2016-07-21 Leeward Exh C (Amend Zoning Code re Parking for Persons with Disabilities)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT JULY 21, 2016 A regularly advertised hearing on the PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 25 OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES was called to order at 11:13 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 two people from the public in attendance. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR An ordinance amending Chapter 25, Article 4, Division 5, Section 25-4-55 of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to parking for persons with disabilities. The purpose of the proposed amendments is to update accessible parking requirements in favor of compliance with applicable Federal and State requirements applicable to parking for persons with disabilities. UNGER: Item No. 3, Initiator Planning Department, Planning Director, an ordinance amending Chapter 25, Article 4, Division 5, Section 25-4-55 of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983, 2005 Edition, as amended, relating to parking for persons with disabilities. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to update accessible parking requirements in favor of compliance with applicable Federal and State requirements applicable to parking for persons with disabilities. JACKSON: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Commissioners. The next item on your agenda is a request by the Planning Director to amend the Zoning Code, that’s Chapter 25 of the Hawai‘i County Code, relating to parking for persons with disabilities. In 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice published new accessibility standards. They are called the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design. And these standards went into effect in 2012. The document is about 200-plus pages, and it includes updated standards that govern how accessible parking is provided for persons with disabilities. This is what the new guidebook looks like. As I said, it’s about 200 pages. The current Hawai‘i County Code, Zoning Code, requirements differ a 1 EXHIBIT C