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~fY Or r G Stephen i'. Yamashiro ~~i, Mayor e;M~C ~ o.'wi: ~IIltlt~~1 II~ ~tC~tCTT PLANNING COMMISSION 25 Aupuni Stroet, Room 109 • Hilo, FLw•~ii %720.252 (808) %48288 P~: (808) %l-%IS rMAl2 1 k7~a Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, HI 96720 Dear Chairman Arakaki and Members: Change of Zone Ordinance No. 92-123 (REZ 728) Applicant: Kapoho Properties Request: Amendment to Condition B (Secure Final Subdivision Approval) Tax Map Key: 1-7-17.3 The Planning Commission, after a duly held public hearing on February 27, 1997, voted to recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bill to amend Condition B (secure final subdivision approval) of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 92-123 which changed the district classification for approximately 45.945 acres of land from Agricultural-20 acre (A-20a) to Agricultural-1 acre (A-la). The property is located at the northwestern corner of the Hawaii Belt Road-Huina Road intersection, Olaa Reservation Lots, Olaa, Puna, Hawaii. The Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for recornmending favorable consideration of the request: The applicants secured a change of zone for the subject property from A-20a to A-la, effective November 5, 1992. Subdivisions plans were submitted to the Planning Department for the 40-lot "Kurtistown Heights Subdivision" on December 29, 1992. Tentative Subdivision Approval was secured on February 10, 1993, with Final Plat Maps submitted on February 9, 1994. The applicants requested an administrative extension of time to Condition B (Secure Final Subdivision Approval) until February 10, 1997, reasons being that the present economic cycle slowed the final stages of the project. In particular, the applicant stated that lenders require that