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vv w„ <br /> c:: <br /> ~.«.M'j1' <br /> r,.•J <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Stree[, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Phone (8081961-8288 • Fax (808)961-8742 <br /> March 13, 2006 <br /> Stacy Higa, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Dear Chairman Higa and Council Members: <br /> Change of Zone Application (RSZ OS-000026) <br /> Applicant: SCD Kona 108, LLC <br /> Request: A-Sato RA- I a and RM-3.5 <br /> Tax Map Key: 7-5-3:7, 8, 9 <br /> The Planning Commission, after a duly held public hearing on February 24, 2006, voted to <br /> <br /> recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bill to change the district classification <br /> from an Agricultural 5-acre (A-5a) to a Residential and Agricultural 1-acre (RA-la) and Multiple <br /> <br /> Family Residential 3,500 square feet (RM-3.5) district for approximately 108.2 acres of land. <br /> The property is located mauka of Queen Kaahumanu Highway, adjacent to and ending mauka of <br /> Lowe's, approximately 400 feet north of Mahllani Gardens Subdivision, Lanihau 1 s` and <br /> Moeauoa 1't and 2"`~, North Kona, Hawaii. <br /> The Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for recommending <br /> favorable consideration of the change of zone: <br /> The applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from A-Sato RA-la (approximately <br /> 97.347 acres) and RM-3.5 (approximately 10.829 acres) to develop "The Kona Coffee <br /> Estates" comprised of the following: <br /> • 57 residential agricultural lots cach averaging over one sore in size (proposed RA- <br /> 1 azoning) <br /> • 16 units of attached for-sale affordable housing (approximately five acres, <br /> proposed RM-3.5 zoning) <br /> Hawaii County is nn F,qual Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br />