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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 30, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 1081Bi11 No. 339 PLACE: Councilroom (new location) Ben Franklin Building 333 Kilauea Avenue, 2"d Floor Hilo, HI 96720 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. 339, reports as follows: Bill No. 339, transmitted via Communication No. 1081 from Mayor Hairy Kim, dated September 8, 2006, presents a State Land Use Boundary Amendment by James and Madeleine Budde at Anekona Estates Subdivision, Ouli, South Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: 6-2-11:20. Bill No. 339 seeks to amend the State Land Use Boundaries Maps for the County of Hawaii by changing the District Classification from the Agricultural to the Rural District, at Ouli, South Kohala, Hawaii. Communication No. 1081 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 August 25, 2006. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for a favorable recommendation for approval of this matter. Communication No. 1081 transmits the following findings and recommendations: 1. The subject property is located on the south side of Kanehoa Street and north of Keanuiomano Stream, Anekona Estates Subdivision, Ouli, South Kohala, Hawaii. 2. Applicants aze requesting a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Rural for approximately 5.003 acres of land to subdivide the property into two lots. Applicants are also requesting a concurrent Change of Zone from Agricultural 5-acre (A-Sa) to Residential and Agricultural 2-acre (RA-2a) and construct a dwelling on the newly created lot. 3. Approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the Rural district will not be in violation of Section 205-2, Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with Land Use Commission Rules, Rule 13 of the Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure, the County General Plan and the Hawaii State Plan. 4. According to the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules, three (3) standards shall apply when determining an area for the Rural district boundaries: • Areas consisting of small farms; provided that the aeeas need not be included in the district if their inclusion will alter the general characteristics of the areas; • Activities or uses as characterized by low-density residential lots of not less than one-half acre and a density of not more than one single-family dwelling, per one-half acre in areas where "city- PC Report No. 120