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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: March 17, 1998 Re: C-750Bi11 No. 207 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:38 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 207, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 750, dated March 4, 1998, regarding the change of zone request by Mike J. Pro6oroff at Hanaula, North Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: 5-4-06:21and 36, reports as follows: Bill No. 207 amends Section 25-8-7 (North and South Kohala Districts Zone Map) and Section 25-8-9 (Hawi-Kapaau Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) by changing the district classification for approximately 10.13 acres of land from an Agricultural and Single Family Residential to a Single Family Residential zoned district. The subject property, owned in fee by the North Kohala Land Company, Inc., is located on the mauka (south) side of Akoni Pule Highway approximately 200 feet west of Kynnersley Road at Hanaula, North Kohala. The project will consist of 34 single family residences and landscaped common open spaces, with a streetscape designed to develop a traditional neighborhood chazacter. Primazy access to the subject property is from Akoni Pule Highway, astate-owned highway with pavement width varying between 30 and 40 feet but with a road right-of--way width of 80 feet. Water is available to the subject property from a six inch transmission main along the Akoni Pule Highway. Wastewater will be accommodated by individual wastewater systems. Electrical and telephone service will be made available to the property. Adjacent lands to the north, east and west of the project site aze zoned Single Family Residential (RS-15). Lands to the south are zoned A-20a and aze vacant of any uses. There aze no historic sites on the parcel; however, a condition to notify the Planning Depaztment should archaeological sites be encountered during the course of development has been included in the bill. Soils within the subject property have been classified as "B" (Good) for agricultural use by the Land Study Bureau. The Agricultural Lands of Importance in the State of Hawaii (ALISH) designates the property as within the existing urban development. The U. S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service's Soil Survey report classifies the soils on the property as Kohala, which consist ofwell-drained silty clay. Runoff is slow to medium and erosion hazard is slight to moderate. PC Report 102