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REZONING (ORDINANCE NO. 10 19)TIME EXTENSION REQUEST DR BRIAN SUGAI PONAHAWAI,SOUTH HILO,HAWAII,TMK: 2-3-037: 019 1. NATURE OF REQUEST The Applicant, Dr. Brian Sugai,applied for and secured a zoning change of the subject property to allow the development of an approximately 20,000 square-foot,2- story office and residential structure. When completed,the Applicant plans to relocate his medical practice to the subject site,while providing office space for rent or lease by others. Space for a possible residence within the structure is also being contemplated. There is also a 20,000+ square foot area for another building on the subject site. The rezoning ordinance,Ordinance No. 10 19, which became effective on March 18, 2010, was approved subject to a number of performance conditions. (Exhibit A) Specifically, Condition D required completion of the project within five(5)years from the effective date of the subject ordinance. Condition T also authorized the Planning Director, upon request,to grant an additional five(5) years or March 18, 2015, to complete the project. While considerable land use and construction-related entitlements were secured within the five (5) year window, no significant physical construction activity on the site occurred until this year. Understandably, even with an administrative extension to March 20, 2020, a time extension would still be required, as the project is not completed. That renders the status of the CN-20 zoning in `limbo"and, in turn, potentially jeopardizes occupancy of the structure. As such, the Applicant is requesting a five(5)year time extension from the effective date of this amendment to complete the project,with the possibility of an administrative extension. Concurrently,the Applicant is seeking approval of the administrative extension,retroactive from March 18, 2015 to March 18, 2020. Hence,lthe 5-year time extension request would begin from 2020 instead of 2015. II. PROJECT LOCATION The subject parcel consists of 43,560 square feet. It is located in the Ponahawai area of the City of Hilo. More specifically, it is situated on the east or malrai side of Komohana Street, immediately north or Hamakua side of the Alenaio drainage channel. The site is also approximately 700 feet south or Puna-side of the Komohana Street-Ponahawai Street intersection and approximately 300 feet north or Hamakua- side)of Huali Place. (Figure Q 1