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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: April 20, 2004 RE: Comm. No. 455/Bill No. 209 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 2:25 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 455 and Bill No. 209, transmitted by M.ryor Harry Kim, dated December 30, 2003, regarding a Change of Zone Request by Lehua Lani LLC, at Puapuaa, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-20:71 and 72, reports as follows: Bill No. 209 seeks to amend Section 25-8-3 (North Kona Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the District Classification of approximately 10.1 acres of land from Agricultural-5 acre (A-Sa) to Single Family Residential-7,500 square feet (RS-7.5). Communication No. 455 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3(C), considered the above request on December 4, 2003. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation on this matter. Communication No. 455, in synopsis, reports the Planning Director's findings and recommendations as the following: 1. The applicant, Lehua Lani, LLC, is requesting a Change of Zone amendment from Agricultural to Residential for approximately 10.1 acres of land. 2. The subject property is located on the mauka side of Ali`i Drive between the Ali`i Lani Condominium and the Ali`i Gardens Marketplace. 3. The applicant is seeking the amendment in order to develop a 58-unit Single Family Planned Unit Development (PUD). Application for the PUD will be submitted after the Change of Zone application has been considered. An estimated cost of the project is $15 million. 4. The applicant intends to construct 58 single family residential dwellings on lots ranging from 4,000 to 6,000 square feet in size. Some of the structures will maintain a setback of less than the required I S foot limit. 5. A '/z acre open space archaeological preserve park is planned as part of the development, adjacent to the Ali'i Parkway. 6. Proposed access to the project is through Ali'i Drive. 7'he applicant also intends to construct private roadways within the development. 7. All utilities are or will be made available to the project site. 8. The approval of the Change of Zone request from Agricultural (A-Sa) to aSingle-Family Residential (RS-7.5) zoned district will conform to Land Use Elements of the General Plan based on the following: • The LUPAG designation for the area is Medium Density Urban and Urban Expansion. The Medium Density Urban Designation allows for village, neighborhood commercial and PC Report No. 88