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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: July 6, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 764Bi11 No. 248 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 2:00 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 248, reports as follows: Bill No. 248, transmitted via Communication No. 764 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated Mazch 13, 2006, presents a Change of Zone request by Bruce Eby, at Kealahehewa l~`, North Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: 5-5- 003:10. Bill No. 248 seeks to amend Section 25-8-8 (Upolu Point-Ka`auhuhu Homesteads Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the District Classification of approximately 21.352 acres of land from Agricultural - 20 acres (A-20a) to Agricultural - 10-acres (A-l0a). Communication No. 764 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-43(C), considered this rezoning request and accompanying Bill No. 248 on February 24, 2006. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation on this matter. Communication No. 764 transmits the following findings and recommendations: The applicant wishes to subdivide the properly into two lots which aze slightly Iazger than ten acres in size. The applicant, Bruce Eby, and the Cornelius family co-own the property and currently reside in sepazate dwellings on the properly. [f this rezoning application is approved, each owner would retain their own dwelling on their own lot. The property is located between Akoni-Pule Highway (Highway 270) and Maliu Road, approximately 1,150 feet west of the Akoni-Pule Highway-Mafia Road intersection. Surrounding property uses include pasture/grazing land and single-family residences to the northwest and to the east. Hawi town is located about one half mile to the east. Access to the property is from Maliu Road, a County owned and maintained road with a 10-foot pavement width within a 40-foot right of way. Current access to the site is via a 40-foot wide private access easement owned by Surety Kohala Corporation, which allows access from Maliu Road to the site. Condition "E" of Bill No. 248 requires the applicant to make good faith efforts to acquire legal access to the County-owned portion of Maliu Road. If such access cannot be acquired, access may be allowed from the State Akoni-Pule Highway. Condition "J" of Bill No. 248 specifies that, should access be taken from Akoni-Pule Highway, such access shall be limited to a single point and shall meet with the approval of the State Department of Transportation. According to Communication No. 764, the approval of this Change of Zone request from the Agricultural - 20 acres (A-20a) to the Agricultural - 10 acres (A- l0a) zoned district would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will further benefit the public based on the following: PC REPORT NO. 98