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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: January 20, 2005 Re: Comm. No.64 /Bill No. 21 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 1:30p.m. Council Chair Safarik and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 21, reports as follows: Bill No.21, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim via Communication No. 64, dated December 21, 2004, amends Section 25-8-3 (North Kona Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 of the Hawai `i County Code, by changing the District Classification from Agricultural 1-Acre (A-1 a) to Single Family Residential -15,000 square feet (RS-15) at Tax Map Key 7-4-4:80-83 in Kealakehe Fomestead Lots, North Kona, Hawaii. Ho`awe LLC requested this change for approximately 4.006 acres at the western end of Pamahoa Place, approximately 600 feet from the Palani Road-Pamahoa Place intersection, Pamahoa Estates Subdivision, Kealakehe Homestead Lots, North Kona, Hawaii. The applicants requested the change in order to create four additional, single family 15,000 square feet residential lots. Communication No. 64 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission considered the above request and did not agree with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation on this matter. The Planning Commission reports the zoning change would not provide affordable housing and it would change the character of the neighborhood. The Planning Commission also reported traffic concerns from the Department of Public Works. The Planning Commission reported that during their hearing a motion was made to send an unfavorable recommendation to the County Council. Four members voted in favor of the motion and one against. Because five votes are needed for the Planning Commission to take action, the four to one vote constitutes a "no action" by the Planning Commission. The "no action" itself constitutes an unfavorable recommendation. Your Committee on Planning is concerned that the proposed change in zoning will exacerbate traffic conditions while doing little to provide affordable housing in Kona.