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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE December 19, 2000 RE C-17Bill No. 8 PLACE• Councilroom TIME• 2:10 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 8, transmitted jointly with Bill No 7, by Mayor Stephen K Yamashiro per Communication No. 17, dated November 30, 2000, regarding the Change of Zone request by Peter Messmer, at Puehuehu, North Kohala, Hawaii, TMK 5-4-2: Portion of 6, reports as follows: Bill No 8 amends Section 25-8-8 (Upolu Point-Kaauhuhu Homesteads Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii Cotutty Code, by changing the distract classification for approximately 2.421 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-20a) to a Single Family Residential (RS-15) zoned distract The irregulaz-shaped subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is located on the mauka side of Akoni Pule Highway in the vicinity of K Takata Store, approximately 800 feet west of its intersection with Kynnersley Road The vacant subject property, which will be subdivided into six single family residential lots ranging from approximately 15,000 to 20,000 square feet in size, is a portion of a 22 421 acre parcel. This zoning would be consistent with the existing RS-15 zoning in the area. Access to the proposed lots would be via the 50-foot wide easement with no direct access onto Akom Pule Highway The remaining 20 acres would be consistent wrath the A-20a zoning and would continue to be used for cattle grazing and/or other agnculttiral uses The applicant intends to place restrictive covenants into the deeds of the proposed lots to prohibit the construction of second dwellings The property was previously used for sugaz cane cultivation and is presently used intermittently for cattle grazing The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map designates the area for Low Density Urban Development, which allows single faintly residential homes, ancillary community and public uses, and convenience type commercial uses The North Kohala Community Development Plan (CDP), adopted as Resolution No. 2-84 by the Planning Commission in September 1984, further defines the General Plan and serves as a guide for land use development The Land Use Concept Map suggests that the general area fronting Akom Pule Highway, including the subject area, is appropriate for residential uses, up to four units per acre The subject property is located more than two miles from the nearest coastline and is not situated wrthm the SMA boundary The soil is classified as Kohala, which consists ofwell-drained stlry clays that formed in matenal from basic igneous rock influenced by volcanic ash, with moderately rapid permeability, slow runoff and slight erosion hazard The soil is used for irrigated sugazcane PC-2