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COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT COUNTY REZONING REQUEST - RS-10 to MCX-20 AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CENTER, LTD. WAIAKEA HOUSE LOTS EXTENSION, SOUTH HILO, HAWAII TAX MAP KEY: (3) 2-2-049: 026 I. INTRODUCTION The applicant, Automotive Supply Center, Ltd., is requesting to rezone a parcel of land (hereinafter referred to as the subject site) consisting of 22,300 square feet from Single-Family Residential (RS-10) to Industrial- Commercial Mixed (MCX-20 in the City of Hilo, Hawaii. The subject site is located on the south or Puna side of Lanikaula Street, approximately 200 feet west of its intersection with Kanoelehua Avenue. The subject site is more specifically identified as Waiakea House Lots Extension, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 2-2-049: 026. If successful, the applicant plans to expand its automotive supply operation into this property. II. PROJECT LOCATION As noted earlier, the subject site consists of 22,300 square feet and is identified by TMK: 2-2-049: 026. The site is located on the south side of Lanikaula Street, near its intersection with Kanoelehua Avenue. (Figures 1 &2) Within 500 feet of the subject site, there is a mixture of commercial, industrial, and residential uses. There are a restaurant and a welding shop east of the subject site. Across of the subject site is a computer store, and there is a small commercial complex northeast of this site. There are residential uses generally west and within the House Lots area. I Particularly along major street frontages, pockets of the Waiakea House Lots are slowly undergoing a land use transition from single-family residential to commercial while the Lanikaula Street frontage is increasingly becoming commercial and light industrial in nature. Most of the zoning corresponds to this mixture of land uses. III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION A. Proiect Concept and Components The applicant has an automotive supply store fronting Kawili Street. The applicant wishes to expand this store toward the north (or rear i