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Bill 209 /Comm. 624 <br />BGalanRELdoc 10/31/11 <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />BACKGROUND REPORT <br />KAREN AND ADRIAN GALAN <br />CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (REZ 11 -145) <br />KAREN AND ADRIAN GALAN have submitted an application for a Change of Zone <br />from a Single- Family Residential — 10,000 square feet (RS -10) to a Village Commercial — 7,500 <br />square feet (CV -7.5) zoning district for approximately 17,994 square feet of land. The subject <br />property is located on the north side of Pahoa Village Road, across from the Pahoa Cash and <br />Carry Store employee's parking lot at Nanawale Homesteads, Pahoa, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: 1 -5- <br />011: 008 & 009. <br />PROPOSED ACTION <br />1. Applicant's Request: Change the zoning district from Single - Family Residential — <br />10,000 square feet (RS -10) to a Village Commercial — 7,500 square feet (CV -7.5) for <br />17,994 square feet of land. According to the Zoning Code, the purpose of the Village <br />Commercial zoning district is to provide a broad range or variety of commercial and light <br />industrial uses that are necessary to serve the population in rural areas where the <br />supplementary support of the general business uses and activities of a central commercial <br />district is not readily available. Requirements for establishing a land use in the CV <br />district, including a list of the variety of permitted land uses, are shown in Section 25 -5- <br />120 to 128 of the Zoning Code. (P.D. Exhibit 1— Zoning Code Requirements for <br />Village Commercial Districts) <br />2. Reason for Request: The applicants are requesting the change of zone in order to <br />develop five detached 2 -story structures approximately 960 square feet in size for retail <br />use "boutiques" and overnight visitor accommodation "bungalows ". Four of the five <br />structures will consist of retail space on the ground floor and a bedroom unit for <br />overnight accommodations on the second floor. The fifth structure will have a bedroom <br />unit on both floors, with the ground floor unit being constructed as an ADA- accessible <br />unit for guests with disabilities. The applicants anticipates the four retail boutiques will <br />consist of an art gallery, clothing store, hair /nail salon, and gift shop /office /laundry/lobby <br />-1- <br />