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REPORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br />DATE: September 23, 2008 Re: Comm. 1444Bi11364 <br />PLACE: Councilroom <br />Ben Franklin Building, 2"d Floor <br />333 Kilauea Avenue <br />Hilo, Hawaii <br />TIlVI>J: 2:30 p.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bi11364, reports as follows: <br />Bill 364, transmitted via Communication 1444 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated September 5, 2008, <br />presents an amendment to Ordinance No. 465, effective August 29, 1979, which reclassified lands <br />from Agriculture 1-Acre (A-la) to Neighborhood Commercial 7,500 square feet (CN-7.5), by <br />AMY B. H. GREENWELL ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN, at Kealakekua, South Kona, <br />Hawaii, TMK: 8-2-13: portion 2. <br />The effective date of Ordinance No. 465 was August 29, 1979. Bill 364 seeks to amend Ordinance <br />No. 465 to delete Condition A (submittal of subdivision) and to amend Condition B (construction <br />timetable). The original intent of Ordinance No. 465 was to subdivide the subject property into <br />three (3) lots, selling one of the lots, and the other two lots were intended to be developed with <br />roadside shops and atwo- or three-story office-professional complex. <br />Applicant is also requesting a 3-year extension of time to comply with Condition B of Change of <br />Zone Ordinance No. 465 which requires that construction of commercial structures shall commence <br />within one (1) year from receipt of final subdivision approval, and that construction be completed <br />within two (2) years thereafter. <br />The previous owner of the property (Amy B. H. Greenwell Trust and American Trust Co. of <br />Hawaii, Inc.) did not construct the commercial project as required by Condition B of Change of <br />Zone Ordinance No. 465. The applicant no longer wants to subdivide the parcel (required under <br />Condition A), and instead is requesting time extensions to construct a visitor education center and <br />parking lot to enhance the existing Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden currently operating on <br />two properties located to the northwest. <br />The applicant is proposing to construct asingle-story building approximately 1,600 square feet in <br />size that will include exhibit space, offices, restrooms, and a 15-space parking lot with accessible <br />stalls in Phase I. If funding is secured in the future, applicant proposes to include program space <br />and possible expansion of the parking lotto approximately 50 spaces. <br />PC Report No. 93 <br />