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County of Hawaii <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite3 • Hilo, Hawai `i 96720 <br />Phone (808) 961-8298 Fax (808) 961-8742 <br /> <br />February 3, 2009 0 <br />co <br /> i) <br /> <br /> O ~` ^" <br />m -,, <br />_ <br /> ~ ,_ ;"T , <br />The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman -<='' ca <br />and Members of the County Council : +"'~ <br />County of Hawaii ;._, ~ ~r <br />333 Kilauea Avenue, 2°d Floor T <br />~" <br />i_. ";.r '" <br />rV '=~ <br />~v <br />Hilo, HI 96720 ~" ~ <br /> crt <br />Dear Chairman Yoshimoto and Council Members: <br />Change of Zone Application (REZ 08-000088) <br />Applicant S. Russell and Akiko Oda <br />Request RS-10 to CN-10 <br />Tax Ma~Key: 2-2-34:36 <br />The Planning Commission at its duly held public hearing on January I5, 2009, reviewed and. <br />acted on the above-referenced request for a Change of Zone from a Single Family Residential - <br />10,000 square toot (RS-10) to a Neighborhood Commercial - 10,000 square foot (CN-10) district <br />for approximately 22,500 square feet of land. The property is located along the east side of <br />Manono Street, approximately 300 feet north of the Manono Street - Hualani Street intersection, <br />Waiakea House Lots, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. <br />The Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for recommending <br />favorable consideration of the change of zone: <br />The applicants are requesting a Change of Zone from RS-10 to CN-10 to convert <br />an existing single-family dwelling into an office building to be leased to supplement the <br />applicants' retirement income. The existing 1,134-square toot structure currently used as <br />asingle-family residence will be renovated. The property is of sufficient size to <br />accommodate a minimum of 19 parking stalls. Existing landscaping will be retained or <br />improved upon. The applicants believe that an office use is appropriate given the <br />increased number of commercial uses in this area and commercial uses on the adjacent <br />properties. However, as there are residential uses in the general area, the applicants <br />intend to retain and renovate the existing residential structure rather than construct a new <br />building on the site. <br />Hawaii Cnuraty is an Equaf Opporhmi[~~ Provider and Employer <br />