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Notice #: 0001284872-01
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AGENDA LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following matters to be considered by the Leeward Planning Commission of the County of Hawaii in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 91 and 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 6-7.5(a) of the Charter of the County of Hawaii, and the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. DATE: Thursday, July 16, 2020 TIME: 9:30 a.m. PLACE: West Hawaii Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Note that statements from the public regarding any particular item on this agenda will be taken at the time the particular item is called to order. In order to comply with physical distancing requirements, public testimony will be allowed one person at a time. LIMIT OF PERSONS ALLOWED IN CONFERENCE ROOM: Based on the Mayor’s recent Rule No. 8, the indoor meeting may be held with up to 50 people provided that physical distancing and safe practices can be maintained. The conference room will be set up to allow a number of people to safely distance from each other based on the limitations of the size of the room. Only persons that are present for the particular item on the agenda will be allowed in the conference room. Each person will be required to wear a mask to enter into the conference room. The Planning Director’s background report (including application) and recommendation report for each agenda item will be available for review at www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov prior to the meeting. This information can also be requested by sending an email to Noriko at Noriko.Sauer@hawaiicounty.gov NEW BUSINESS 9:30 a.m. 1. APPLICANT: FAIRVIEW AVENUE HAWAII LLC (SPP 20-000216) Application for a Special Permit to establish a 40-room lodge and accessory improvements on a 14.9-acre portion of a 294-acre property situated in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject property is located about 2.5 miles east and mauka of Kealakekua north of Puu Lehua Drive, Hokukano 1st&2nd, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-9-001: portion 002. 2. APPLICANT: DANNY JULKOWSKI (PUA MELIA, LLC) (SLU 20-000053/REZ 20-000241) Applications for a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Urban for 11.707 acres of land and a Change of Zone from an Open (O) and Residential and Agricultural 1-acre (RA-1a) to a Village Commercial-10,000 square feet (CV-10) zoning district for 11.707 acres of land. The subject property is located south of Waikoloa Road, approximately 0.3 miles east of the intersection of Pua Melia Street and Waikoloa Road at Waikoloa, South Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 6-8-002:057. NEW BUSINESS 10:00 a.m. 3. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR An ordinance amending Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Articles 1 and 5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), relating to primary airports. The purpose of these amendments is to establish a land use called “Primary Airports” by adding a definition, identifying accessory land uses, and adding the land use as a permitted use within the County’s Light Industrial (ML) and General Industrial (MG) zoning districts. MINUTES Approval of the Minutes of the June 18, 2020 Leeward Planning Commission meeting. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ANNOUNCEMENTS ADJOURNMENT Copies of the applications are on file and open to inspection during office hours at the Planning Department, Aupuni Center, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, Hawaii and at the Kona office of the Planning Department, West Hawaii Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building E, 2nd Floor, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service, other reasonable modification, or language interpretation to access this meeting, please contact the Planning Department at 961 8288 as soon as possible, but no later than five working days prior to the meeting date, to arrange for accommodations. “Other reasonable modification” refers to communication methods or devices for people with disabilities who are mentally and/or physically challenged. Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION Nancy Carr Smith, Chair (HTH/WHT1284872 6/26/20)