2011-09-13 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES MEETING DATE: September 13, 2011 TIME: 5:15 p.m. PLACE: West Hawai‘i Civic Center nd Planning Department Conference Room – Building E, 2 Floor 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, 96740 ROLL CALL 1.Members Present: Shane Kitchens, Nancy Burns, Terry Dunlap, Stephen Herbert, John Hetherington and Sammie Stanbro (until 7:15 p.m.) 2.Absent and Excused: Fanny Au Hoy, Eugene Power and Riley Saito 3.Applicants/Representatives: Peter Piper and Greg Ogin 4.Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Keola Childs and Noriko Sauer 5.Public: None Chair Kitchens welcomed those in attendance and described the meeting procedure. Commissioners introduced themselves. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS None. NEW BUSINESS 1. Design Review of existing unpermitted exterior walls and a proposed roof extension in the Coconut Grove Marketplace for Eugene K. Gregory Trust, Anekona LLC, LRG Real Estate L.P. and PFP Anekona L.P. as follows: (a) two “as-built” (after the fact), unpermitted exterior walls which enclose covered deck and hallway areas to enlarge an enclosed dining area and create a storage room for Bongo Ben’s Café and connect two existing buildings, and (b) a proposed ground floor roof extension from an existing metal awning within the minimum required front yard (building setback) along Ali‘i Drive, to enlarge a covered dining area for Bongo Ben’s Café. Applicant: Peter J. Piper. Property Tax Map Key Nos.: 7-5-009: 025 and 027. Located at 75-5801 Ali‘i Drive, Kailua-Kona. Mr. Childs oriented the Commissioners regarding the subject and surrounding properties on the location map, and described the two requests: (1) after-the-fact approval for two exterior walls, and (2) approval for a proposed extension of an existing metal roof to cover all of an existing outdoor dining area for Bongo Ben’s Café, which would extend to a three-foot setback distance from the Ali‘i Drive property line. He gave an overview of permit history, and said that the owner had applied for an amendment to a previously issued Planned Unit Development (PUD) permit, which would allow the proposed roof extension. He pointed out that the straight roof edge shown on the applicant’s drawing would have to be corrected with a notch or curvature to accommodate an existing palm tree. He noted that while the subject property with its 1