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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: July 6, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 934Bi11 No. 298 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 2:00 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning was referred Communication No. 934 and Bill No. 298, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated May 3Q 2006, enclosing a request by the Planning Director to repeal Change of Zone Ordinance No. 96 152. This ordinance rezoned 14.69 acres of land from anAgricultural - 20-acre (A-20a) to a Single Family Residential 15,000 squaze feet (RS-15) zoned district, at Papa`a-Halepuna, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-6-032:006 (formerly 2-6-012:portion of 4 and 2-6-013:portion of 7). Your Committee reports as follows: Bill No. 298 seeks to repeal Change of Zone Ordinance 96 152, effective upon adoption of the Plant-Mason Change of Zone Ordinance, Bill No. 297. The 14.69 acres covered by Ordinance No. 96 152 was part of three Tots created as part of the Wainaku Farms Subdivision by the previous landower, Mauna Kea Agribusiness Company, Inc. A small portion of the 14.69 acres was recently reclassified from Single Family Residential 15,000 square feet (RS-15) to the Residential Agricultural Five-acre (RA-Sa) district as a result of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 06 29, effective February 24, 2006. The remainder of the RS-15 zoned azea is contained within the Plant-Mason Change of Zone request, Bill No. 297. If the Plant-Mason Change of Zone request is approved, the previous Ordinance No. 96 152 will no longer be applicable, since it will be supplanted by the conditions attached to Bill No. 297. Communication No. 934 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3(C), considered the above request and accompanying Bill No. 298 on May 5, 2006. The Commission concurred with the Plamung Dn•ector's favorable recommendation on this matter. Communication No. 934 transmits the Planning Departments Background Report and Recommendation, which can be summarized as follows: 1. In 1996, the former Planning Director initiated the rezoning of 14.69 acres of land from an Agricultural 20-acre (A-20) to aSingle-Family Residential - 15,000 square foot (RS-15) zoned district for portions of two adjoining properties. The landowner, Mauna Kea Agribusiness Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of C. Brewer and Company, authorized the Planning Duector to initiate the land use change. 2. The purpose of the 1996 rezoning was to allow the creation of a 25-lot residential subdivision for employees of C. Brewer and Company. 3. The County Council approved the change of zone request and adopted Ordinance No. 96 152 effective December 5, 1996. 4. In February 1998, C. Brewer and Company altered its plans to subdivide the rezoned azea for single-family residential house lots. Instead, they included the rezoned area with a greater area of 200+ acres to create the 22-lot Wainaku Farms Subdivision. PC REPORT NO. 97