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i <br /> recommendation on Bill No. 250 due to the need to further revise other sections of the <br /> Zoning Code in order to accomplish the intent of Bill No. 250, which is to increase <br /> the permitted residential unit density within the CDH zoning district and to <br /> implement a parking requirement for those projects achieving the proposed amended <br /> maximum density of 500 square feet of land area per double or multiple family <br /> residential unit. <br /> ANALYSIS <br /> Note that the CDH zoning district in Downtown Hilo (refer to Exhibit A) is <br /> situated within an area designated for High Density Urban uses by the General Plan Land <br /> Use Pattern Allocation Guide(LUPAG)map. A High Density Urban designation would <br /> allow for a maximum residential unit density of 87 units per acre, or 500 square feet of <br /> land area per unit, consistent with the proposed amendment. <br /> In summary, the Planning Director's bill (Exhibit B) attempts to amend the <br /> Zoning Code in order to accomplish the following: <br /> a. allow for a increase in the maximum residential density permitted within the CDH <br /> zoning district from its current 1,000 square feet of land area per unit to a proposed <br /> 500 square feet of land area per unit,potentially doubling the residential density in <br /> Downtown Hilo Commercial zoning district. <br /> b. provide a parking requirement in the CDH zoning district of one(1)parking stall per <br /> residential unit for those double or multiple family residential projects that achieve a <br /> maximum density greater than 1,000 square feet of land area per unit. Currently, <br /> there is no parking requirement for any use within that particular CDH zoning district <br /> bordered bounded by Kino`ole and Ponahawai Streets and the Wailuku River. <br /> COMPARISON OF COUNCIL BILL NO.250 & PLANNING DIRECTOR BILL <br /> The Council's earlier version(Bill No. 250) and the Planning Director's version <br /> of proposed amendments to the density and parking requirements with the CDH zoning <br /> district is identical when it comes to the effort to increase density to a maximum of 500 <br /> square feet of land area per unit from its current maximum density of 1,000 square feet of <br /> land area per unit. <br /> -2- <br />