PD Background Report (PL-REZ-2022-000030)

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APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF ZONE Background and County Environmental Report A. SUBJECT REQUEST -Details of Proposed Use/Development 1. Project Description Applicants and owners, Matthew C. Wung and Eric J. Wung ("Applicants"),request a change of zone ("COZ") from Agricultural District,required minimum building site of three acres ("A-3a") to Single-Family Residential District,required minimum building site of 15,000 square feet("RS-15"). The subject property ("Property" or"Subject Property") is approximately 136,277 square feet(or 3.1285 acres) in land area. This COZ request will allow Applicants to subdivide the property into five lots, with lot sizes ranging from 20,080 square feet to 45,363 square feet (the "Project"). The Property is located off of W. Kawailani Street,between Malawaina Street and Life Care Center of Hilo, and is identified as Tax Map Key ("TMK")No.: (3) 2-4-003:035, Waiakea, South Hilo District, Hawaii,bearing a street address of 862 W. Kawailani Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720. See Hawaii County Tax Plat Map 2-4-003, attached hereto as Exhibit "A". W. Kawailani Street, which generally runs in a west-east direction, is a paved County road by which the Property is currently accessed. The Property is bordered to the north, northwest and south by A-3a zoned lots currently owned and occupied by Applicants' relatives, to the west by one RS-10 zoned lot and to the east by multiple RS-15 zoned lots and a County of Hawaii Department of Water Supply water tank facility. Applicant also proposes to access four of the lots from a road stubout which is part of South Kumuwaina Place. See Vicinity Map, attached hereto as Exhibit "B". There is a permitted one-bedroom residential structure on the property consisting of approximately 480 square feet which was built in 1973, and is still used as a residence to this day. There are also two garages- one garage was constructed in 1955 and consists of approximately 360 square feet and the other garage was constructed in 1992 and consists of approximately 576 square feet. The Property also includes a frame utility shed built in 1992 and consisting of approximately 576 square feet. There is also a permitted open carport on the Property built in 1991 and consisting of approximately 576 square feet. Applicants obtained title to the Property from other family members via a Limited Warranty Deed recorded June 16, 2021. The Property has been held by four generations of the Applicants' family since it was initially acquired in the 1900s. Thereafter, the Property has been handed down to Applicants who are siblings. Family members have subdivided the property several times: in Subdivision No. 448 the Property was part of a 40-acre lot that was subdivided into a ten-acre lot, in 1954 Lot A-2 was subdivided from the Property leaving remaining Lot A-1 which consisted of approximately 9.222 acres in Subdivision No. 831, and in 1991 the Property was subdivided into Lot A-1-A consisting of approximately 3.1285 acres in Subdivision No. 6017.