2013-11-07 Windward Transcript - PD Ocean View

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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT NOVEMBER 7, 2013 PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED ACTION A regularly advertised meeting on the REGARDING SP NO. 653 ISSUED TO OCEAN VIEW INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC., was called to order at 12:19 p.m. in the County of Hawai‘i, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Wallace Ishibashi presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Wallace Ishibashi, Ronald Gonzales, Charles Heaukulani, Gregory Henkel, Myles Miyasato, Raylene Moses, and Stephen Ono STAFF PRESENT: Margaret Masunaga (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), and Sharon Nomura (Secretary) And four people from the public in attendance INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR (SP NO. 653) Assessment and appropriate action on applicant’s response/action regarding Condition No. 10 of Special Permit No. 653 issued to Ocean View Investment Company, Inc., on December 8, 1987 which allowed a variety of commercial and industrial uses and a farmers’ market on 14.75 acres of land within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located at the western corner of the Hawai‘i Belt Road-Prince Kuhio Boulevard intersection and includes the existing Ocean View Store complex known as Pohue Plaza, Kahuku, Ka‘u, Hawai‘i. TMK: 9-2-l85:094, 095,096 and Portions of 092 and 093. ISHIBASHI: Okay, Commissioners, the next item on the agenda. Okay, we have Item 5, the initiator Planning Director (SP NO. 653). Maija. COTTLE: Thank you. The next item on the Agenda is a little bit unusual and unique. This is for a special permit that was approved many years ago. It has been amended several times since then. And the Planning Director is bringing this back to the Commission since they originally issued the permit, because we’ve received a public complaint that it appears the applicant has not been able to resolve. So the Director is asking the Commission to assess the situation and the complaint and to recommend action as to how the Department should handle this, this issue. The property is located in the Kau district in the Hawaiian Ranchos Subdivision. You can see ‘ the Hawai‘i Belt Road running throughout the middle of the slide, and then you have the HOVE (Hawaiian Ocean View Estates) Subdivision to the north, mauka; and that’s Agricultural 1-acre zoning shown in the light green. 1 EXHIBIT B