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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Pete Hoffmann, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 3 <br /> <br /> From the late 1960's to present, numerous parcels in this section of the Waiakea <br /> Houselots have been rezoned from Single-Family Residential (RS-10) to Commercial <br /> Office (CO), General Commercial (CG) or Neighborhood Commercial (CN). The <br /> rezonings extend from Mohouli Street to Lanikaula Street and Kilauea Avenue to Kinoole <br /> Street. The uses on these parcels include real estate and attorney's offices, financial <br /> institutions, medical offices, laundry cleaning facility, restaurants and other commercial <br /> uses. With the adoption of the revised Zoning Code on December 7, 1996, all <br /> Commercial Office (CO) zoned districts were redesignated as General Commercial (CG). <br /> Therefore, the requested CG zoning would be consistent with the existing land use <br /> pattern established within this portion of Hilo. <br /> <br /> The property is located within an area adequately served with essential services <br /> and facilities such as water, sewer, transportation systems and other utilities. Access to <br /> the site is from Lanikaula Street, a County roadway with a pavement width of <br /> approximately 20 feet within a 60-foot right-of-way. The property also fronts Kilauea <br /> Avenue, a County roadway with a 60-foot right-of-way. The City of Hilo Zone Map <br /> designates a 10-foot wide future road widening setback along the property's Kilauea <br /> Avenue frontage to an 80-foot right-of-way. The applicant states that "the proposed <br /> change of zone will not have a long range impact to traffic in the area." County water is <br /> available to the site. The property is connected to the County's sewer line. Solid waste <br /> will be handled by commercial haulers. The applicant will be required to submit a Solid <br /> Waste Management Plan as recommended by the Department of Environmental <br /> Management. Electricity and telephone services are available to the site. <br /> <br /> The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be <br /> rectified or which would render the land unusable. The project site is located within Zone <br /> "X", areas determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. All development generated <br /> run-off shall be disposed of on-site and not allowed onto adjacent properties or roadways. <br /> <br /> By letter dated March 10, 2008, the applicant requested a "no effect" letter from <br /> the DLNR-HPD. In a letter dated March 24, 2008, the DLNR-HPD stated that "no <br /> historic properties will be affected by this undertaking because at this time no ground <br /> altering activities appear as part of the application." As the property is fully developed, <br /> no professional surveys were conducted of the site. No professional flora or fauna <br /> surveys were conducted of the site. The applicant does not believe that rare or <br /> endangered floral or faunal resources are on the site. The property is located in an urban <br /> setting close to existing commercial uses and improved with a single-family dwelling and <br /> a cottage. <br />