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BBank0fHawaiiREZ.crk.12.19.18 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND REPORT BANK OF HAWAII CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (REZ 18-000231) BANK OF HAWAII has submitted an application for a Change of Zone from a Single- Family Residential-10,000 square feet (RS-10)to a General Commercial-20,000 square feet (CG-20) zoning district for approximately 40,282-square feet of land. The subject property is located at 1339 Kino`ole Street, at the northeast corner of its intersection with West Lanikaula Street, Waiakea Houselots, South Hilo, Hawai`i, TMK: 2-2-024:003. PROPOSED ACTION 1. Applicant's Request: Change the zoning district from Single-Family Residential— 10,000 square feet (RS-10) to General Commercial—20,000 square feet (CG-20) zoning district for 40,282-square feet of land. According to the Zoning Code,the General Commercial district applies to an area suitable for commercial uses and services on a broad basis to serve as the central shopping or principal downtown area for a city or a region. No CG district shall be established until there is a demonstrated need for such action and no two CG districts shall be established in such relationship to each other that they cannot act as one center and yet are too close together to serve two distinct regions. Requirements for establishing a land use in the CG district, including a list of the variety of permitted land uses, are shown in Section 25-5-110 to 118 of the Zoning Code. (Planning Department Exhibit 1 —Zoning Code Requirements for General Commercial Districts) 2. Proposed Development: The applicant requests the change of zoning to CG-20 in order to develop a new, single-story, 7,500 square-foot office building to house banking functions at this site. The height of the structure is not expected to exceed forty-five (45) feet, the maximum allowable by the Zoning Code. While higher than normal for a single- story building, this added height is designed to provide for the option to accommodate a -1-