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REZONING REQUEST (CN-10 to RS-10) SONNY VENTURES, LLC. Kalaoa 5`h, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-3-61: 1-12, 17, 18, por 19, 20-22, por 24, por 25, por 26, and por 50, por 501 (road lot), and por 503 (road lot) 1. GENERAL BACKGROUND Sonny Ventures, LLC., a subsidiary of Westpro Development, Inc., is in the process of developing a 184-lot single-family residential planned community called Lokahi Makai and Lokahi Mauka, complete with a park and related amenities. The subject area is generally mauka of the Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, in the land division of Kalaoa 5t', North Kona, Hawai'i, and south of the lower or makai half of the Kona Palisades Subdivision. (Figures 1 & 2) That section of the project located makai of Kakahiaka Street is referred to as Lokahi Makai and would eventually consist of 119 lots. That portion mauka of Kakahiaka Street is referred to as Lokahi Mauka and would consist of 65 lots. All lots would be in excess of 10,000 square feet. The project is being developed in five phases. (Figure 3) To date, phases I and 2 have received final subdivision approval. With a few exceptions, all of the lots have been sold or are in escrow. Phases 3 and 4 have received tentative subdivision approval and are anticipated to receive final approval within the next six months. The area of the Lokahi community was originally part of a 125+ acre planned residential community called Pu'uhonua. (Figure 4) That project would have consisted of 600± multiple and single-family residential units and a neighborhood commercial area. As such, the site was zoned Single-family Residential (RS-10), Multiple-family Residential (RM-4), and Commercial- Neighborhood (CN-10). (Figure 5) The Lokahi community now no longer includes multiple-family residential and commercial components. Because of a change in the project concept and design, at least sixteen (16) of the proposed one hundred nineteen (119) lots within the Lokahi Makai do not fall entirely within the RS-10 or RM-4 zoning lines. As such, to make the lots fall completely in one or the other zoning districts, the applicant then (Westpro Development, Inc.) requested and is scheduled to receive a non-significant zone change approval from the Planning Director upon approval of the subdivision for Phases 3 and 4 for the following: 1