2015-02-19 Leeward Exh B (SPP 14-171)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT FEBRUARY 19, 2015 KING OF KINGS CHURCH A regularly advertised hearing on the application of (SPP-14-000171) was called to order at 10:07 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Brandi Beaudet presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Brandi Beaudet, Thomas Hickcox, Collin Kaholo, Barbara Nobriga and Thomas Whittemore ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Keith Unger ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Bobby Command (Deputy Planning Director), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately ten people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: KING OF KINGS CHURCH (SPP-14-000171) Application for a Special Permit to establish King of Kings Church (Congregational) and related uses and improvements, including the establishment of a new private cemetery, on approximately 3.048 acres of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The project site is located adjacent to the north of Harold H. Higashihara Park on East Honalo Road which parallels nd Kuakini Highway, Keauhou 2, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-8-005:026. BEAUDET: The third agenda item for today is King of Kings Church, application for a Special Permit to establish King of Kings Church and related uses and improvements, including the establishment of a new private cemetery, on approximately 3.048 acres. KAY: Thank you. Good morning, Commissioners. The next application is for a Special Permit. The subject parcel for the Special Permit application is in the district of North Kona outlined here in red. For reference, here is Kuakini Highway running north-south through the slide. The subject parcel lies between the County’s Higashihara Park to the south and the private Kona Chinese Cemetery to the north. A little bit closer view, we see again the subject parcel outlined in red, and if I can call you attention to this dashed line here, although we don’t see it located within the State’s right-of-way, this is actually East Honalo Road, which is the road that is used to access both the park and the subject parcel. Taking look at the surrounding zoning, the subject parcel is zoned Agricultural-5 acres; across the highway there is a focus of Agriculgural-1 acre and some Residential and Agricultural-0.5 acre zoning. This is the State’s Land Use Map; the subject parcel is in the Agricultural District, with the, in this yellow color Rural District that kind of corresponds with the Residential and Agricultural zoning. The General Plan LUPAG Map shows again that the parcel is in Important Agricultural Lands designation, with again Rural designation across the way coordinating with the State Land Use Rural designation. And then very quickly, this is the Kona CDP Land Use Map showing that the subject parcel is outside of the Kona Urban Area, as well as outside of a Rural Town TOD according to the map. 1 EXHIBIT B