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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: August 4, 1998 Re: C-911/Bill No. 271 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 2:52 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 271, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 911, dated June 29, ] 998, regarding the change of zone request by Joni J. Metzler Profit Sharing Plan at Puepuehu, North Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: 5-4-7: Portion of 2, reports as follows: Bill No. 271 amends Section 25-8-9 (Hawi-Kapaau Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification of approximately 31,591 square feet of land from a Single Family Residential (RS-15) to a Village Commercial (CV-10) zoned district. The rectangular shaped subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is located at the southwest corner of the Akoni Pule Highway and Kynnersley Road intersection. "fhe applicant proposes to develop a 4,500 square foot single story structure with accompanying parking and landscaping on a portion of this vacant and unused site. Based on the coning code standards, Section 25-4-51(a) (3), the 4,500 square foot building will require 15 parking stalls, bat the actual parking requirements will be determined at the time of Plan Approval. The objective is to provide office-retail space in the growing North Kohala real estate market. The subject property has a 2,036 square foot road parcel previously reserved for future road widening, and a net developable area of 29,555 square feet. The proposed development will occur on lot 1 of the proposed subdivision of this parcel identified as SUB 97-098. The applicant proposes to construct the building within two years after the approval of the change of zone, and the anticipated cost of the stricture and associated improvements is $350,000. Access to the subject parcel will be from Kyrmersley Road and Akoni Pule Highway, astate-owned highway with pavement width varying between 30-40 feet with a road right-of--way width of 80 feet. These two access points will allow an efficient traffic pattern that will minimize impacts to either of the two roadway systems. Electrical service and cable service will be provided to the site via overhead lines on Akoni Pule Highway fronting the north side of the site. Water is provided by an 8-inch transmission main along the Akoni Pule Highway on the north side of the site. Wastewater will he disposed of by individual wastewater systems. Soils within the project area are classified as Kohala Series by the IJ.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 'fhe Kohala Series consists ofwell-drained silty clays that formed in material from basic igneous rock influenced by volcanic ash. Permeability is moderately rapid, runoff is slow to medium, with 0 to 3 percent slopes. The erosion hazard is slight to moderate. This soil is used mostly for