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BRCCInitiatedREZOS-079.jwd 07-07-OS <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPART1FiIENT <br />BACKGROUND AND RECOMII'IENDATION <br />INITIATOR: COUNTY COUNCIL <br />CHANGE OF ZONE FROM RS-15 TO RA-15A (IZZ OS 0000791 <br />The Hawaii County Council has proposed amending the Planning Director initiated bill, <br />rezoning this property to RA-Sa, to RA-15a. Because this is, in effect, aCouncil-initiated <br />..change of zone, this is being processed as such. This involves 37.88 acres of land, which <br />would be rezoned from aSingle-Family Residentia115,000-square foot (RS-15) to a <br />Residential and Agricultural 15-acre (RA-15a) district.. The property involved, owned by <br />Kohala LLC, is located along the southwest (niakai) side of Akoni Pule Highway and the <br />Kohala Ranch Subdivision, Kahua 1St, North Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: 5-9-1:8. <br />LANDOWNER <br />1. Landowner.: The applicant, Kohala LLC, is the landowner and the successor-in- <br />interest to the original applicant, Gentry-Pacific, Ltd. <br />BACKGROUND INFORMATION <br />\ 2., July 14,1997: Effective date for Change of Zone Ordinance No. 97-102; which <br />rezoned 37.88 acres of land from ati Agricultural 5-acre (A-Sa) to aSingle-Fancily <br />Residential (RS-15) zoned district. <br />3. August 8,1997: Effective date of Special Management Area Use Permit No. <br />379, which was approved to allow the development of a 50-lot single family <br />residential subdivision and related improvements. <br />SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS <br />4. S.C.R NO. 179: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 179, H.D. 1, adopted in <br />1988, urges the retention of view and open space makai of Kawaihae-Mahukona- <br />Hawi Road from Kawaihae to Upolu Point, Hawaii. <br />5. S.C.R NO. 146: Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 146, S.D. 1, adopted in 2001, <br />urges the retention and preservation of open space and view planes, historic sites, <br />and traditional access along the coastline of the North Kohala District, Hawaii. <br />STATE AND COUNTY PLANS <br />6, General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map: Low <br />