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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 30, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 1097Bi11 No. 342 PLACE: Council Chambers (new location) Ben Franklin Building 333 Kilauea Avenue, 2°d Floor Hilo, Hawaii 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. 342, reports as follows: Bill No. 342, transmitted via Communication No. 1097 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated September 21, 2006, presents a Change of Zone Request by Allan Takase, M.D., at Waiakea Houselots, 2"d Series, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-26:24. Bill No. 342 seeks to amend Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), by changing the District Classification from Single Family Residential - 10,000 square feet (RS-10) to Multiple Family Residential - 1,000 square feet (RM-1) at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. Communication No. 1097 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 September 7, 2006. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for a favorable recommendation for approval of the change of zone. Communication No. 1097 transmits the following findings and recommendations: 1. The subject property is located on the west side of Kinoole Street, approximately 180 feet south (Puna side) of the Kinoole Street - Olona Street intersection, Waiakea House Lots, 2nd Series, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. The property was formerly used as a dwelling site however the structure has been removed, the property cleazed of all vegetation and is vacant. Lands in the immediate vicinity are zoned RS-10 with mostly residential uses. Single-family dwellings are to the north and south of the property and lands to the northwest and west are zoned RM-1 and includes the Hilo Meishoin Church, the 36-unit Tohbi Hale (UH Student Housing) with an abandoned railroad right-of--way adjacent to the property to the west. 2. Applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from Single-Family Residential 10,000 square feet (RS-10) to Multiple-Family Residential 1,000 square feet (RM-1) for 21,780 squaze feet of land. 3. Applicant intends to construct a 20-unit student housing apartment project that includes an approximately 12,000 square foot two-story building (less than 30-feet in height) with two and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 640 to 800 squaze feet, a separate laundry area and 25 parking stalls (one handicapped accessible and 8 compact). 4. The landowner is DJAT, LLC and the cost of the project is approximately $1.2 million. PC Report No. 122