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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: December 16, 2008 PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa 78-128 Ehukai Street Kailua-Kona, Hawaii TIME: 4:15 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Re: Comm. 1299Bi11317 (2006-2008) Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bi11317, reports as follows: Bill 317, transmitted via Communication 1299, from Mayor Harry Kim, dated June 12, 2008, presents an amendment the State Land Use boundaries maps for the County of Hawaii. Applicant is requesting amendments to the State Land Use district designation from Agricultural to Urban for 11.054 acres of land. The property, referred to as the proposed Laipala Makai, is located along the south end of Naniloa Street and adjacent to the White Sands Beach Estates and Keauhou View Estates Subdivisions, Kapaalaea, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-7-008:121. There were concun•ent applications for a change of zone to change the district classification from an Agricultural - 5 acre (A-Sa) to a Single Family Residential - 7,500 square foot (RS-7.5) district and a Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit to allow the development of a 65-lot Single Family Residential subdivision and related improvements. The Planning Director recommended favorably on this request based on the following: • The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the Urban District will not be in violation of Section 205-2, Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes. It is also consistent with the Land Use Commission Rules and the County General Plan. • The Urban District request would be consistent with the goals and policies of the Land Use element of the General Plan. • The urban classification also conforms to the standard that the development is within reasonable proximity to centers of trading and employment and to basic services such as schools, police and fire protection, transportation systems and water. • The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unstable. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the property as PC Report No. I