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KF,POR"1~ UL "l~Hl: <br />COMMIT"fEH: ON PLANNING <br />DA~I~1?: ,luly I. 200 ~ RI?: C ?57 /Bill No. 1 15 <br />PLACE?: Councilrornn <br />flMii: 221 p.m. <br />('hair and Members <br />I lawaii County Council <br />Ililo.llawaii 96720 <br />Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 115 transmitted by Mayor 1 tarry Kim <br />per Communication No. 257, dated May 19, 2003, regarding the change of zone request by <br />Chr~~stal T. Yamasaki, at I~onuaula. North Kona, I~awai'i, TMK: 7-5-22: 40, reports as follows: <br />Bill No. 115 a~»ends Section 25-8-5 (Kailua Urban lone Map), Article K, Chapter 25 (zoning <br />Codcl ofthe Elawaii Counh Code_ h} changing the district classification I'or approximately 7,500 <br />square Icet of land from a Multiple-Family Residential (RM-1) to a Village Commercial (CV-7.5) <br />zoned district. <br />l~he vacant rectangular-shaped subject property, owned in fee by Howard ~h. andChrystal <br />Yamasaki, Nicolas K. Yamasaki and Kimberly M. Yamasaki is located on the east side of Kalawa <br />Street to the rear of McDonald~s Restaurant in Kailua-Kona, approximately 120 feel south of the <br />Kalawa Street/Kalani Street intersection. ~fhe co-owners have consented to the request. <br />I he applicant proposes to construct a htio-story oftce building on the subject properri~ to meet the <br />need tier additional office space in this area. "fhe structure will resemble the Wes "I~homas <br />;associates office building located four lots southeast of the suhjcct property. and owned he the <br />applicant. <br />The State Land l Ise designation is Urban. The LUPA(i map designation is Medium Densiri <br />l~rhan. <br />~fhe Kona Regional Plan adopted by the Planning Commission in April 19x4 designates the prgject <br />silt for Commercial uses. <br />the suhjcct parcel is not situated within the Special Management Area. <br />Surrounding lands are in multiple-residential or commercial uses. To the north is a lot coned CV- <br />7.5 with office and commercial uses ti~onted by curb. gutter and sidewalk. "fo the east is an <br />apartment building on lands Toned RM-I. 'fhc property to the south is vacant and further south <br />arc properties zoned CV-7.5 and RM-1 with mixed commercial and multiple-family residential <br />uses. <br />~I he property is located ~ ithin 7,onc Y_ an area determined to be outside the 500-}-car flood plain. <br />The USDA Soil classi~iartion is Punaluu, which is characterized by rapid penneahilit}, slow <br />