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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 5, 2004 RE: Communication 769/Bill No. 326 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:35 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 769 and Bill No. 326, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated September 22, 2004, regarding a Change of Lone request application by Alyssa Ackerman at Kokoiki, North Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: 5-5-4:33 reports as follows: Bill No. 326 seeks to amend Section 2-8-8 (Upolu Point Kaauhuhu Homesteads Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaii County Code by changing the District Classification from Agricultural (A-20a) to Family Agricultural (FA-la) for approximately 3.936 acres of land at Kokoiki, North Kohala, Hawaii, covered by TMK: 5-5-4:33. Communication No. 769 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 September 3, 2004. At this meeting, the Commission concurred with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation for your approval of this matter. Communication No. 769, in synopsis, also reports the Planning Director's findings and recommendations as the following: The applicant, Alyssa Ackerman, is requesting a Change of Zone from an Agricultural (A-20a) to a Family Agricultural (FA-1 a) zoned district for approximately 3.936 acres of land. The property is located along the northeast side of Kokoiki Road approximately 1,200 feet of the Akoni Pule Highway and Kokoiki Road intersection. Map Exhibit "A" further delineates the subject parcel. 2. The owners of the parcel, James and Trish Bryan, intend to create an additional agricultural lot by subdividing the subject parcel into two Family Agricultural properties. The owners will continue to own and reside on approximately 2.748 acres (proposed Lot 2) and sell approximately 1.88 acres (proposed Lot 1) to the applicant. 3. 7 he applicant owns and operates AK Essential Elements, which makes Hawaiian lotions. After purchase the applicant intends to reside on the parcel and to farm crops that will be used in her lotion business. 4. Access to the proposed site is proposed through Kokoiki Street, a County road. The property owners will be required to provide a ] 0-foot future road widening setback easement to the County along the length of the property, which fronts this street. Report No. 109