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<br />IV. INSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS <br /> <br />A. State Land Use <br /> <br />The subject property is designated Urban. As such, no State Land <br />Use Commission action is required. The County of Hawaii can <br />process the rezoning request. <br /> <br />B. County General Plan <br /> <br />The County General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide <br />(LUPAG) map, if scaled, designates the site Industrial. Relative to <br />the Industrial designation, the General Plan allows consideration for <br />"manufacturing and processing, wholesaling, large storage and <br />transportation facilities, and light industrial uses." As such, the <br />requested MCX zoning would be consistent with this designation, <br />and no General Plan amendment is necessary. <br /> <br />No changes affecting this area were made in the most recent <br />revision to the General Plan. <br /> <br />C. Hila Community Development Plan <br /> <br />The Community Development Plan (COP) attempts to further define <br />the General Plan and serves as a Quide for decision-makers. It <br />was adopted by the Planning Commission in 1975, over 25 years <br />ago. Although reviewed by the County Council, the COP was never <br />adopted. <br /> <br />The COP's Land Use Concept map identifies a ML-10 designation <br />for this area. This designation suggests industrial uses, and the <br />requested zoning would thus be consistent with the map. <br /> <br />Notwithstanding this consistency, however, it is acknowledged that <br />the growth of Hilo and its outlying areas like Puna, has made some <br />of the planning assumptions of the COP obsolete. An updated <br />COP would be" timely. <br /> <br />Absent the availability of a relevant intermediary planning <br />document, one must rely only on the General Plan LUPAG map <br />and policies. In the end, the General Plan is more critical, as the <br />County Charter requires all zone changes to be consistent with it. <br /> <br />3 <br />