2018-01-04 Hearing Transcript - OYS Properties LLC REZ 17-224

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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT JANUARY 4, 2018 A regularly advertised hearing on the application of OYS PROPERTIES, LLC (REZ 17- 000224) was called to order at 9:32 a.m. in the County of Hawaii Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii with Chairman Joseph Clarkson presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Joe Clarkson, Donn Dela Cruz, Gregory Henkel, Donald Ikeda, Myles Miyasato, and Thomas Raffipiy. ALSO PRESENT: Michael Yee (Planning Director), Malia Ho Hall (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). And 14 members from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: OYS PROPERTIES, LLC (REZ 17-000224) Application for a Change of Zone from a Single -Family Residential – 15,000 square feet (RS -15) to Single -Family Residential – 10,000 square feet (RS -10) zoning district for approximately 21,815 square feet of land. The subject property is located at 344 Kehaulani Street, about 165 feet from the northwest corner of the W. Kawailani Street and Kehaulani Street intersection in the Waiakea Homesteads, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2.4..010:028. CLARKSON: Hearing that no one is wishing to testify on the second item on the agenda, we'll proceed to the third which is an application for Change of Zone by OYS Properties, LLC, and would you make— JACKSON: —Thank you, Chair Clarkson. Okay, the next item on the agenda is a Change of Zone request, and the Applicant is OYS Properties, LLC, and Christian and Jeff told me how to use the clicker so hopefully this will go faster. We'll see. There we go. Okay, the subject property is located in the South Hilo District within Hilo Town near the Hilo Muni Golf Course. You can see the golf course in green on the bottom of the slide. You have Kawailani Street running in an east -west direction here, and Kehaulani Street running north - south. The subject property fronts Kehaulani, and it's outlined in red here. The Applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from a Single -Family Residential – 15,000 square foot to a Single -Family Residential – 10,000 square foot zoning district in order to create a two - lot subdivision. Upon approval of the Change of Zone, the Planning Director will revoke the Ohana Dwelling Permit that is, currently applies to the property. This is consistent with other similar Change of Zone requests. The existing infrastructure does not support more than a total of two dwellings on the 21,815 -square foot property. 10V1111.11 1.1