Laserfiche WebLink
O <br />0 <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />BACKGROUND REPORT <br />BConceptREZ. doc- 12/3/09 <br />CONCEPT CONSTRUCTION, INC. <br />CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (REZ 09 -108) <br />CONCEPT CONSTRUCTION, INC. has submitted an application for a Change of <br />Zone from Single - Family Residential 10,000 square feet (RS -10) to Neighborhood Commercial <br />20,000 square feet (CN -20) for approximately 40,764 square feet of land. The property is located <br />on Kino`ole Street, approximately 174 feet southwest of the intersection of Kino`ole Street and <br />Lanikaula Street, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2 -2 -25: 22. <br />PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT <br />1. Request/Project Description: Change of Zone from RS -10 to CN -20 to construct an <br />approximately 12,000 square -foot facility to accommodate the relocation of the Liberty <br />Dialysis Center from its present location on Rainbow Drive. Liberty Dialysis Center <br />would lease the property and facility from the applicant. Proposed improvements include: <br />• a single -story, approximately 12,000 square foot facility <br />• a 42 -inch high rock wall along the north, west and south property boundaries <br />• 40 parking stalls, including 4 ADA accessible stalls and 7 compact stalls <br />• extensive landscaping <br />• related improvements <br />The dialysis center will offer hemodialysis treatments, home dialysis training, medical <br />offices, and a kidney disease prevention clinic. The Liberty Dialysis Center is currently the <br />only dialysis center in East Hawaii. There is projected to be approximately 35 employees <br />serving approximately 65 patients per day in three shifts. (Planning Department Exhibit <br />1 Change of Zone application) <br />2. Reasons for the Request: To allow the relocation of the Liberty Dialysis Center from its <br />present location in portable buildings near the Hilo Medical Center. <br />3. Timetable: The facility is proposed to be completed by 2011. <br />4. Landowner: Concept Construction, Inc. <br />