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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: July 22.2003 RE: C- 158 /Bill No. 44 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:15 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo. Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 44 transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro, per Communication No. 158, dated November 16, 2000, regarding the change of zone request by Richard M. Towill, at Kaumana, South Hilo, Hawaii TMK: 2 -5 -44:1 and 2 -5 -45: por 1, reports as follows: Bill No. 44 amends Section 25 -8 -33 (City of 1-lilo Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawai'i County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 107 acres of' land from an Agricultural (A -20a) to a Family Agricultural (FA - la) zoned district. The somewhat rectangular- shaped subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is located in the Kaumana Homesteads to the west of Wilder Road and approximately 80 feet to the south of Kaumana Drive. The properties are vacant and overgrown with abandoned sugar cane, guava trees, ohia, palm and introduced grass and vines. The overall property consists of approximately 147.5 acres, ol'which approximately 40 acres are zoned A-1 a, and the remaining 107 acres are zoned A -20a. The applicant is seeking to create approximately 114 one -acre and two five -acre lots in phases based on market demand. Because the present A -20a lot size does not provide a feasible development option, the FA-la designation provides for the development of the property in an economically feasible manner which will preserve the agricultural use and related lifestyle for future lot residents. The final delineation of one -acre and five -acre lots will be determined through the subdivision approval process. The site is divided by a series of drainage courses. which affect the continuity of usable, moderate sloped areas. The project is bisected by the Puainako Street extension and will have access via Kaumana Drive (Saddle Road). The overall layout responds to the configuration and slope of the property and takes into account drainage courses that occur within the project area. The property north of the Puainako Street extension will have access firom Parcel 32 and an access road designated as Road Lot 31. The property located to the south ofPuainako Street extension will have access via access roads, which will be designated during the subdivision process. All of the access roads, intersections and subdivision interior roads will be designed and constructed to State and County standards and will be dedicated to the County of I- lawai'i upon completion of construction. Water will he provided to the project site From the County Department of Water Supply system.