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Stephen K Yamashiro <br />Mayor <br />APR 2 4 1998 <br />Honorable James Y. <br />and Members of the <br />County of Hawaii <br />25 Aupuni Street <br />Hilo, HI 96720 <br />(90uttfv of 4wjau <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />25 Aupuni Street, Room 109 • Hilo, Hn" i %720-4252 <br />(808)%1-8298 Fm(808)%I-%15 <br />Arakaki, Chairman <br />County Council <br />Dear Chairman Arakaki and Members: <br />State Land Use Boundary Amendment Application (SLU 98-1) <br />Request: Agricultural to Urban <br />Change of Zone Application (REZ 98-2) <br />Request: RD -3.75 and A -5a to RM -1 <br />Applicant: Regency Pacific, Inc. <br />The Planning Commission, after a duly held public hearing on April 17, 1998, voted to <br />recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bill to change the State Land Use <br />district from an Agricultural to Urban District for approximately 1. 19 acres of land and a <br />Change of Zone by changing the district classification from Double Family Residential <br />(RD -3.75) and Agricultural (A -5a) to Multiple Family Residential (RM -1) for approximately <br />5.213 acres of land. The property is located on the east side of Hualalai Road, adjacent and <br />south of the Keopu Flood Channel and across of the Hualalai Center, Hienaloli 2nd, North <br />Kona, Hawaii. <br />The Commission concurs with the following findings as recommended by the Planning <br />Director: <br />t! I LORM 1c, F%9VWWrT_r#T4HM1 <br />The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the <br />Urban District will not be violative of Section 205-2, Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised <br />Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission Rules, the County <br />General Plan and the Hawaii State Plan. According to the Land Use Commission <br />Rules, one of the standards for considering an area for urban reclassification states that <br />"In determining urban growth for the next ten years, or in amending the boundary, <br />land contiguous with existing urban areas shall be given more consideration than <br />non-contiguous land, and particularly when indicated for future urban use on state or <br />county general plans." The subject property does conform to this standard as it is <br />proximate to the already urban subdivisions. The subject property is also contiguous to <br />the existing adjacent Aloha Kona Subdivision and the Hualalai Center urban areas. <br />