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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: November 5, 1998 Re: C-1050/Bill No. 331 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:52 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii Counly Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 331, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 1050, dated October 26, 1998, regarding the change of zone request by Kenneth K. Leong, at Kealakehe Homesteads, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-4-4:33, reports as follows: BiI] No. 331 amends Section 2~-8-3 (North Kona Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 ('Coning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 4.201 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-Sa) to a Family Agricultural (FA-la) zoned district. The rectangular-shaped property, owned in fee by owners Kenneth K. Leong as "Crustee of the Kenneth K. Leong Revocable Trust, Jo Ann Beyer, Jerry Lin Jaruquin and Lee Ann L. Trujillo, is located on the west (makai) side of Mamalahoa Highway approximately 0.7 miles south of the Mamalahoa Highway- Palani Road intersection. The applicants are requesting the zoning change to subdivide the subject property into a total of 3 lots ranging in size from 1.35 to 1.50 acres. There is an existing home nn the property where Mr. Leong and his two daughters live. The applicant recently lost his wife and as part of his estate planning is desiring to create agricultural lots for hi, children. According to the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Uuide (LUPAG) Map, the area is designated as Orchard. These rocky lands support the production of macadamia nuts, papaya, citrus and other similar agricultura] products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service classifies the soil as Kona extremely rocky muck which consists of well drained, thin organic soils over pahoehoe lava bedrock. The surface layer is slightly acid. Permeability is rapid in the soil, and the water moves rapidly through the lava cracks. Runoff is medium, and the erosion hazard is slight. The soil is mostly used for pasture and watershed. Small areas are used for coffee and macadamia nuts. The Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) Map designates the land as "Unclassified". Soils within the subject property are classified as "C" or "Fair" for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau. There are no rare, threatened or endangered species of either flora or fauna. The subject property is located within 'bone "X", which is outside the 500-year flood plain. PC-163