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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br /> <br /> DATE: December 19, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 680/Bill No. 220 <br /> <br /> PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa <br /> <br /> TIME: 9:00 a.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 680 and Bill No. 220, <br /> transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated January 24, 2006, regarding a State Land Use Boundary <br /> Amendment Application by Timothy Lynn Gardner, at Keonepoko, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: 1-5- <br /> 7:53 reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 220 seeks to amend the State Land Use Boundaries Maps for the County of Hawaii by <br /> changing the District Classification from the Agricultural to the Urban District, for approximately <br /> 3.317 acres, at Keonepoko, Puna, Hawaii. <br /> Communication No. 680 reports that the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by <br /> Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter, considered the above request and <br /> accompanying Bill No. 220 on January 6, 2006. The Commission voted to send an unfavorable <br /> recommendation to the council and concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for the <br /> unfavorable recommendation as follows: <br /> 1. The property is owned by Timothy Lynn Gardner. Mr. Gazdner is requesting approval to <br /> reclassify approximately 3.317 acres from the State Land Use Agricultural District to the <br /> Urban. <br /> 2. The subject property is located along the northeast side of the Keaau-Pahoa Road <br /> (Highway 130), approximately 1,500 feet north of the Pahoa Village Market Complex, <br /> Keonepoko Homesteads, Puna, Hawaii. <br /> 3. The applicant is also requesting a concurrent Change of Zone (Bill 221) by changing the <br /> District Classification from Agricultural (A-la) to Industrial-Commercial Mixed (MCX 1- <br /> a). <br /> 4. The applicant is requesting the State Land Use Boundary Amendment and the Change of <br /> Zone in order that he may utilize the entire 3.317-acre pazcel to construct nine (9) single- <br /> story steel buildings. The building will be divided into individual self-storage units of <br /> approximately 56,200 square feet under roof, and will include an office space of <br /> approximately 200 square feet. Applicant states that office hours will be 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 <br /> p.m. and will employ one full time and one part-time employee on site. The facility will be <br /> PC Report No. 4 <br /> <br />