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. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 20, 1998 Re: C-1014/Bill No. 313 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 3:15 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 313, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 1014, dated September 29, 1998, regarding the change of zone request by Sadamu 'Csubota, at Keonepoko, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: 1-5-7:portion of 21, reports as follows: Bill No. 313 amends Section 25-8-26 (Pahoa Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 1.500 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-la) to a Neighborhood Commercial (CN-20) zoned district. The fairly level subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is located within the Keonepoko Iki homestead at the intersection of Kahakai Boulevard and the old Keaau-Pahoa Road approximately 600 feet west of the Pahoa Bypass Road. Currently, anon-maintained guava orchard, the site also has a single family dwelling on it. This change of zone request will enable the applicant to sell the subject property as a commercially zoned (CN-20) parcel. Duane R. Metcalf, the purchaser of the subject parcel, is proposing to construct a 2,000+ square foot one-story auto parts store to relocate his existing store which is currently being housed in a leased building in Pahoa town. Soils on the site are identified as lava flows, Pahoehoe, which is a miscellaneous land type with a glassy surface that is relatively smooth. In some areas the surface is rough and broken, and there are hummocks and pressure domes. The Land Study Bureau classifies the soil as "E" or Very Poor. The property is "Unclassified" on the State Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) Map. Surrounding lands are zoned A- l a and vacant or in residential uses. Directly across Kahakai Boulevard to the north is TMK:1-5-7:20, a vacant parcel zoned CN-20 which was proposed to be the site of a new Food Fair Supermarket. Effective December 2, 1991, the County Council adopted Ordinance No. 91 l 16 which changed the district classification from A-la to CN-20 for Pacific Hawaiian, Ltd., dba Food Fair Super Market and reclassified approximately 4.901 acres from the State Land Use Agricultural District to the Urban District. To the east, west and south are single family dwellings and anthurium farms. All essential utilities and services are available to the subject property. Water is provided by an existing 12-inch waterline, along Keaau-Pahoa Road and Kahakai Boulevard that fronts the subject property, with a connection size subject to review and approval during the constniction design phase of the proposed PC-155