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Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii March 15, 2024 Page 2 maximum density of 56 building sites. The applicant proposes to develop and operate the Waikoloa Village Light Industrial Center, to include a 174,664 square-foot self-storage facility, 64,944 square-feet of flexible use buildings for industrial-commercial business, on-site parking and loading spaces, an access road connecting to Waikoloa Road, drainage and flood control improvements, landscaping, an open .greenway, and emergency access route and an approximately 3.4-acre area reserved for future MCX uses. According to the applicant, the Waikoloa Village and surrounding area is lacking in lands zoned for light industrial uses and the proposed development is intended to reduce the need to commute to existing light industrial areas at the Kaloko Light Industrial Park and the Honokohau Industrial Park. The applicant anticipates completing the proposed development within 3 years of the approval date of the Change of Zone, at an estimated cost of 30 million dollars. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals, policies, and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and decisions must also be considered as they may have an impact on similar areas in the County. The change of zone request from an Open (0) zoning district to an Industrial-Commercial Mixed-20,000 square feet (MCX-20) zoning district conforms to applicable goals, policies, and standards of the General Plan. The rezone area is a 26.052-acre portion of the 29.61-acre subject property, located makai of `Auwaiakekua Gulch, with no existing structures. The remaining 3.558-acre portion located mauka of the gulch is proposed to remain in the Open zoning district. Surrounding lands are zoned Open, Residential and Agricultural 1-acre (RA-la), Multiple-Family Residential 1,500 SF (RM-1.5) and Village Commercial 10,000-square feet (CV-10) with other properties across Waikoloa Road zoned Single-Family Residential 10,000-square feet (RS-10) and Multiple-Family Residential 1,500-square feet (RM-1.5). Existing surrounding land uses include commercial/retail uses such as Waikoloa Plaza and Waikoloa Highlands Center to the north and industrial uses at an existing quarry to the south, as well as residential uses in existing developments including Makana Kai at Wehilani and Paniolo Greens. Additionally, vacant land to the east of the subject property is associated with an existing ordinance that approved the Highlands Golf Estates, a proposed residential/golf subdivision.