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Home My WebLink About2019-04-09 Kailua Village Design Commission Agenda NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a meeting to be held by the Kailua Village Design Commission of the County of Hawai‘i in accordance with the provision of Section 92-7, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. PLACE: West Hawai‘i Civic Center, nd Planning Department Conference Room –Building E, 2 Floor 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, 96740 DATE: April 9, 2019 TIME: 5:15 PM AGENDA CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the Meeting of March 5, 2019 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS NEW BUSINESS 1. The applicant, Yen Wen Fang of Engineering Partners, is proposing a ground mounted photovoltaic system at the Regency at Hualālai, an assisted care facility located off of Hualālai Road, established under Use Permit No. 174 which was approved on April 17, 1998. The proposed ground mounted photovoltaic system includes approximately 728 new panels over an area of approximately 1.153 of the 5.213 acre parcel, and are to be located to the rear of the assisted living facility. The applicant is proposing a continuous, unbroken planting screen, no less than 5-feet in height along the perimeter of the parcel boundary surrounding the ground mounted photovoltaic system along with 6-foot high chain link fencing. Landowner: MBSB Hualālai LLC TMK: (3) 7-5-010:015 Location: 75-181 Hualālai Road, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 2. The applicant, James Takamine, President of CU Hawaii, has submitted a sign variance application for a wall sign to be located at the Credit Union of Hawaii located on a parcel accessible by Kuakini Highway and Hualālai Road. The proposed variance is for a 32.5 square foot PVC board sign, with satin finish, measuring 5.0’ tall x 6’8” wide. The logo is 36 inches tall, with multi colored diamond shapes on a white background and the fonts will include black and green colored letters for the name of the bank, ranging from 4” to 10” tall. The wall sign is to be located at a height of 22 feet. Landowner: Credit Union Hawaii TMK: (3) 7-5-008:021 Location: 75-5781 Kuakini Highway, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 3. The applicant, Chase Villafana, of Planet Fitness NY, has submitted a sign variance application for two wall signs to read “Planet Fitness” with a logo, for a commercial gym, on two sides of an existing building, with one sign fronting Henry Street and Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. one sign fronting Hawaii Belt Road (Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway). Each of the two wall sign heights are 91 inches by 264.5 inches, for a total of 167.2 square feet. The proposal includes signs made of translucent vinyl with white LED illumination. The colors of the letters are mulberry with black returns (sides) for “Planet Fitness”. The logo includes white letters and black returns letters for the two letters of the business name, “pf”, along with a yellow thumbs up within a black gear wheel with a mulberry colored ring. The height of the signs are approximately 20 feet. Landowner: John David Rapoza, et al. TMK: (3) 7-5-004: 058 Location: 75-1000 Henry Street, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 4. At the request of the County Council, the Department of Public Works, Building Division, is requesting the KVDC to confirm whether the revised plans for the sign variance application for the Holiday Inn Express, submitted to the County Council for review and approval, satisfies the recommendations of the Commission. The Commission previously reviewed the Holiday Inn Express sign variance application at a meeting held on November 17, 2015. The Council is in the process of reviewing the Proposed Amendments to Resolution No. 92; resolution granting a variance from Chapter 3 Section, 3- 6 ( b) ( 3), 3- 58 ( b), 3- 58 ( c) and 3- 60 ( a), Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 edition, as amended), to allow two wall signs and two directional signs at 75-146 Sarona Road, Kailua Kona, HI. Landowner: Kona Hospitality TMK: (3) 7-5-007:009 Location: 75-146 Sarona Road, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ANNOUNCEMENTS Next meeting tentatively scheduled for April 23, 2019. ADJOURNMENT Notice: 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.} Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service, other reasonable modification, or language interpretation to access this meeting please contact the Planning Department at 961-8288 as soon as possible, but no later than five working days prior to the meeting date, to arrange for accommodations. “Other reasonable modification” refers to communication methods or devices for people with disabilities who are mentally and/or physically challenged. KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION SHAUN ROTH, CHAIR 2