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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: November 14, 2000 Re: C-971/Bill No. 348 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 10:35 a.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Milo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 348, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 971, dated October 25, 2000, regarding the change of zone amendment request by Queen Liliuokalani Trust, at Keahuolu, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-4-8: Portion of 1, reports as follows: Bill No. 348 amends Section 25-8-3 (North Kona Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code by changing the district classification for 23.339 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-5a) to aResidential-Commercial Mixed Use (RCX-2a) zoned district. The subject property, owned in fee by the applicant (a non-profit organization), is a portion of a 663.079-acre parcel. The subject property measures approximately 2,300 feet in the mauka-makai direction, 250 feet along its makai boundary and 1,000 feet along its mauka boundary. The parcel is situated along the southern edge of Palani Road, with over 2,200 feet of street frontage along Palani Road, between the Queen Liliuokalani Village subdivision to the east and Henry Street to the west, approximately % mile mauka of Queen Kaahumanu Highway. On June 22, 1998, the State Land Use Commission (SLUG) approved with conditions approximately 432.91 acres of land of the County of Hawai`i's petitioned area of 955.78 acres for a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Urban District. A portion of subject parcel i and parcel 63, consisting of a total of 60 acres, are a portion of the reclassified Urban district. On August 26, 1998, the SLUG determined that the portion of TMK: 7-4-8:1 (24.937 acres on the map) is designated entirely within the State Land Use Urban District. On December 4, 1998, Final Subdivision Approval was granted to the applicant for the creation of a two-lot subdivision and the designation of a utility easement. Lot 2-A, consisting of 1.598 acres and designated as TMK: 7-4-8:66, is the site of HELCO's future Palani Substation. Lot 2-B, consisting of 663.079 acres is designated as TMK: 7-4-8:1. Running along the southern boundary of TMK: 7-4-8:1 is a 100-foot wide future easement for utility purposes, where HELCO is anticipated to run overhead power lines within the next three to five years. The mauka region of the subject parcel will be designated for residential development, and the areas near the Palani Road/Henry Street intersection will be used for commercial retail development. PC-124