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Heather Kimball, Council Chair <br />and Members of the County Council <br />County of Hawaii <br />September 09, 2024 <br />Page 4 <br />According to the South Kohala Community Development Plan (SKCDP), <br />Waimea Policy 1, the overarching land use policy for the area is to preserve Waimea's <br />sense of place. Given the small scale of the proposed development, the continued <br />residential and agricultural uses, and the fact that the subject property has no specific <br />designation depicted on the Waimea Town Conceptual Plan, the proposal will be <br />consistent with the SKCDP. <br />All essential utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the subject <br />property is from Alanui `Ghana Place, a privately owned and maintained roadway that <br />takes access from Mamalahoa Highway, a two-lane, State-owned, paved roadway with an <br />approximate 40-foot-wide pavement within a 60-foot right-of-way in this area. The <br />subject property currently has a 50-foot-wide powerline right -of. --way located on the south <br />side of the property, in favor of Hilo Electric Light Co, Ltd. Since the section of <br />Mamalahoa Highway fronting the subject property was transferred from County to State <br />ownership, the applicant will be required to comply with State Department of <br />Transportation requirements. A condition of approval will be included to address the <br />preceding. <br />According to the Department of Water Supply (DWS), there are two existing <br />water services fronting the subject property and water can be made available for the <br />proposed third lot. DWS notes that several improvements must be complied with for <br />subdivision approval, including installation of a new 6-inch water line, installation of a <br />fire hydrant, cutting and plugging the existing service lateral and installation of a reduced <br />pressure type backflow prevention assembly. The proposed lots will utilize individual. <br />wastewater systems meeting with approval by the State Department of Health (DOH). <br />Conditions of approval will be included to address the preceding. <br />An Additional Farm Dwelling (AFD) Agreement was issued for the subject <br />property, and it included a condition requiring the applicant to secure a building permit <br />for the additional farm dwelling within 2 years. The building permit for the additional <br />dwelling was issued in 2004 but was expired in 2022 by the Department of Public Works. <br />Should this change of zone and concurrent state land use boundary district amendment <br />request be approved the AFD Agreement will need to be cancelled because single-family <br />dwellings located in the RA zoning district and SLU Urban district are not required to be <br />farm dwellings. In comments dated July 30, 2024, the applicant noted that they <br />understand the building permit has expired and that they will need to cancel the existing <br />AFD Agreement. A condition of approval will be included to address the preceding. <br />Although the aforementioned building permit for a second dwelling (AFD) was <br />expired, the applicant has requested that the fair share contribution requirement be <br />