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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: June 20, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 907Bi11 No. 291 PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa Kailua-Kona, Hawaii TIME: 1:30 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 907 and attached Bill 291, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated May 8, 2006, regarding the Change of Zone application by Thomas E. Shockley, at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-3-048:005, reports as follows: Bill No. 291 seeks to amend Section 25-8-2 (North and South Kona District Zone Map) Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), by changing the District Classification of approximately 21.389 acres of land from Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to Agricultural 10-acre (A-l0a), at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawaii. Communication No. 907 reports that the Hawaii County Planning Commission considered the Planning Director's request and accompanying Bill 291 on April 21, 2006, as required by Chapter 4, Sec. 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for recommending favorable consideration of the request which is summarized as follows: 1. The applicant is requesting a Change of Zone of approximately 21.389 acres of land from an Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to Agricultural 10-acre (A-IOa) zoned district. • The subject property is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Huehue Street and Kaloko Drive in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at approximately the 4,600- foot elevation. The surrounding lands are zoned A-20a and in low-density residential uses, surrounded by pasture and forest land. Palani Ranch abuts applicant's property along the southern boundary and the Kaupulehu Forest Reserve abuts the eastern (mauka) boundary, • The applicant intends to subdivide the subject parcel into hvo lots of approximately ten acres in size to be used for residentiaUagricultural purposes. Applicant also proposes to construct a dwelling on one of the newly created lots, estimated to cost approximately $400,000.00. • The proposed access to the property is from Huehue Street, a 22-foot wide paved roadway with 8-foot grass shoulders within an 80-foot right-of--way. Kaloko Drive intersects with the Mamalahoa Highway approximately five (5) miles below applicant's property. The state Department of Transportation notes concern about numerous rezonings in Kaloko Mauka Subdivision and stated that the intersection must be improved due to additional traffic and activity from cumulative effects of land use changes. PC REPORT NO. 92