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BKTaniOLAGK-S/IO/97 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND REPORT K. TANIGUCHI LTD. CHANCE OF ZONE APPLICATION (REZ 97-31 K. TANIGUCHI LTD. is requesting for a Change of Zone by changing the district classification from Single Family Residential (RS-10) to Neighborhood Commercial (CN-10) for approximately 2.00 acres of land. The property is located along the east side of Kilauea Avenue adjacent to the existing KTA and Puainako Shopping Centers at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-40:7. ~ENERAL• INFORMATION 1. Land Ownership: The applicant is the fee owner of the subject property. 2. Project Area: According to the 1964 Tax Maps on file, the project area consisted of two separate legal pazcels, each containing 1.00 acre in size and identified as Tax Map Key: 2-20:7 and 8. According to the Real Property Tax Division, in 1968, the area of Parcel 8 was dropped into Pazce17, resulting in the 2-acre project area. To date, the Planning Department has no records on the consolidation of Parcels 7 and 8. P~OPO,SED REQUEST 3. Request: The applicant is requesting the change of zone in order to construct an additiona1211 paved parking stalls to accommodate employee and customer parking for the existing KTA Shopping Center. 4. Reasons: The applicant stated the following: "The current parking area, fronting the KTA Center, has undergone a few changes that have affected its capacity. First, a vehicular access connection between the KTA Center and adjacent Puainako Town Center was made in 1986. This connection occupies an area that would have provided additional parking for the center. Secondly, the State Highways Division of the Department of Transportation is planning to construct an egress/ingress this year on Kancelehua Avenue fronting the shopping complex. This entry improvement will result in the removal of approximately nine ATTACHMENT TO C-355/Bill 101