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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: June 14, 2005 Re: Comm. No. 107/Bill No. 31 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 1:10 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 10"7 and Bill No. 31, transmitted by Vlayor I-tarry Kim, dated February 8, 2005, regarding a State Land Use Boundary Amendment request by Puaa Development, LLC, at Puapua'aiki Is` and Puapua`anui Is`. North Kona. Hawai'i,'I'MK: 7-5-17:1 reports as follows: Bill No. 31 seeks to change the State Land Use District Boundaries Map, H-7 and H-8, by changing the District Classification of approximately 14.973 acres of land from Agricultural to Urban District. Communication No. 107 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-43(C), considered the above request and accompanying Bill No. 32 on January 21, 2005. At this meeting, the Commission's vote to approve the Planning Director's favorable recommendation was recorded as three "ayes" to two "noes". Because there was not five affirmative votes, the vote constitutes a "no action" and, therefore, is recorded as an unfavorable recommendation. Communication No. 107 also transmits the favorable recommendation of the Planning Director; Communication No. 107 reports, in synopsis, the following: I . 'The applicant, Puaa Development, LLC, is requesting a State Land Use Boundary amendment for 14.973 acres from the Agricultural District to Urban District. 2. The subject property is located along the west (makai) side of the Hawaii Belt Road (Highway 11) and across from the Pualani Estates Subdivision. 3. "fhe applicant is also requesting a concurrent change of zone (Bill 32) from an Agricultural 5-acre (A-Sa) to a Neighborhood Commercial - 20,000 foot (CN-20) district. Because the County administration is trying to promote housing in the Kailua-Kona area, one proposed condition of zoning would require some units of housing to be developed onsite (housing is a permitted use in a CN zone). 4. The applicant proposes to develop a neighborhood commercial shopping center. 5. The reclassification action will not be inconsistent with the County General Plan as the request conforms to the Economic and Land Use goals and policies of the Plan and also conforms to the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the area as lJrban F.,xpansion Area. PC REPOR"1' NO. 26