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a, l.-~c• REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: June 15, 1998 Re: C-877/Bill No. 259 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:36 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 259, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 877, dated May 29, 1998, regazding the change of zone request by Bruce Hansen at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-35:59 and 101, reports as follows: Bill No. 259 amends Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County ('ode, by changing the district classification for approximately 21,050± square feet of land from a Single Family Residential (RS-10) to a Limited Industrial (ML-10) zoned district. The applicant is requesting the change of zone to relocate his contracting business, Concept Development, from its current site on Waianuenue Avenue to the subject property. He is presently leasing space for its business operations, but will be in a better position to control costs by establishing his business on his own property. The renovation of the older existing dwelling on the subject property will also serve as a showcase for the company's specialty work in restoring older buildings. The subject property consists of two separate parcels with access along the west side of Kanoelehua Avenue, a State highway, approximately 200 feet south of Hualani Street in the Waiakea House Lots. Pazcel 59 is approximately 11,050 square feet in size, and Parcel 101 is a flag lot approximately 10,000 squaze feet in size. The 3,850 square foot existing dwelling on Pazcel 59, which fronts Kanoelehua Avenue will be remodeled and converted to office space. This structure will serve as the principal office for the applicant's business, while the remaining available office space will be rented. The carport and approximately 1,000 square feet of the existing 2,420 square foot dwelling on Parcel 101 will be demolished, and the remaining 1,420 square feet of floor area will be utilized as the construction baseyard to serve as a wazehouse and storage facility for Concept Development. A total of 16 pazking spaces, including one handicapped stall, aze proposed. The Department of Public Works recommended the consolidation of Pazcels 59 and 101 because Parcel 101 is too narrow for acceptable two-way commercial vehicular traffic. Adjacent lands to the north, west and south are zoned RS-10 and in single family uses. There are pazcels zoned ML-20 approximately 1,090 feet to the north. Approximately 350 feet to the south along Kanoelehua Avenue aze pazcels zoned ML-20. According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), the subject property is located within Zone "X", an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. PC Report 127