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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: September 19, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 1004Bi11 No. 321 PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa TIME: 2:30 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 321, reports as follows: Bill No. 321, transmitted via Communication No. 1004 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated August 2, 2006, presents an Amendment to Change of Zone Ordinance No. 95-118 (REZ 709) by Samson LLC at Hienaloli 4`~ and 5~', North Kona Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-10:por 13 (formerly 7-5-23:63). Bill No. 321 seeks to amend Ordinance No. 95-118, which amended Ordinance No. 92-36, which reclassified lands from Unplanned (U) and Double-Family Residential - 3,750 squaze feet (RD-3.75) to Multiple Family Residential - 2,500 squaze feet (RM-2.5) and Village Commercial - 7,500 squaze feet (CV-7.5), respectively. Communication No. 1004 reports that the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by Chapter 4, Sec. 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter, considered the above request on July 21, 2006. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for recommending favorable consideration of this request. Communication No. 1004 transmits the following findings and recommendations: l . The area involved is located along the north side of Hualalai Road, adjacent to the Aloha Kona Subdivision at Hienaloli 4~' and 5`", District of North Kona, Hawaii. 2. Applicant is requesting a time extension to Condition D (Final Plan Approval) and Condition E (Commence Construction) of Ordinance No. 95-188 (effective October 12, 1995), which superseded Ordinance No. 92-36. Ordinance No. 92-36 was approved on April 24, 1992 and amended the district classification of 3.224 acres from Unplanned (U), to Multiple-Family Residential (RM-2.5), and of 2.296 acres from Double Family Residential (RD-3.75) to Village Commercial (CV-7.5). 3. The Kumalani project includes the 3.224 and the 2.296 parcels of land as well as lands rezoned in Ordinance No. 90-010 (formerly Ordinance No. 86-49) and are considered a consolidated project with similar time-related conditions. 4. The prior applicant obtained Final Plan Approval of the original project on June 2, 1993 and commenced construction within the County right-of--way for sewer improvements in September 2000 and grading work in January 2002. However, development was abandoned until applicant purchased the property in February 2005 and the original project wncept of a commerciaUmultiple-family residential development was amended by deleting the commercial component and proposing 146 multiple-family residential units instead. PC Report No. 109