COM 0493.000 2004-2006 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Stacy Higa, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 4 during that period, and now want to divide it up among family members. The property can be supplied with water and road access without tremendous infrastructure costs that would have to be born by the ultimate purchaser. It is a small rezoning that does not greatly change the overall land use pattern of the area. The property is an approximately 43.88 -acre parcel fronting Mamalahoa Highway at the 54 -mile marker in Waimea. The southern portion of the site is fairly flat, with slopes ranging from two to five percent. The northern portion of the property has slopes from two to ten percent. Elevation ranges from 2,900 to 3,050 feet. There are two existing structures on the property. One structure is approximately 240 square feet, and the other, 1,004 square feet in size. According to the applicants, both structures are over 80 years old. The landowners have been raising cattle on the property for nearly 34 years. Surrounding properties are zoned Agricultural 40 -acre (A -40a) to the west and south. The Hoonani Subdivision, consisting of 10,000 -square foot residential lots, is located adjacent to the property to the east and zoned Agricultural 1 -acre (A-1 a). Access to two of the lots is proposed to be from the Mamalahoa Highway, a County road with an approximate 20 -foot wide pavement with grass shoulders all within an approximately 50 -foot right-of-way. Access to the remaining six lots is proposed from Hauhoa Street and Uhiwai Street, both County roadways. The applicant proposes to have the two lots bordering the Mamalahoa Highway take direct access from the highway. The remaining lots can take access from the side streets in the Hoonani Subdivision. The Department of Public Works requests that direct access from the highway be prohibited, in line with the normal policy to reduce the number of driveways taking direct access from major highways. Although the long-term plan is the construction of a bypass around Waimea, this may not happen for a long time, and this section of the Mamalahoa Highway is likely to remain fairly busy with traffic into Waimea even after the construction of the bypass. On the other hand, the property has existing access to the Mamalahoa Highway, including a driveway that serves a home close to the highway and a pasture gate, and to provide access to the lots from the side street (Hauhoa) would require construction of a road approximately 500'-600' long. To minimize direct access from Mamalahoa Highway without requiring major road construction, a condition is recommended that the two lots fronting Mamalahoa Highway share a common access point, with the existing driveway to the one home being extinguished if the home is no longer used. (The existing driveway is probably not in a good location to serve the two proposed lots.) Given the age and small size of the existing house, it seems likely that it will eventually be replaced because the proposed zoning conditions only allow one house per lot.