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e <br /> O `y <br /> • <br /> !G <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 3 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 <br /> Phone(808)961-8288 • Fax(808)961-8742 <br /> *''}AR302012;° <br /> The Honorable Dominic Yagong, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> County of Hawai`i <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo,HI 96720 <br /> Dear Chairman Yagong and Council Members: <br /> Change of Zone Application(REZ 11-000149) <br /> Applicant: Leslie A. Botelho and Betty Jean Botelho <br /> Request: FA-2a to FA-1 a <br /> Tax Map Key: 2-5-040:018 <br /> The Windward Planning Commission, at its duly held public hearing on March 1, 2012, voted to <br /> recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bill for a Change of Zone from a Family <br /> Agricultural —2 acres (FA-2a)to a Family Agricultural— 1 acre(FA-1a)zoning district for 2.116 <br /> acres of land. The property is located along the northeast side of Akala Road, approximately 75 <br /> feet from the'Akala Road—Kaumana Drive intersection, Ponahawai, South Hilo, Hawai`i. <br /> The Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for recommending <br /> favorable consideration of the request: <br /> The applicants are requesting to change the zoning district from Family <br /> Agricultural—2 acre(FA-2a)to Family Agricultural— 1 acre(FA-1a) for 2.116 acres of <br /> land in order to subdivide the property into two parcels for family. <br /> In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation,the applicable <br /> goals,policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only <br /> through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions <br /> can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the <br /> General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and <br /> Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />