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DATE: April 6, 2010 Re: Comm. No. 753/Bill No. 226 <br />PLACE: Councilroom <br />Hawai`i County Building <br />25 Aupuni Street <br />Hilo, Hawai`i <br />TIME: 4:30 p.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawai`i County Council <br />Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br />REPORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br />Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 226, reports as follows: <br />Bill No. 226, transmitted via Communication No. 753, from Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated <br />February 25, 2010, presents Change of Zone Request by Greenhouse Specialists, Inc., at Kea'au, <br />Puna District, Hawai`i, covered by Tax Map Key: 1 -6- 152:018. The property is located on the <br />southeast corner of the Kea'au Bypass Road and Milo Street intersection, approximately one <br />mile east of the Kea'au Town Center, Kea'au, Puna, Hawai`i. <br />Applicant seeks a change of zone to change the district classification from an Agricultural - 20 <br />acre (A -20a) to Limited Industrial — 20,000 square feet (ML -20) for approximately 1.646 acres <br />of land. (Concurrently, the applicant is requesting an amendment to the State Land Use district <br />classification from Agricultural to Urban district.) The subject property has been in use as a site <br />for a greenhouse and nursery supply outlet facility and related uses since 1996, under Special <br />Use Permit No. 931. The applicant intends to expand the existing facility to allow the retail sale <br />of tools and supplies. The applicant is seeking to rezone the subject property, rather than to <br />amend the Special Permit. <br />One member of the public testified in support of the rezoning request. The applicant, <br />Don Seaton appeared before your Committee, accompanied by his attorney, Tom Yeh, Esq. <br />Discussion on this matter was combined with accompanying Bill No. 225, which requests an <br />amendment from the State Land Use Boundary Classification for the subject property. <br />Council Member Dominic Yagong commented that it would be good to have enough parking <br />spaces in the facility. He also commented that the applicant should, consider providing space for <br />future expansion and diversification. <br />PC Report 75 <br />