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q• u~ H '~C ~Mr• County of Hawaii PLANNING COMMISSION - " Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 96]-8742 January 24, 2006 Stacy Higa, Chairman and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii ZS Aupuni Street Hilo, HI 96720 Dear Chairman Higa and Council Members: Repeal of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 487 Initiator: Planning Director Tax Ma~Key~ Z-3-36.18. 2-3-37.6 8-20 (formerly 2-3-36:18 & 2-3-37:6) The Planning Commission at its duly held public hearing on January 6, 2006, reviewed the Planning Director's request to repeal Change of Zone Ordinance No. 487, which incrementally rezoned a 50.988-acre area from an Agricultural 1-acre (A-la) to a Single Family Residential-7,500 square foot {RS-7.5) district in August 1972. The properties involved are located along the south side of Ponahawai Street, Ponahawai, South Hilo, Hawaii. The Commission voted to send a favorable recommendation to the County Council to repeal Ordinance No. 487, and concurs with the Planning Director's reasons for the favorable recommendation as follows: The 2001 subdivision was granted tentative approval in August 2000 based upon advice from corporation counsel that because the conditions of the RS-7.5 rezoning had not been satisfied, the property should be treated as if it were zoned A-1 a. The subdivision did not meet standards for an RS-7.5 subdivision. The 2003 letter to landowners was sent to make it clear that they could not develop the lots resulting from the subdivision based on the RS-7.5 zoning because the subdivision had been granted on the basis that the A-1 a zoning was in effect. It is very difficult to apply the conditions of Ordinance No. 487 to the various subdivided properties, especially the incremental zoning conditions. Hawaii County is an Equa! Opportunity Provider and Employer