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tY Oly <br /> <br /> Stephen K. Yamashiro <br /> ~f <br /> nli'\ <br /> ~II1tIt~~ II~ ~2[~~Itt <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> 25 Aupuni Street, Rmm 109 • Hilo, F4w~il %720-1252 <br /> (808) %1$288 Fu (808) %I-%15 <br /> August 19, 1997 <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 /> Change of Zone Application (REZ 97-8) <br /> Applicant: Seamount Enterprises, LLC, dba Kaawaloa Orchards <br /> Request: A-Sa to Agricultural Project District <br /> Tax Many: 8-1-9:18. 19. 21 and Portions of 20. 22. 23 & 24 <br /> The Planning Commission, after a duly held public hearing on August 7, 1997, voted to <br /> recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bill to change the district classification <br /> for approximately 22.511 acres of land from Agricultural (A-Sa) to Agricultural Project <br /> District (APD). The project area is located along the south side of Kaawaloa Road <br /> approximately 800 feet makai (west) of the Kaawaloa Road-Napoopoo Road intersection at <br /> Kaawaloa, South Kona, Hawaii. <br /> The Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for recommending <br /> favorable consideration of the change of zone: <br /> In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable <br /> goals, policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is <br /> only through a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions <br /> can be made to better time or stage developments to achieve quality growth. The <br /> implications of these evaluations and decisions must also be considered as they may <br /> have an impact on other similar areas in the County. <br /> The Agricultural Project District (APD) development is intended to provide a <br /> flexible and creative planning approach for developments within the agricultural zoning <br /> districts, in lieu of specific land use designations. It will allow for flexibility in the <br /> location of specific types of agricultural uses and variations in lot sizes. Under this <br /> <br />