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<br /> Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br /> <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> <br /> Page 3 <br /> Use Commission Rules which encourages urban developments in close proximity to <br /> existing developments in close proximity to existing services and facilities. <br /> The property is or will be provided with all utilities and services which are <br /> essential to accommodate urban development. However, the subject property should be <br /> developed in two increments. The number of lots in the first increment shall not <br /> exceed the number of units of water which are available and have been committed to <br /> the subject property by the Department of Water Supply. Water service is available to <br /> the property via connection to the County waterline extending along Holoholo Street. <br /> The property is limited to a maximum of 18-units of water based on the existing lot, <br /> plus seven (6) units from the Kona Source Agreement II. The proposed subdivision <br /> has a total of twenty four (24) water units. Access to the property would be via <br /> Holoholo Street, which connects to Ka'iminani Drive, [he main connector road <br /> between Hawaii Belt Road and Queen Kaahumanu Highway. Holoholo Street has a <br /> 50-foot wide right-of-way and a 20-24 foot wide pavement. Ka'iminani Drive has a <br /> right-of-way width of sixty (60) feet with a 24-foot wide pavement. The unimproved <br /> section of Holoholo Street would be improved and extended to the subject property's <br /> northern boundary by the applicant. The connection from the dedicated portion of <br /> Holoholo Street to Ka'iminani Drive will be open to public traffic. Electrical service is <br /> available to the property from Hawaii Electric Light Co. Inc., and telephone service is <br /> available from GTE Hawaiian Tel. <br /> The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot <br /> be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The U.S. Corps of <br /> Engineers Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the property as Zone X, area <br /> outside of the 500-year flood plain. Any improvements to the property must comply <br /> with Chapter 27 of the County Code relating to Flood Hazard Control and Chapter 23 <br /> of the Hawaii County Code relating to Storm Drainage and Underground Injection <br /> Control. Thus, the reclassification does meet with the standard which states that the <br /> lands included within the urban district shall be those with satisfactory topography <br /> and drainage and reasonably free from the danger of floods, tsunami and unstable soil <br /> conditions and other adverse environmental effects." <br /> While the subject property is within the State Land Use Agricultural and <br /> County's Agricultural (A-Sa) zoned districts, it is not currently being used for active <br /> agricultural purposes. The State of Hawaii ALISH Map does not classify the subject <br /> property in any category. The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity <br /> Rating for the soils in the area is E or Very Poor. Approximately 10.28 acres of the <br /> subject parcel was used as a cattle pasture, but there has been no activity in the past 15 <br /> years. <br /> Therefore, the reclassification of this 10.28 acre area from the Agricultural to <br /> the Urban designation will not be detrimental to the reduction of this area from the <br /> agricultural land inventory in the County of Hawaii. From a land use perspective, it is <br /> amore feasible alternative to infill urban development within this particular area of <br /> North Kona. In doing so, it would tend to alleviate the conversion of more productive <br /> agricultural lands in more appropriate locations within the North Kona area for Urban <br /> Low Density type uses. <br /> <br />