2011-09-27 Kailua Village Design Commission Minutes

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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES Meeting Date: September 27, 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: Shane Kitchens, Nancy Burns, Terry Dunlap, Stephen Herbert, John Hetherington and Fanny Au Hoy (from 5:20 p.m.) Absent and Excused: Eugene Power, Riley Saito and Sammie Stanbro Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Keola Childs, Ramsey Young and Noriko Sauer Public: None Chair Kitchens called the meeting to order, and welcomed those in attendance. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS None. NEW BUSINESS 1. Discussion of the purpose, powers and duties of the Kailua Village Design Commission as set forth in Article 7 (Special District Regulations), Division 1 (Kailua Village Design Commission) of the Zoning Code (Chapter 25, Hawai‘i County Code). Discussion requested by Commissioner Dunlap. Commissioner Dunlap clarified the reason for his request, saying he was concerned that once approved and built, the current practices seemed to allow buildings to be repainted in any color, in which case the Commission’s effort and even existence was futile, and that such inconsistency seemed unfair to those who apply for new development and/or abide by the guidelines. Mr. Mark said that the only instrument to regulate building colors now was plan approval, and explained how the process in general would take place: The Commission recommends certain colors at a design review meeting, the applicant agrees, the Commission’s recommendation is forwarded to the Planning Director, and the colors are specified in the plan approval conditions. He further explained that the Department’s investigations for possible violations were generally driven by complaints, and that unless there was a plan approval condition that required colors that differed from the existing building colors, in which case the Department could issue a notice of violation and follow through the enforcement procedure, there was no mechanism enabling the Department to enforce the color scheme recommended in the Master Plan for Kailua-Kona. He added that a majority of plan approvals in the past appeared to have focused on zoning issues rather than design aspect and therefore rarely contained color specifications. 1