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Home My WebLink About2016-07-21 Leeward Exh A (REZ 16-206) LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT JULY 21, 2016 A regularly advertised hearing on the application of JAMES JUVIK (REZ 16-206) was called to order at 9:32 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, Collin Kaholo, Nancy Carr Smith, Barbara Nobriga and Sonny Shimaoka ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Scott Church and Perry Kealoha 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 twelve people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: JAMES JUVIK (REZ 16-206) Application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to an Agricultural 10-acre (A-10a) zoning district for approximately 21.22 acres of land located on the east side of the intersection of Keana‘aina Street and Kaloko Drive within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-3-048:001. UNGER: The first order of business, Item No. 1, Applicant James Juvik, REZ 16-206, application for a Change of Zone from Ag-20, for a Change of Zone from Ag-20 to Ag-10 zoning district for approximately 21.22 acres of land located on the east side of the intersection of Keana‘aina Street and Kaloko Drive within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK 7-3-048:Parcel 1. Staff? KAY: Thank you, Mr. Chair, good morning. Good morning, Commissioners. If I can direct your attention to the presentation screen. This is an application for a rezone. The subject parcel is located in the North Hilo District of, pardon me, North Kona District of Hawai‘i Island, more specifically in the Kaloko Mauka area. It’s indicated here in the red outline. Just for your reference, to the left of the screen, running generally north-south, is Māmalahoa Highway, and the parcel again is at the intersection of Kaloko Drive and Keana‘aina Street. Zoomed in a little bit closer, again outlined in red is the subject parcel. The zoning for the parcel and much of the surrounding area is Agricultural-20 acres as indicated in the green color. But as you can see, there have been several parcels in the vicinity of the subject parcel that have been 1 EXHIBIT A rezoned to Agricultural-10 acres and then subsequently subdivided, and that’s indicated again in the blue color. The State Land Use Boundary designation for the subject parcel and much of the surrounding area is Agriculture. And the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map designates the subject parcel as Extensive Agriculture indicated in white. To the west we’ve got a section of Important Agricultural Lands and then a small portion of Conservation designation to the north of the subject parcel. The Kona CDP, this is a Kona CDP map, and the subject parcel is well outside of the Kona Urban Area and doesn’t fall within any concurrency zones or any TODs or TNDs. Here is an aerial photograph of the subject parcel. Again just for reference, we’ve got Kaloko Drive running generally east-west and Keana‘aina Street running generally north-south. The subject parcel has two existing dwellings on it, here with the blue roof and then a little more difficult to see but a brown roof here. And each of the dwellings has their own driveway access. The applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from Agricultural-20 acres to Agricultural-10 acres for a 21.22-acre parcel in order to create a two-lot subdivision. Here is the applicant’s submitted site plan. For reference we’ve got Kaloko Drive on the left hand side of the screen and Keana‘aina running toward the top. This is showing their subdivision plan. Again, the two existing dwellings and driveways, and the plan, as is indicated, now will create two roughly 10.61-acre lots. Here are some photos of the accesses; this is a view of the driveway to the north, more northern driveway, and then a view of the driveway to the south, again, off of the Keana‘aina Street. And here’s Keana‘aina Street looking north of the subject parcel on the left hand side, pardon me, on the right hand side, and on the bottom with Keana‘aina Street looking south of the subject parcel on the left hand side. The Director is recommending that we forward a favorable recommendation to the County Council for this particular rezone. With that, I’m happy to answer any questions that the Commission may have. UNGER: Thank you. Commissioners, do you have any questions of staff at this time? I’d like to ask the applicant or the representative to come forward at this time. LEONARD: Good morning. UNGER: Good morning. Raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission? LEONARD: I do. UNGER: Very good. State your name and where you reside. LEONARD: My name is James Leonard. I reside at 101 Hale Nani Street in Hilo, Hawai‘i. 2 EXHIBIT A UNGER: Great. Thank you. Have you read the Planning Department recommendations and do you agree with them? LEONARD: Yes, we’ve gone over the recommendations and the background report and the recommended conditions of approval, and reviewed that with the applicant, and they are fully in agreement with those and agree with that as written. UNGER: Okay. This is your opportunity to add to it or make any comments, if you would, at this time, or not. LEONARD: No, but I would be glad to answer any questions that any of the Commissioners might have about the application. UNGER: Great. Thank you. Commissioners, are there any questions for the applicant at this time? Commissioner Carr Smith. CARR SMITH: Yes. I was just curious. You don’t reside on the property? LEONARD: I don’t. I’m a planning consultant representing — CARR SMITH: Oh, you are the consultant for the owner — LEONARD: Yes. CARR SMITH: — and the owner resides on the property? LEONARD: Yeah, well, they have a house there and they also have a home, or one of the families, has a home in Hilo. So they split their time between the two houses. CARR SMITH: And the second home? LEONARD: The second home, they live there. CARR SMITH: The second home on the property. LEONARD: Right. CARR SMITH: And the first home on the property? LEONARD: The first home, they split their time between. CARR SMITH: Okay. Okay, thank you. 3 EXHIBIT A UNGER: Commissioners, any other questions at this time? Thank you. You may be seated. At this time I’d like to call up members of the public who have signed up to testify, if anything, on this application. Seeing none, I move to close the public hearing portion of this agenda item. SHIMAOKA: I move. NOBRIGA: I second. UNGER: Motion by Commissioner Shimaoka, second by Nobriga, to close. All in favor? COMMISSIONERS: Aye. UNGER: Oppose? \[None.\] So moved. At this time I’d like to request a motion from the Commissioners in regard to this agenda item. SHIMAOKA: I move that, Mr. Chair, that a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council on the application for Change of Zone, Docket Number REZ 16-206, based on the Planning Director’s recommendations, findings and proposed conditions, which shall be adopted. UNGER: And we have a second from Commissioner Nobriga. We have a motion from Commissioner Shimaoka, second by Nobriga. At this time, Commissioners, open it up for discussion, any discussion on the motion? Commissioner Carr Smith. CARR SMITH: Yeah, I’m in favor of this. Happy to see that there’s two water meters and two accesses and two legal homes, so I’m in favor of the down-zone. UNGER: I agree. I’m in favor also. And looking at the forest management plans that are intact and onsite, it looks like, I also will be giving it a favorable recommendation as well. Any other comments? Staff, roll call. KAY: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Commissioner Shimaoka? SHIMAOKA: Aye. KAY: Commissioner Nobriga? NOBRIGA: Aye. KAY: Commissioner Kaholo? KAHOLO: Aye. KAY: Commissioner Carr Smith? CARR SMITH: Aye. 4 EXHIBIT A KAY: And Chair Unger? UNGER: Aye. KAY: Okay, thank you, motion carries, five-nothing. UNGER: Thank you. Applicant, you’ll be notified in writing by the Planning Commission, or by, Planning Commission, right. The discussion ended at 9:42 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Noriko Sauer, Secretary Leeward Planning Commission 5 EXHIBIT A