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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: May 15, 1998 Re: C-829/Bill No. 238 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 8:37 a.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 238, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 829, dated Apri124, 1998, regazding the change of zone request by Stanley and Lorraine Hechinger at Kiolakaa, Kau, Hawaii, TMK: 9-4-3:58, reports as follows: Bill No. 238 amends Section 25-8-28 (Kau District Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code by changing the district classification for approximately 20.37 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-20a) to an Agricultural (A-Sa) zoned district. The application was originally submitted in April 1985. The Planning Director issued a favorable recommendation with conditions, and a public heazing was held on December 2, 1985. A condition which would have been included was to have the applicant pave Kamaoa Road to a width of 20 feet. Subsequent to the first public heazing, Kamaoa Road was paved by the Public Works Department to a width of 16 feet. On January 29, 1998, the applicant, by letter, confirmed their intent to continue with the application. The Planning Commission, in their communication to the Council dated Apri124, 1998, commented about the aforementioned pazagraph. "Access to the site is provided by Kamaoa Road, atwo-lane County roadway, which has right-of--way widths that vary between 25 to 40 feet with a 16 to 18 foot wide pavement. The Department of Public Works has recommended that Kamaoa Road be paved to a width of 20 feet. When the applicant initially applied for the change of zone, Kamaoa Road had a pavement width of 10 feet. The road was subsequently widened by the Department of Public Works to a width of 16 feet. It is not recommended that the applicant be further responsible for widening Kamaoa Road, therefore, a condition is not included regarding this matter." The subject property is located on the northwest side of Kamaoa Road, approximately 3,000 feet northwest of the Mazk Twain Subdivision (A-la with 20,000 squaze foot lots), and Discovery Hazbor Subdivision (A-la with 14,000 squaze foot lots), Kiolakaa-Keaa Homesteads. The subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is rectangular in shape, and is vacant of any uses. The applicants intend to subdivide the pazcel into four 5.1 acres lots. The parcel is readily accessible and is suitable for a more intensive agricultural use, with no topographical limitations on the subject pazcel. PC Report 115