger, Chairman Leeward Planning Commission 4