2011-10-25 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES Meeting Date: October 25, 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 CALL TO ORDER Members Present: Nancy Burns, Fanny Au Hoy, Terry Dunlap, Stephen Herbert, John Hetherington and Sammie Stanbro Absent and Excused: Shane Kitchens, Eugene Power and Riley Saito Applicants/Representatives: Joe Belisario Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Keola Childs, Noriko Sauer and Rosalind Newlon (until 6:25 p.m.) Public: None A quorum was present. Vice Chair Burns called the meeting to order. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS None. NEW BUSINESS 1. Design Review of proposed Friday-Saturday weekly open air/farmers market in Kopiko Plaza parking lot with outdoor video/movie theater. Applicant: Hawaii Design Group, LLC. Land Owners: Lawrence Lit Wai Chan Trust and Linda Yee Wah Trust. Property Tax Map Key No.: 7-5-004:011. Location: 75-5660 Kopiko Street, adjoining Lanihau Shopping Center and Long’s Drug Store. Mr. Childs oriented the Commissioners regarding the subject and surrounding properties on the location map, and described the proposed project. He said that although the applicant had proposed no additional parking based on an offsetting proportion of the Kopiko Plaza complex being closed for business during the proposed market hours from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Fridays and from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays, this proposition would be evaluated through the Plan Approval process by the Planning Department. He noted that the proposed earth-tone canopy color was in keeping with the character of the Kailua Village, and that the placement of commercial activity closer to public streets was consistent with a pedestrian-oriented redevelopment plan for the Kailua Village called for in the Kona Community Development Plan. However, he said that the night-time public display of large video images was not consistent with the Master Plan for Kailua-Kona, and that there were currently no guidelines in the Master Plan for public display using modern electronic technologies. He added that such a display might be characterized as a large sign, and cited for the Commission’s information the definition of “sign” in the Sign Code. 1