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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 20, 1998 Re: C-1014/Bill No. 312 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. 312, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 1014, dated September 29, 1998, regazding the State Land Use District Boundary Amendment request by Sadamu Tsubota, at Keonepoko, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: ]-5-7:portion of 21, reports as follows: Bill No. 312 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-71 for the County of Hawaii, by changing the district classification for approximately 1.500 acres of land from an Agricultural to an Urban 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, the non-maintained guava orchard site also has a single family dwelling on it. 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- I 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 1 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. The subject property is located within Zone "X", which is outside the 500-year flood plain. 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 re. iew and approval during the construction design phase of the proposed development. The applicant intends to install a drainage system that meets with the approval of the Department of Public Works. According to the applicant, the property is currently serviced by a cesspool system, but if a different system is required, the applicant intends to comply with the respective State or County agency. PC-154