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Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />I <br />County of Hawaii <br />PLANNING COMNUSSION <br />r>(� 1 r _. <br />L . J <br />101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720-3043 <br />September 21, 2004 (808)961-8288 • Fax(808)961-8742 <br />Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />County of Hawaii <br />25 Aupuni Street <br />Hilo, HI 96720 <br />Dear Chairman Arakaki and Members: <br />State Land Use Boundary Amendment Application (SLU 04-007) <br />Request: Agricultural to Urban <br />Change of Zone Application (REZ 04-012) <br />Request: A -Sato RS -20 <br />Applicant: Lillian Mahi <br />Tax Map Key: 7-3-11:68 <br />The Planning Commission, after a duly held public hearing on September 3, 2004, voted to <br />recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bill to change the State Land Use <br />Boundary Amendment from the Agricultural to the Urban District and the district classification <br />from an Agricultural 5 -acre (A -5a) to a Single Family Residential — 20,000 square foot (RS -20) <br />district for approximately 1.9628 acres of land. The property is located on the southwest comer <br />of the Mahilani Drive — Mamalahoa Highway (Highway 190) intersection, Kalaoa 1 sc and 2"d <br />North Kona, Hawaii. <br />The Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for recommending <br />favorable consideration of the requests: <br />State Land Use Boundary Amendment <br />The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the <br />Urban District will not be violative of Section 205-2, Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised <br />Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission Rules, the County <br />General Plan and the Hawaii State Plan. According to the Land Use Commission Rules, <br />one of the standards for considering an area for urban reclassification states that "In <br />determining urban growth for the next ten years, or in amending the boundary, land <br />contiguous with existing urban areas shall be given more consideration than non- <br />