2010-11-30 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES MEETING DATE: November 30, 2010 TIME: 5:30 p.m. (Convened 5:40 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: Cindy Coats, Paul Bleck, Nancy Burns, Stephen Herbert, Ann Kern,Shane Kitchens and Eugene Power 2. Absent and Excused: Riley Saito 3. Applicants:Laurie Sokach for Kona Ali'i AOAO; Terry Dunlap, Thomas King and Faye Bagay for Prem Reddy Relo Kona, LLC 4. Planning Department:Bennett Mark, Rosalind Newlon and Noriko Sauer 5. Public: None attended. Chair Coats called the meeting to order at 5:40 p.m., welcomed those in attendance, introduced the commissioners and explained the role of the Commission and the meeting procedures. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS None. NEW BUSINESS Chair Coats took up agenda item No. 2 first at the request of Planning Department staff in consideration of that applicant's attendance time constraints. The order listed below is the actual order of business. 1. Design review of a sign permit application for two wall signs for Scanlan Management LLC: Applicant: Prem Reddy Relo Kona, LLC. TMK: 7-5-004:031. Located at 75-934 Henry Street, Kailua-Kona, near the intersection of Henry Street and Kuakini Highway. Ms. Newlon oriented the commissions to the subject site by map reference, and described the site including land area, existing buildings and other principal improvements. She described the two proposed wall signs by dimension, coloration, letter size, and sign placements. She related the request to the sign criteria Guidelines for Review set forth in the Master Plan for Kailua-Kona. Ms. Newlon explained that the proposed signs do not comply with the County's Sign Code, and thus the applicant will have to apply to the Hawai'i County Council for a Sign Variance in order to obtain a sign permit approval. She noted that apart from non-compliance with the Sign Code, the proposed signs appear to meet the above-referenced Guidelines for Review. 1