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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br /> DATE: February 14, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 362/Bill No. 123 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> TIME: 3:00 p.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 123, reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 123, transmitted via Communication No. 362 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated July 5, <br /> 2005, presents a Change of Zone request by KPC Villages, LLC, at Pua`a 3`d, North Kona, <br /> Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-9:23. <br /> Bill No. 123 seeks to amend Section 25-8-5 (Kailua Urban Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 <br /> (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the District Classification of <br /> approximately 1.172 acres of land from Multiple-Family Residential 1000 square feet (RM-1) to <br /> Resort-Hotel 750 square feet (V-.75). <br /> Communication No. 362 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the <br /> Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3(C), considered this rezoning request and <br /> accompanying Bill No. 123 on June 17, 2005. The Commission concurred with the Planning <br /> Director's favorable recommendation on this matter. The Planning Director's findings and <br /> <br /> recommendations, transmitted with Communication No. 362, can be summazized as follows: <br /> 1. The Applicants are requesting a Change of Zone for 1.172 acres of land from the <br /> Multiple-Family (RM-1) District to the Resort-Hotel (V-.75) District. The property is <br /> located on the mauka side of Ali`i Drive across from Huggo's Restaurant and the Royal <br /> Kona Resort Hotel complex in Kailua-Kona. <br /> 2. The Applicant proposes to develop acommercial-residential complex consisting of 67 <br /> multi-family units and 1300 square feet of commercial uses within a maximum 45-foot <br /> high multi-story building. The Applicant is requesting the change of zone because the <br /> commercial uses proposed are not permitted under the current zoning. The proposed <br /> development will include 92 underground residential pazking spaces and 45 ground-level <br /> commercial parking spaces, a restaurant, a recreation deck with a pool, and road reserve <br /> on the southern portion of the property for a future County road connecting Ali`i Drive <br /> with Kuakini Highway. <br /> 3. The project site is located in the Special Management Area. Therefore, the Applicants are <br /> also requesting a concurrent SMA Use Permit to allow the proposed development. <br /> PC REPORT NO. 54 <br /> <br />