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~' <br />County of Hawaii <br />'06 DEC 30 A 9 :39 <br />~.~~~ <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Aupuni Center • 101 Puuahi 8vicet, 8ui1c 3 • Hilo, Hawai `i 96720 <br />Phonc (808)961-8288 • Fax (808)961-8742 <br />'' ~fEC 2 3 t0!!8 <br />The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />County of Hawaii <br />333 Kilauea Avenue, 2n° Floor <br />Hilo, Hi 96720 <br />Dear Chairman Yoshimoto and Council Members: <br />Planning Director Initiated <br />Amendments to Chapter 23 and 25 Rei?ardinQ Public Purpose Subdivisions <br />The Planning Commission at its duly held public hearing on November 24, 2008, and <br />December 5, 2008, considered the Planning Director's proposed amendment to <br />Chapter 23 (Subdivision Code) and Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County <br />Code 1983 (2005 Edition) relating to subdivision requirements for public purpose <br />subdivisions. The proposed amendment seeks to amend the Subdivision Code and <br />Zoning Code to provide that subdivisions for public use do not need to meet the normal <br />subdivision requirements, including the minimum building site area. The Commission at <br />its meeting on December 5, 2008, voted to forward a favorable recommendation to the <br />County Council on these proposed amendments. <br />The Commission concurs with the Planning Director's reasons for this favorable <br />recommendation: <br />There is sometimes a need for a subdivision to create a lot that will be <br />conveyed to a governmental agency for a public purpose, such as a park, school or <br />library. There are also subdivisions which set aside public land for specified <br />public purposes, such as forest reserve or transferring land from one subunit of <br />government to another. In these cases, the normal subdivision standards, <br />especially minimum lot sizes, should not apply. For example, the County may <br />want to build a playing field on an area zoned Agricultural 20-acres (A-20a), and <br />may need only two acres for the field. The considerations that led to the A-20a <br />zoning such as the desire to keep the area in low density for larger farming units, <br />would not necessarily apply to the public project. <br />Hmvai `i County is an Equa/ Oppornmity Provider and Employer <br />