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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: May 15, 1998 Re: C-826Bi11 No. 235 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. 235, transmitted jointly with Bill No. 234 by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 826, dated Apri124, 1998, regarding the change of zone request by Robert S. Nackowski at Puaa 2nd, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-10: Por. 4, reports as follows: Bill No. 235 amends Section 25-8-3 (North Kona Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the District Classification for approximately 14.989 acres of land from an Agricultural to a Residential and Agricultural zoned district. The subject property is located on the west side ofHienaloli-Kahului Road, approximately 1,500 feet north of the intersection with Hualalai Road and adjacent and north of the Hualalai Colony Subdivision. Access to the subject property will be provided by Hienaloli-Kahului Road, atwo- lane County roadway, which has a pavement width of 20 feet within a 40-50 foot right-of--way. The subject property, owned in fee by Koski Enterprises, Inc., is rectangulaz in shape, is vacant of any structures and is presently used for cattle grazing. The applicant is requesting the land use changes to allow the development of 15residential-agricultural lots ranging in size from half acre to one-acre on 14.989 acres of a 56.902 acre pazcel. The remaining 42.9+ acres would be retained by the applicant in the agricultural zoned district and continue to be used for cattle grazing. Access to the lazger lot would be through the proposed subdivision road. The previous landowner intended to subdivide the entire parcel into ten 5+-acre lots. Subdivision Application No. 89-142 received tentative subdivision approval, and construction plans were prepazed and approved by the County in 1994. The subdivision application is pending Final Subdivision Approval. The applicant, who recently acquired the property, believes that creating half acre to one-acre lots in this area would better serve the community's housing and land needs. The project site is designated as Urban Expansion, which allows for a mix of high density, medium density, low density, industrial and/or open designations in areas where new settlements may be desirable, but where the specific settlement pattern and mix of uses have not been determined. The surrounding azea consists of a mixture of single-family residences and vacant lots. The zoning pattern in the vicinity is a mixture of Agricultural-1 acre (A-1 a) to the east, PC Report 112