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<br /> <br />County of Hawai'i <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> <br />AlIJllllli Cellter . ]0] Pauahi Street, Suite 3 . Hilo, I-Iawai'i 9IJ720 <br />Phllllc (808) 961-82B8 . Fax (808) 961-8742 <br /> <br />December 18, 2009 <br /> <br />The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />County ofHawai'i <br />25 Aupuni Street <br />Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> <br />n <br />COO <br />. .r") <br />..."., '" <br />.c. i;"'C. <br />~:;~? <br /> <br />~ <br />c::;;::. <br />co <br />t::l <br />f'Tl <br />CJ <br />N <br />--c <br /> <br />J] <br />rn <br />(~~;~ <br /> <br />Dear Chairman Yoshimoto and Council Members: <br /> <br /> <br />:n <br />::3 <br /> <br />..' <br />.- <br />~ <br />-, <br />.I-'<~"..; <br />I i ~ <br />I-I <br />.......i <br /> <br />---- <br />~ <br /> <br />a <br />o <br /> <br />Change of Zone Application (REZ 09-000101) <br />Applicant: Brian Sugai <br />Request: A-1a to CN-20 <br />Tax Map Kev: 2-3-37:19 <br /> <br />The Windward Planning Commission, after a duly held public hearing on December 4,2009, <br />voted to recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bill for a Change of Zone from an <br />Agricultural- 1 acre (A-1 a) to a Neighborhood Commercial- 20,000 square feet (CN-20) <br />district for 1 acre ofland. The property is located along the east side of Komohana Street, <br />approximately 700 feet south of the Komohana Street - Ponahawai Street intersection, <br />Ponahawai, South Hilo, Hawai'i. <br /> <br />The Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for recommending <br />favorable consideration of the requests: <br /> <br />The applicant is requesting a change of zone from Agricultural-1 acre (A-1 a) to <br />Neighborhood Commercial-20,000 square feet (CN-20). Although the eN zoned district <br />allows a variety of commercial uses, the applicants current plans are to construct an <br />approximately 20,000-square foot, two-story building which will contain his medical <br />office and other offices for rent/lease on the ground floor and a residential unit on the <br />second floor. The residential unit would be used by the applicant. The applicant <br />currently leases office space at the nearby Ka Waena Lapaau Medical Complex under a <br />lease agreement that expires in 2010. Construction will begin immediately upon approval <br />of the change of zone, in order for the building to be completed prior to the expiration of <br />the applicant's current lease. Construction of the development is anticipated to cost about <br />$2 million. Parking and landscaping as required by the Zoning Code will be provided on- <br /> <br />Hawai'i County is an Equal Opporfllnity Provider and Employer <br />