PD Background Report Lili'uokalani Trust (PL-REZ-2023-051)

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Zendo Kern,Director September 11,2023 3 dated November 27, 2007, and 1-year inspection approval of completed work dated June 15, 2011. See Exhibit 7 and Exhibit 8. It is now a fully functioning intersection. As such,this condition has also been fulfilled. II. NATURE OF REQUEST With this letter, LT is respectfully requesting the following: • Deletion of Conditions B(time to submit and secure Final Plan Approval)and C(time to commence construction)from Ordinance 00-90 • Deletion of Conditions D(improvements to Eho Street extension)and F(improvements at the Eho Street/Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway intersection)from Ordinance 00-90 • Deletion of Condition K(administrative time extension)from Ordinance 00-90 Relative to the deletion of Conditions B and C, LT believes that this area was always considered for industrial/commercial uses, as evidenced by its original zoning designation of MG-1 a in 1967, over 55 years ago. It realistically is not appropriate for non-commercial or industrial uses, given the existing surrounding land uses and zoning. While there have been expressed interests by potential developers, given the site's location and proximity to other commercial uses, none has materialized to date. Nonetheless, given the site's consistency with existing regulatory documents such as the General Plan's Land Use Plan Allocation Guide(LUPAG) map and the KCDP, as well as the surrounding commercial and mixed industrial- commercial uses, LT believes that it is only a matter of time before it is developed. When that occurs, development of the subject site should not be troublesome, particularly as all the required off-site infrastructure, such as the extension of Eho Street to the intersection with the Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway and water line, has been completed. This site is thus one that can be readily developed and is considered "shovel-ready'. Given that the off-site infrastructure has been completed;the compatibility of the surrounding land uses with the CV zoning;the absence of any on-site development issues(drainage, cultural, etc.); and the unlikeliness of the General Plan LUPAG map and KCDP being changed, LT requests that Conditions B and C be deleted in its entirety. However, if during the review process, it is deemed that a time performance condition is needed to afford a re-examination of the appropriateness of the land use and/or investigate other issues, LT requests a)a ten(10)yeartime extension from the effective date of this amendment to secure Final Plan Approval as called for in Condition B; and b)construction to commence within two(2)years of receipt of Final Plan Approval and completed within five(5)years of the commencement date. 1100 ALAKEA STREET,SUITE 1100•HONOLULU,HAWAI'I 96813-2845 808-203-6150•ONIPAA.ORG