2010-07-27 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES MEETING DATE: July 27, 2010 TIME: 5:15 p.m. PLACE: Mayor’s Conference Room aka Hanama 1 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 103 Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 ROLL CALL 1. Members Present: Paul Bleck, Nancy Burns, Eugene Power, Ann Kern, Shane Kitchens 2. Absent and Excused: Cindy Coats, Riley Saito, Ann Peterson, Stephen Herbert 3. Applicants, Presenters and Representatives: Chad Raymond of John Allen Sign Co. 4. Planning Department: Rosalind Newlon and Keola Childs 5. Public: None other than applicants. Vice-Chair and acting Chair Paul Bleck welcomed those in attendance and explained the role of the Commission and the meeting procedures. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS There were none. ORDER OF BUSINESS Chair Bleck, with assent of all commissioners present, changed the order of business to take up New Business before Unfinished Business. NEW BUSINESS 1. Design review of a sign permit application for a marquee sign for Money Mart, Payday Loans and Western Union. Applicant: Chad Raymond of John Allen Sign Co., LLC. Land Owners: Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust Estate and Mauna Lei Partners. TMK: 7-4-015:016. Located at 74-5565 Luhia Street, Suite B-1A, in the Kailua Industrial Subdivision. Ms. Newlon oriented the Commissioners regarding the subject and surrounding properties on the location map, presented illustrations supplied by the applicant and described the proposed wall sign as to size, number and tone of colors used, lettering fonts and logos. Although the applicant proposed the sign as a “marquee sign,” Ms. Newlon said that the Department of Public Works – Building Division has determined the proposed sign to be a “wall sign.” The sign is to be 22 square feet, well below the allowable size limit of 75 square feet in the Kailua Industrial Subdivision. The sign is to have letter heights of less than nine inches with logo heights of less than the eighteen inches allowed by the Sign Code. Ms. Newlon said that the proposed wall sign appears to meet the various KVDC Guidelines as well as the Sign Code. 1