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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br /> DATE: May 15, 2007 Re: Comm. No. 376/Bill No. 96 <br /> PLACE: Councilroom <br /> Ben Franklin Building <br /> 333 K7auea Avenue, 2"" Floor <br /> Hilo, Hawaii <br /> TIME: 1:45 p.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 96, reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 96, transmitted via Communication No. 376 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated April 23, <br /> 2007, presents a Change of Zone Request by ASSOCIATION OF APARTMENT OWNERS <br /> OF PUNAHELE PROFESSIONAL BUILDING, at Punahoa 2"d, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: <br /> 2-3-035:018. <br /> Bill No. 96 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 Single Family Residential - 7,500 square feet (RS-7.5) to Neighborhood <br /> Commercial - 10,000 square feet (CN-10). <br /> Communication No. 376 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 April 5, <br /> 2007. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for recommending <br /> favorable consideration of this change of zone. Communication No. 376 transmits the following <br /> findings and recommendations: <br /> 1. The subject property is located at 49 Punahele Street approximately 200 feet east of the <br /> Komohana Street and Punahele Street intersection and across from the Hawaii <br /> Community Correctional Facility, Punahoa 2"°, South Hilo, Hawaii. <br /> 2. Applicants are requesting a change of zone from RS-7.5 to CN-10 to develop an <br /> uncovered, paved pazking lot to provide 20 additional employee parking spaces to service <br /> the adjoining Punahele Professional Building and intend to consolidate the subject <br /> property with the adjoining Punahele Professional Building lot (Parce142), which is <br /> zoned CN-10. <br /> 3. The applicant is requesting the change of zone to address the need for additional pazking <br /> for approximately thirty-one (31) employees of Punahele Professional Building who <br /> presently have to find on-street parking a considerable distance away from the facility. <br /> PC Report No. 30 <br /> <br />