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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: August 13, 2002 RE: C-674/Bill No. 232 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 2:40 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 232, transmitted jointly with Bill No. 231 by Mayor Harry Kim, per Communication No. 674, dated June 6, 2002, regarding the change of zone request by domes Family Limited Partnership, at Hienaloli 2nd, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-10: portion of 65, reports as follows: Bill No. 232 amends Section 25-8-3 (North Kona Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), by changing the district classification for approximately 9.746 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-Sa) to a Single Family Residential (RS-20) zoned district. The rectangular shaped lot, owned in fee by the applicant, lies to the east (mauka) of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway Extension, and north of the Kealoha and Kona Heights Subdivisions. The Hienaloli drainage way lies to the north, vacant land to the east, and the Kealoha, Kailua View Estates and Kona Heights subdivisions to the south. The applicant intends to subdivide the subject parcel into 15 lots, each consisting of a minimum 20,000 square feet. All utilities will be located underground, and subdivision covenants would prohibit ohana dwellings. The current State Land Use designation is Agricultural, however a simultaneous request to change it to Urban is concurrently being processed. The General Plan LUPAG map designation is Urban Expansion, which allows a mix of high density, medium density, low density, industrial and/or open designations in areas where new settlements may be desirable. The subject property is located outside the study area of the Keahole to Kailua Development Plan, and the Master Plan for Kailua-Kona. The Kona Regional Plan, adopted by the Planning Commission in 1984, recommends the project area for residential uses at a density of four units per acre. The northern portion of the property lies in the AE Flood zone, and any development within the flood plain will be subject to the requirements of Chapter 27, Hawaii County Code. The subject parcel is not located within the Special Management Area. The ALISH System designation for the property and surrounding area is "Unclassified". The Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System classifies the soils within the property and surrounding area as "C" or "Fair," "D" or "Poor", and "E" or "Very Poor" for agricultural productivity. The US Soil Survey classifies the soils as Waiaha, an extremely stony silt loam with moderately rapid permeability, slow runoff and slight erosion hazard used mostly for pasture. PC-101