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,Y OF Stephen K. Yamashim Mayor ~h'or wi.'M~ CD112Iv of ~I~lTfitt PLANNING COMMISSION 25 Aupuni Streer, Room 109 • Hilo, H.wii %720-4252 (808) %1-8288 Fu (808) 961-%15 rSEP 2 9 1998 Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, HI 96720 Dear Chairman Arakaki and Members: Change of Zone Application (REZ 98-16) Applicant: Dr. Douglas H. Yamashita Request: RS-10 to CN-10 Tax Map Key: 2-2-23:09 The Planning Commission, after a duly held public hearing on September 18, 1998, voted to recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bill to change the district classification for approximately 29,725 square feet of land from Single Family Residential (RS-10) to Neighborhood Commercial (CN-10). The property is located on the northwest corner of the Kinoole and L.ono Streets intersection, south of the Kinoole Medical Center and across the Big Island Educational Federal Credit Union, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. The Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for recommending favorable consideration of the change of zone: The request for a change of zone designation from an RS-10 to CN-10 would allow for the construction of a small medical office building for the applicant's internist practice. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and