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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br /> <br /> DATE: March 2, 2009 Re: Comm. 95/Bill No. 18 <br /> PLACE: Councilroom <br /> Ben Franklin Bldg, 2"d Floor <br /> 333 Kilauea Avenue <br /> Hilo, Hawaii <br /> TIME: 2:40 p.m. <br /> <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> <br /> Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 18, reports as follows: <br /> <br /> Bill No. 18, transmitted via Communication No. 95 from Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated <br /> December 23, 2008, presents a Request to Amend the State Land Use Boundaries for the County <br /> of Hawaii from Agricultural to Urban by Sonomura Rentals, Inc., covered by Tax Map <br /> Key: 2-2-0484:010 and 120. <br /> <br /> Committee consideration on the matter was postponed from the February 18, 2009 meeting. <br /> <br /> Bill 18 seeks to amend the State Land Use boundaries maps for the County of Hawaii, changing <br /> the district classification from the Agricultural to the Urban District at Waiakea, South Hilo, <br /> Hawaii, covered by Tax Map Key 2-2-048:010 and 120. <br /> <br /> Communication No. 95 reports that the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by <br /> Chapter 4, Sec. 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter, considered the above request on December 5, <br /> 2008. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for recommending <br /> favorable consideration of the request. Communication No. 95 transmits the following findings <br /> and recommendations: <br /> <br /> 1. The subject property is located along the west side of Awa Street, approximately <br /> 1,300 feet North of the Awa Street-Makalika Street intersection, Panaewa Farm Lots, <br /> Waidkea, South Hilo, Hawaii. The current State Land Use designation for the subject <br /> property is Agriculture. <br /> <br /> 2. The reclassification action conforms to the goals, objectives and/or policies articulated in <br /> the Hawaii State Plan by encouraging urban growth primarily to existing urban areas <br /> where adequate public facilities are available. <br /> <br /> 3. The property is situated within close proximity to shopping centers, protective services, <br /> essential utilities and services and conforms to the Land Use Commission Rules which <br /> encourages such developments. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> PC Report No. 9 <br />