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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 7 <br />northeast, and east are similarly zoned. These lands are in residential uses and/or vacant <br />with minimal agricultural activities. <br />From 1998 to present, the County Council approved similar requests for State <br />Land Use Boundary Amendments from the Agricultural to the Rural districts, and <br />Change of Zones from Agricultural (A -5a) to Residential and Agricultural (RA -2a) for <br />thirteen parcels in the Anekona Estates Subdivision. Three (3) similar requests in the <br />subdivision are pending before the County Council. <br />Therefore, a favorable recommendation of this change of zone request will be <br />consistent with the emerging land use pattern being established within this portion of <br />South Kohala. <br />Should this request be approved, the applicant may normally apply for an Ohana <br />Dwelling Permit, allowing the construction of a second dwelling unit as a separate or <br />attached unit on both lots. Because this subject request would allow the existing parcel to <br />be subdivided and subsequently allow the creation of a second lot, an additional dwelling <br />may be constructed, doubling the existing density of the area. Although the Planning <br />Director supports this rezoning request to allow a two -lot subdivision with one home on <br />each lot, the potential to allow four (4) homes may contribute to a cumulative burden on <br />the existing infrastructure which cannot be supported. Therefore, a condition is included <br />in the change of zone ordinance to prohibit a second dwelling unit and a Condominium <br />Property Regime on each lot. The applicant has stated that restrictive covenants will be <br />developed for the subdivision prohibiting ohana dwellings to preserve the residential - <br />agricultural ambience of the area. <br />The property was previously utilized for cattle grazing, but is currently not used <br />for any agricultural activities. The Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood <br />Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the property as Zone "X", an area determined to <br />be outside of the 500 -year flood plain. The topography of the property is relatively level. <br />The property is unclassified by the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of <br />Hawaii (ALISH) System. Soils within the property and surrounding area is classified as <br />"E" or "Very Poor" for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau. While the <br />potential for intensive and/or extensive agricultural uses may exist, the soil conditions <br />within the property and surrounding area would preclude such intensive agricultural <br />activities from being conducted. <br />Both Anekona Street and Kanehoa Street provide accesses from Kawaihae Road <br />into the Anekona Estates Subdivision and the makai portion of the Kanehoa Subdivision. <br />Kanehoa Street is a connector road that leads into Anekona Estates Subdivision and runs <br />parallel to Kawaihae Road. Both Anekona and Kanehoa Streets have a 20 -foot wide <br />