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B W imimanRLZ.doc-9/9/05 <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> BACKGROUND REPORT <br /> JIM WINNIMAN <br /> CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (REZ 05-012) <br /> JIM WINNIMAN has submitted an application for a Change of Zone from <br /> Neighborhood Commercial 10,000 squaze feet (CN-]0) to Industrial-Commercial Mixed 20,000 <br /> square feet (MCX-20) for approximately 2$,264 square feet of land. The property is located <br /> along the north side of Kawili Street, currently the site of Ryan's Restaurant and Okazuya and <br /> Anna's Lounge, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-49: 24. <br /> REQUEST <br /> 1. Proposed Development: The applicant is requesting a change of zone from <br /> Neighborhood Commercial 10,000 square feet (CN-] 0) to Industrial-Commercial Mixed <br /> 20,000 square feet (MCX-20) "to utilize the property for more intensive commercial and <br /> light industrial uses." The proposed MCX district would allow the cocktail lounge <br /> currently on the property (Anna's Lounge) to include live entertainment such as kazaoke. <br /> The applicant has no plans to construct a new building on the site. Instead, improvements <br /> will be limited to landscaping and interior renovations to accommodate future tenants' <br /> needs. Improvement costs are undetermined at this time. Should this request be <br /> approved, one of the tenants intends to amend its liquor license to allow live <br /> entertainment. (Exhibit A -Change of Zone application) <br /> <br /> 2. Applicant's Reasons for the Request: The existing CN-10 zoning was appropriate prior <br /> to the development of the Kanoelehua Industrial Area. The lack of privately owned <br /> industrial properties gradually pushed some light industrial uses north of east Kawili <br /> Street, and the general vicinity of the site is currently more light industrial and general <br /> commercial in nature. Thus, given the absence of a residential neighborhood proximate <br /> to this area, the property's zoning has become somewhat functionally obsolete. The <br /> existing land uses, visibility and accessibility of this site is better suited for more <br /> intensive commercial and light industrial uses. However, the existing CN-10 zoning <br /> -I- <br /> ATTACH: Cotttn. 494 <br /> Bill 163 <br /> <br />