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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br /> DATE: February 21, 2007 Re: Comm. No. 86Bi11 No. 25 <br /> <br /> PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa <br /> 78-128 Ehukai Street <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 <br /> TIME: 10:00 a.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 25, reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 25, transmitted via Communication No. 86 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated January 8, <br /> 2007, presents a Change of Zone request from Agriculture 3-acre (A-3a) to Residential and <br /> Agricultural .5-acre (RA-.5) by Glenn T. Nakamura, at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: <br /> Z-Z-56:23. <br /> Bill No. ZS seeks to amend Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 <br /> (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), by changing the District <br /> Classification from Agricultural-3 Acres (A-3 a) to Residential and Agricultural-.5 Acre (RA-.Sa) <br /> at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. <br /> Communication No. 86 reports that the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by <br /> Chapter 4, Sec. 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter, considered the above request on December 1, <br /> 2006. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for recommending <br /> favorable consideration of the change of zone. Communication No. 86 transmits the following <br /> findings and recommendations: <br /> 1. The subject property is located on the west side of Awa Street, approximately 400 feet <br /> north of the Mamaki Street-Awa Street intersection, Panaewa House Lots 2" Series, <br /> Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. <br /> 2. Applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from Agricultural 3-acre (A-3 a) to Residential <br /> and Agricultural .5-acre (RA-.Sa) for approximately 2.649 acres of land to subdivide the <br /> subject property into three residential and agricultural lots of approximately 38,000 <br /> square feet in size. The proposed request will allow applicant and his two sisters who <br /> inherited the property from their parents, to create three separate parcels which will then <br /> be conveyed to family members. Applicants are also requesting a concurrent State Land <br /> Use Boundary Amendment (Bill 24) from the Agricultural District to the Urban District. <br /> 3. There is an existing 40-year old single-family dwelling situated on the front portion of the <br /> property and the remaining portion is vacant. The subject property is one of twenty-five <br /> (25) lots approved under Subdivision No. 2083 (Panaewa Farm Lots 2"" Series) on <br /> PC Report No. 14 <br /> <br />