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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 10 <br /> to the west of Anekona Estates and is within the State Land Use Urban District. Last year <br /> the County Council approved similar applications for a State Land Use Boundary <br /> <br /> Amendment from an Agricultural to Rural District and a Change of Zone from A-5a to <br /> RA-2a for three parcels consisting of 5.001, 5.5154, and 5.002 acres, respectively, in the <br /> Anekona Estates Subdivision. Similar land use changes were approved in June 1998 for <br /> a 5-acre parcel of land in the Kanehoa Subdivision. Adjacent to the east of the :object <br /> property is a 5-acre parcel that received County Council approval in 1999 to allow for <br /> similar State Land Use District boundary amendment and change of zone as being <br /> requested by the applicant. Therefore, a favorable recommendation of this change of <br /> zone request will be consistent with the emerging land use pattern being established <br /> within this portion of South Kohala. <br /> <br /> The primary access for Anekona Estates from Kawaihae road is via Anekona <br /> Street. The subject property is located on Kanehoa Street. Both roadways have a right- <br /> of-way width of 50 feet with a 20-foot agricultural standard pavement. It should be <br /> pointed out that Kanehoa Street is a connector road into the adjacent Kanehoa <br /> Subdivision. Since similar changes of zone may occur throughout the Anekona Estates <br /> Subdivision as well as the adjacent Kanehoa Subdivision which would create additional <br /> homesites placing additional traffic burden on Kawaihae Road, conditions of approval <br /> have been included to ensure that the requested improvements be planned for either <br /> through the ISTEA program or through the fair share contribution towards roads. <br /> <br /> Water for the proposed subdivision development will be provided by the existing <br /> 6-inch line. According to the Department of Health, the property is situated within the <br /> Critical Wastewater Disposal Area and therefore, the applicants would be required to <br /> dispose wastewater into a septic tank system. All other essential utilities and services are <br /> or will be made available to support the proposed development. <br /> <br /> Finally, because the subject property and surrounding areas have been extensively <br /> altered with agricultural/urban development, it is not anticipated that endangered or <br /> threatened candidate species of flora or fauna are located within the subject property, nor <br /> has the area been identified as a significant botanical or biological habitat. In addition, it <br /> is also not anticipated that the proposed development will have any adverse impact on <br /> cultural or historical resources. The property is designated Zone X, an area determined to <br /> be outside of the 500-year flood plain. <br /> <br /> Based on the above findings, approval of the Change of Zone request from <br /> Agricultural-5 acres (A-5a) to Residential and Agricultural-2 acres (RA-2a) zoned district <br /> would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will further benefit the public. <br />