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RsugaiREZAmendch.6.19.2020 COUNTY OF IIAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION DR.BRIAN SUGAI AMENDMENT TO CHANGE OF ZONE ORDINANCE 10 19 (REZ 09-101) Upon careful review of the request to amend Condition D of Ordinance No. 10 19,the Planning Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony, the Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this position based on additional information presented at the public hearing.This recommendation is based on the following fmdings: The applicant, Dr. Brian Sugai, has submitted an application for a six (6)-year time extension to Condition D (Time to Complete Construction) of Ordinance No. 10 19, which was originally approved on March 18, 2010 and which reclassified approximately one(1) acre of land from an Agricultural 1-acre (A-la)to Neighborhood Commercial- 20,000 square feet(CN-20) zoning district. The applicant initially planned to construct an approximately 20,000-square foot, two-story building to contain his medical office and other offices for rent/lease on the ground floor and a residential unit on the second floor to be used by the applicant. The original plan also set aside an area on the property for an additional 20,000-square foot building. However,due to cost considerations, the applicant decided to reduce the size of the structure to a proposed 8,900-square foot,two-story office building, including one(1) residential unit and a 36 stall parking lot,two(2)of which will be ADA accessible. The non-performance is the result of conditions that could not have been foreseen or are beyond the control of the applicants,successors or assigns, and that are not the result of their fault or negligence. According to the applicant, Final Plan Approval and a building permit were issued in 2011. However,based on cost considerations and the economy just coming off of a recession,construction was delayed, and plans were abandoned. The applicant subsequently submitted revised building plans in 2013,but due to a misunderstanding with the Department of Public Works(DPW), a