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Home My WebLink About2018-09-06 Hearing Transcript - Janice Oshiro Amend REZ 05-016WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 A regularly advertised hearing on the application of JANICE OSHIRO (AMEND REZ 05- 000016) was called to order at 9:17 a.m. in the County of Hawaii Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii with Chairman Joseph Clarkson presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Gilbert Aguinaldo, Joseph Clarkson, Donn Dela Cruz, Thomas Raffipiy, John Replogle. ABSENT & EXCUSED: Donald Ikeda. ALSO PRESENT: Michael Yee (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Deputy Planning Director), Amy Self (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Planning Director), Malia Ho Hall (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Maija Jackson (Planner), Shancy Watanabe (Planner), Esther Imamura (Planner), Kim Tanaka (Secretary), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). And 28 members from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: JANICE OSHIRO (AMEND REZ 05-000016) Request for a 5 -year time extension to comply with Condition No. 2 (Complete Construction) and amend Condition No. 19 (Administrative Time Extension) of Ordinance No. 06 47, which reclassified the county zoning for approximately 28,002 square feet of land from the Single -Family Residential -10,000 square foot (RS -10) district to the General Commercial -10,000 square foot (CG -10) district in 2006. The subject property is located approximately 163 feet northeast of the Kilauea Avenue and Lanikaula Street intersection, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 2-2-028:030, 032 and 033. CLARKSON: The next item on the agenda is an amendment to a rezone. You're also doing this presentation? WATANABE: Yes. CLARKSON: Please proceed. WATANABE: All right. Good morning, again, everyone. May I direct your attention to the back for the presentation? The Applicant is Janice Oshiro, and this is for an amendment to Change of Zone [Ordinance] No. 06-047. This is the location map for the subject properties. The three subject properties are located just off of Kilauea Avenue near the intersection of Kilauea Avenue and Lanikaula Street in the South 10V1111.11 1.1 Hilo District. And, for reference, Kilauea Avenue is running in the north to south direction, and Lanikaula in more or less in the east to west direction. The Applicant is requesting a five-year time extension to comply with Condition No. 2 to complete construction and amend Condition No. 19 for an administrative time extension. If granted, this request will allow the completion of construction within five years of the effective date of this amended ordinance with the possibility of an administrative time extension for the same number of years for a maximum of ten years to complete construction. The proposed revision to Condition No. 2 would also provide flexibility to the Applicant to construct the project as originally approved or to establish uses permissible for the General Commercial, CG -20, zoning district. In the original request, the Applicant proposed to convert an existing 1,288 -square foot, single- family dwelling and existing 1,312 -square foot, single-family dwelling with an existing carport each into separate office spaces. There would be nine proposed on-site parking stalls to share. The road lot, Parcel 33, would continue to provide access to Parcels 30 and 32. The Planning Director recommends updating the conditions to meet the current standard language and to reorder the conditions for clarity. Similar to other change of zone ordinances, these ordinances, these conditions in this ordinance, would now reflect letters instead of numbers. Thus, Condition No. 2 is now Condition C, and Condition No. 19 is now Condition Z. The Applicant provided this site plan. Existing are the dwellings that are on each property, and they would be converted into offices with nine parking stalls to share with Road Lot C shown at the bottom to access both parcels. This is the County zoning map. The subject properties are outlined in black, and are designated as CG -10. Neighboring zoning show RS -10 shown in the yellow; Open in the green; Other Commercial in the varying shades of pink and red; and tan for the Double -Family Residential District. This is the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map. The subject properties are designated as High Density Urban shown in the red as are surrounding properties, with Open towards the bottom right-hand corner shown in green. This is the State Land Use Boundary Map. The subject properties are designated as Urban. This is an aerial photograph of the three properties. This site photograph shows the Road Lot C. The photo on the left was taken standing on Kilauea Avenue facing towards Hilo Bay, and the photo on the right is of the existing road conditions in the Puna direction. The Planning Director recommends a favorable recommendation to amend [the] Change of Zone request to the County Council. This concludes my presentation. I am happy to answer any questions that you may have. EXHIBIT B 2 CLARKSON: Do we have any questions for staff from the Commission? If not, will the Applicant or their representative please come forward? You're already sworn in, Mr. Fuke. FUKE: Sure, good morning, like your staff, I'm just kind of following her around. Yeah, I'm here representing or helping a good friend of mine, Janice Oshiro. She was seeking this time extension largely because she wanted to do something with the property, actually convert the existing two dwellings on the property into some office use, but over the intervening time, her father passed away, and so there was a lot of distraction and so that's the reason for the delay. She is now back on her feet, grounded, and so would like to request this extension so that she eventually would want to have those dwellings converted to office use. However, I must add that over the past few years, the dwellings have not sat idle. I mean, they've been used and they've been rented out, so it's provided some measure of service for the community nonetheless. CLARKSON: Are there any questions for Applicant from the Commission? If not, thank you. You may be seated. There being no one signed up to testify on this matter, I'll ask that public testimony be closed, a motion for that be made. DELA CRUZ: I make the motion to close public testimony. RAFFIPIY: I second. CLARKSON: All those in favor? COMMISSIONERS: Aye. CLARKSON: Opposed? Public testimony is closed. Is there any further discussion on this matter within the Commission? If not, I'll ask for a motion for action. REPLOGLE: I move that a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council on the request to amend Change of Zone Ordinance No. 06-47 based on the Planning Director's recommendations, findings, and proposed amended conditions which shall be adopted. RAFFIPIY: Second. CLARKSON: If there is no further discussion on this motion, I'll ask staff to take the roll call vote, please. WATANABE: Yes, Chair. Commissioner Replogle? REPLOGLE: Aye. WATANABE: Commissioner Raffipiy? RAFFIPIY: Aye. EXHIBIT B 3 WATANABE: Commissioner Aguinaldo? AGUINALDO: Aye. WATANABE: Commissioner Dela Cruz? DELA CRUZ: Aye. WATANABE: Chair Clarkson? CLARKSON: Aye. WATANABE: The motion carries five to zero. The discussion ended at 9:25 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Sarah Y. Hata-Finley, Secretary Windward Planning Commission F. 10V1111.11 1.1