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<br /> <br /> <br /> MtY OR N <br /> Stephen K. Yamashiro <br /> Mayor <br /> <br /> ~•OF N~~ <br /> <br /> daunfu of pufunit <br /> <br /> PLANNING CONMSSION r <br /> 25 Aupuni Street, Room 109 • Hilo, Hewdi 967204252 <br /> (SOB) %1-8288 Pia (SOB) %1•%15 <br /> <br /> Oct 2 6 1999 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Dear Chairman Arakaki and Members: <br /> <br /> State Land Use Boundary Amendment Application (SLU 98-6) <br /> Request: Agricultural to Urban <br /> Change of Zone Application (REZ 98-22) <br /> Request: A-5a to RS-10 and CV-7.5 <br /> Applicant: Parker Ranch, Inc. <br /> Tax Man Key: 6-4-01:Portion of 42 <br /> The Planning Commission, after a duly held public hearing on October 16, 1998, voted to <br /> recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bills to change the State Land Use <br /> Boundary Amendment from an Agricultural to Urban district for approximately 4.613 acres of <br /> land, and a Change of Zone by changing the district classification from Agricultural (A-5a) to <br /> Single Family Residential (RS-10) and Village Commercial (CV-7.5) for approximately 11.469 <br /> acres of land. The property is located on the north side of Mamalahoa Highway adjacent <br /> (west) to the Goodyear Tire Center and approximately 1,600 feet east of the Mamalahoa <br /> Highway-Kamamalu Street intersection, Puukapu Homesteads First Series, Puukapu, Waimea, <br /> South Kohala, Hawaii. <br /> The Commission concurs with the following findings as recommended by the Planning <br /> Director: <br /> STATE LAND USE BOUNDARY AMENDMENT <br /> <br /> The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the <br /> Urban District will not be violative of Section 205-2, Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised <br /> Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission Rules, the County <br /> General Plan and the Hawaii State Plan. According to the Land Use Commission <br /> Rules, one of the standards for considering an area for urban reclassification states that <br /> "In determining urban growth for the next ten years, or in amending the boundary, <br /> land contiguous with existing urban areas shall be given more consideration than <br /> non-contiguous land, and particularly when indicated for future urban use on state or <br />