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<br /> <br /> <br /> rtv os.N- <br /> J~ <br /> Stephen K. Yantashiro <br /> Mayor <br /> sr es xe <br /> <br /> (90ixn#g of Wt£uttii <br /> <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> 25 Aupuni Street, Room 109 • Hilo, Ha"ii %720-4252 <br /> (M)%1-8288 Fu (808) %1-%15 <br /> <br /> <br /> SEP 2 9 1998. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Dear Chairman Arakaki and Members: <br /> <br /> State Land Use Boundary Amendment Application (SLU 98-4) <br /> Request: Agricultural to Urban <br /> Change of Zone Application (REZ 98-18) <br /> Request: A-la to CN-20 <br /> Applicant: Sadamu Tsubota <br /> Tax Map Key: 1-5-7721 <br /> The Planning Commission, after a duly held public hearing on September 18, 1998, voted to <br /> recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bill to change the State Land Use <br /> district from an Agricultural to Urban District and a Change of Zone application changing the <br /> district classification from Agricultural (A-la) to Neighborhood Commercial (CN-20) for <br /> approximately 1.500 acres of land. The property is located at the corner of the old <br /> Keaau-Pahoa Road and Kahakai Road approximately 600 feet west of the Pahoa Bypass Road, <br /> Keonepoko Homesteads, Pahoa, Puna, Hawaii. <br /> The Commission concurs with the following findings as recommended by the Planning <br /> Director: <br /> State Land Use Boundary Amendment <br /> <br /> The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the <br /> Urban District, as well as the Change of Zone of the property from an Agricultural <br /> (A-la) to a Neighborhood Commercial (CN-20), will not be violative of Section 205-2, <br /> Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use <br /> Commission Rules, the Hawaii State Plan, and the County General Plan. According to <br /> the Land Use Commission Rules, one of the standards for considering an area for <br /> urban reclassification states that "In determining urban growth for the next ten years, <br /> or in amending the boundary, lands contiguous with existing urban areas shall be given <br /> more consideration than non-contiguous land, and particularly when indicated for <br />