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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br /> <br /> <br /> DATE: April 8, 2008 Re: Comm. 1113/Bill 274 <br /> PLACE: Councilroom <br /> Ben Franklin Building <br /> 333 Kilauea Avenue, 2"d Floor <br /> Hilo, Hawai` i <br /> TIME: 10:00 a.m. <br /> <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> <br /> Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill 274, reports as follows: <br /> <br /> Bill 274, transmitted via Communication 1113 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated March 18, <br /> 2008, presents an amendment to Change of Zone Ordinance No. 95-55 (Condition B) by <br /> NANI MAU, INC., which rezoned 37.247 acres of land from an Agricultural 10-acres <br /> (A-10-a) to an Agricultural 1-acre (A-la) zoned district and 4.502 acres from an <br /> Agricultural 3-acres (A-3a) to an Agricultural 1-acre (A-la) zoned district. <br /> <br /> The project site is located at the Nani Mau Gardens, bordered by Railroad Avenue, <br /> Makalika Street, Awa Street, and the Flood Control Channel, Panaewa Farm Lots, <br /> Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-48:93 and portion of 13. <br /> <br /> Applicant submitted a five-year time extension request to comply with Condition B <br /> (secure Final Subdivision Approval) of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 95-55, from <br /> April 26, 2005 until April 26, 2010. Applicant is also requesting to delete the portion of <br /> Condition B limiting the maximum number of lots to 22, however, Planning Director <br /> Yuen is recommending that the lot limit be increased to 25 rather than deleting the limit. <br /> <br /> The Planning Commission concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for <br /> recommending favorable consideration of the request and Communication 1113 transmits <br /> the following findings: <br /> <br /> Change of Zone Ordinance No. 95-55 was approved April 26, 1995 and included <br /> a 9-hole pitch and putt golf course approved under Use Permit No. 126. <br /> Condition B required that Final Subdivision Approval be secured within five (5) <br /> years from the effective date of the ordinance and also limited the number of lots <br /> not to exceed twenty-two (22). Also, it required that on Final Subdivision <br /> Approval the area encumbered by the 9-hole pitch and putt golf course be rezoned <br /> into the Open District by the Planning Director. <br /> <br /> <br /> PC Report No. 81 <br />