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<br /> Honorable James Y Arakaki, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 3 <br /> The property is situated within close proximity to the employment center of <br /> Kailua-Kona The subtect reclassification is for land located approximately 6 miles <br /> from the urban retail/employment center of Kailua-Kona and 5 miles from the <br /> urban retail/employment center of Keauhou, and thereby conforms with the Land Use <br /> Commission Rules which encourages urban developments in close proximity to existing <br /> developments and m close proximuy to extstmg servtces and facihttes <br /> The property is or will be provided with all utilities and servtces which are <br /> essential to accommodate urban development Water will be made available to the <br /> protect site Kamehameha Investment Corporation, the developer of the adtacent <br /> Bayview Estates Subdivision currently has water commitments from the County <br /> Department of Water Supply adequate to accommodate the development The Heeia <br /> Waste Water Treatment Plant (HWWTP), a privately owned facility, will service the <br /> protect Wastewater disposal system will meet with requirements of the Department of <br /> Health and/or the Department of Public Works Access to the property would be via a <br /> subdivision roadway from the adtacent Bayview Estates Subdivision This roadway <br /> will be open to public traffic Electrical service is available to the property from <br /> Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc ,and telephone service is available from GTE Hawaiian <br /> 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 Federal <br /> Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the <br /> property as Zone X, areas determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain Any <br /> improvements to the property must comply with Chapter 27 of the County Code <br /> relating to Flood Hazard Control Thus, the reclassification does meet with the <br /> standard which states that the lands included within the Urban District " shall be <br /> those with satisfactory topography and drainage and reasonably free from the danger of <br /> floods, tsunami and unstable soil conditions and other adverse environmental effects " <br /> While the subtect property is within the State Land Use Agricultural and <br /> County's Agriculture (A-Sa) zoned districts, it is not currently being used for active <br /> agricultural purposes The State of Hawaii ALISH Map classifies the property as <br /> "other important agricultural land " The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master <br /> Productivity Rating for the soils in the mauka area is "D" or Poor and in the makai <br /> area is "E" or Very Poor <br /> Therefore, the reclassification of this 4 606-acre azea from the Agricultural to <br /> the Urban designation will not be detrimental to the reduction of this area from the <br /> agricultural land inventory m the County of Hawau From a land use perspective, rt is <br /> amore feasible alternative to infill urban development within this particular area of <br /> <br />