Hilo Iron Works Environmental Report

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The Hilo CDP was adopted by the Planning Commission in 1975 over 25 years ago and intended to further define the General Plan and provide short and middle range implementation strategies of the General Plan. Since the adoption of the Hilo CDP, there have been significant land developments in the City of Hilo, including the shopping complexes in and around the Puainako/Kanoelehua Intersection, expanded commercial uses near the University complexes and commercial/industrial uses along the southern portion of the Waiakea Houselots area. These developments render many of the CDP land use concepts obsolete. Although the document was reviewed by the County Council, the CDP was never adopted by ordinance. Given the somewhat obsolete planning assumptions reflected in the 1975 CDP, the governing document is the GP LUPAG map. Likewise, the County Charter requires all change of zones to be consistent with the designation in the General Plan. In this case, the GP LUPAG designation is Industrial, and thus, the requested MCX zoning would be consistent with that designation. D. County Zoning The County zoning of the requested area is OPEN. If the subject request were approved, all related land use and development codes such as Plan Approval, parking, landscaping, fire, ADA, and the like would be complied with by the applicant. E. Other Permitting Considerations The site is located within the County Special Management Area (SMA). As noted earlier, no improvements are being contemplated in tandem with this rezoning application. The rezoning is merely designed to allow for conforming use of the existing structure. Should there be improvements to the site other than to the interior of the existing structure, the appropriate SMA Assessment will be submitted for review. Thus, the SMA component of this application is limited only to the legitimization (if necessary) of the existing uses of the Space. V. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS A. General Description 5