2023-06-15 Leeward Exh B (Item !&2 Kaupulehu Land LLC)

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the second item applicant Ka`upulehu Land LLC, PL-REZ-2022-000039. Application for a Change of Zone from Agricultural-5 acre (A-5a) zoning district to a Neighborhood Commercial- 10,000 square feet(CN-10) zoning district for 2.325 acres of land and from an Agricultural-5 acre (A-5a) zoning district to a Residential Agricultural-half acre (RA-0.5) zoning district for 3.024 acres of land. The subject property is located at 64-983 Mamalahoa Highway, approximately one mile east of its intersection with Kawaihae Road, Pu`ukapu Homesteads, South Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 6-4-024:027. So now we're going to have a staff presentation from Christian Kay. Thank you. KAY: Yes, thank you Chair DeFranco and good morning to the members of the Leeward Planning Commission. As the Chair stated these are going to be two applications. We'll present them as one and then act on them individually. Okay, the subject 5.349 acre parcel is located in the South Kohala district of Hawaii island. More specifically in the Waimea area. It is outlined here in red and for reference we've got the Highway running generally east west through the slide. Sorry, left to right through the slide. The applicant is requesting a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from an Agricultural to Rural district for 2.653 acres of land and a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-5 acre zoning district to a Neighborhood Commercial-10,000 square feet a district for 2.325 acres of land and to a Residential and Agricultural zoning district for 3.024 acres of land. If the requested land use entitlement changes are approved, the applicant proposes to subdivide the property into a total of eight(8) lots as follows. Three (3) minimum 10,000 square foot commercial lots fronting Mamalahoa Highway with 3 proposed 1 and 2-story mixed retail and commercial/office buildings having a gross leasable floor area of approximately 18,600 square feet and five (5) minimum one half(1/2) acre residential agricultural lots on the south or mauka portion of the property. The applicant would like to begin construction within six (6) months after issuance of all permit approvals with full build out of the proposed project is anticipated to be in 2027. Here is the County zoning map of the subject property and surrounding area. Again for reference we've got Mamalahoa Highway running generally left through right through the slide. Subject property here outlined in red. Subject property and some of the surrounding area is Agricultural-5 acre as indicated by the green color. But as you can see there are other residential and commercial designations in close proximity to the subject property including several parcels zoned Neighborhood Commercial-7,500 square feet and some Village Commercial across the highway and then some residential indicated in the yellow and mustard colors. The State Land Use designation for the subject properties is split. The makai portion is Urban as indicated in the pink color and this is generally the area where the proposed commercial zoning is going to be. The mauka portion of the property is presently State Land Use Agricultural as indicated in green and this is generally the area that is being proposed to be converted to the State Land Use Rural district and then we'll also include the proposed RA-.5 zoning. Here is the General Plan's Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map showing the subject property again having the split designation. The makai portion of the property is largely within the Medium Density Urban designation with the mauka portion of the property being in the Low-Density Urban designation. The Medium Density Urban designation would support the proposed commercial 2 EXHIBIT B