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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: November 5, 1998 Re: C-1013/Bill No. 31 I PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:52 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 31 1, transmitted jointly with Bill No. 310 by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 1013, dated September 29, 1998, regarding the change of zone request by Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation (HICDC), at Olaa, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: I-7-17: Portion of 3, reports as follows: Bill No. 31 ]amends Section 25-8-22 (Puna District Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code by changing the district classification for approximately 7.084 acres from an Agricultural (A-la) to a Single Family Residential (RS-10) zoned district. Bill No. 310 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-67 for the County of Hawaii by changing the district classification from an Agricultural to an Urban zoned district. "the property is located un the south side of South Road approximately 500 feet west of Volcano Road in the Olaa Reservation Lots. The owners of the property are David and Shirley Larsen; Herbert and Wendy Lee; William and Candace Moore; and Michael and Carla Beard. Subsequent to the change of zone approval, on December 29, 1992, the applicant submitted subdivision plans for the 40-lot "Kurtistown Heights Subdivision." Tentative Subdivision Approval was secured on Febmary 10, 1993. Final Plat Maps were submitted on February l 1, 1994, reflecting access to the development from South Road. To date, final Subdivision Approval has not been secured. The applicant is requesting the State Land Use Boundary Amendment and Change of zone to develop a mutual self-help housing project to provide home ownership opportunities for twenty families in the low and very low income categories. HICDC has been involved in self-help housing over the past seven years and has completed 64 homes. Approval of this request will allow for the creation of twenty single family residential lots approximately 10,000 square feet in size. The project would be developed on a 7.084 acre portion in the northwestern comer of the subject parcel. The remaining 38.861 acres of the subject property would remain within the State Land Use Agricultural District and the Agricultural (A- l a) zoned district. Although the original application states approximately 5.33 acres, in providing flexibility during subdivision, the final metes and bounds description reflects an approximate land area of 7.084 acres. Access to both the requested 20 lots and the remaining Kurtistown Heights Subdivision would be from South Road onto a new roadway running parallel to the Hawaii Belt Highway. The proposed 20 lots would be located off a new cul-de-sac. Upon approval of the requests, the development will commence six months later. The project will be developed in two l0-unit increments taking approximately eight months each to complete. Sale prices for house and lot will be approximately $120,000. PC-165