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Mitchell D. Roth <br />Mayor <br />Deanna S. Sako <br />Managing Director <br />County of Hawaii <br />LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742 <br />August 09, 2024 <br />Heather Kimball, Council Chair <br />and Members of the County Council <br />County of Hawaii <br />25 Aupum Street <br />Hilo, HI 96720 <br />Dear Chair Kimball and Council Members: <br />Barbara DeFranco, Chair <br />Mahina Paishon-Duarte, Vice Chair <br />Dean Au <br />Michael Dela Cruz <br />Clement "CY Kanuha III <br />Donna Kinuko Noborikawa <br />Armando Rodriquez <br />SUBJECT: State Land Use Boundary Amendment Application (PL-SLU-2022-000008) <br />Request: Agricultural to Rural for 2.653 Acres <br />Applicant: Kaupulehu Land, LLC <br />Tax Map Key: (3) 6-4-024:027, Waimea, South Kohala, Hawaii <br />The Leeward Planning Commission (Commission), at its duly held public hearing on July 18, <br />2024, considered the above -referenced application for a State Land Use District Boundary <br />Amendment from the Agricultural to Rural district for 2.653 acres. The subject property is <br />located at 64-983 Mamalahoa Highway, approximately one mile east of its intersection with <br />Kawaihae Road, Pu`ukapu Homesteads, South Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 6-4-024:027. <br />At its meeting on June 20, 2024, the Commission failed to act on the application. At its meeting <br />on July 18, 2024, the Commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation to the County <br />Council based on the Planning Director's recommendation. <br />The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's following reasons for a favorable <br />consideration of the request. Criteria for granting the favorable recommendation are shown <br />below in bold print: <br />The applicant is requesting a State Land Use (SLU) Boundary Amendment from <br />Agricultural to Rural for approximately 2.653 acres of land. The applicant has submitted <br />a concurrent request for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-5 acre (A-5a) zoning <br />district to a Neighborhood Commercial-10,000 square feet (CN-10) zoning district for <br />2.325 acres of land and from an Agricultural-5 acre (A-5a) zoning district to a Residential <br />Agricultural-0.5 acre (RA-0.5) zoning district for 3.024 acres of land. <br />Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />