PD Recommendation Report Waikoloa Village Center (PL-REZ-2023-000052)

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RWaikoloaVillageCenterREZ ja.11-07-2023 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION WAIKOLOA VILLAGE CENTER, LLC CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION NO. PL-REZ-2023-000052 Upon careful review of the request against the guidelines for granting a change of zone, the Planning Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation of the Change of Zone request be forwarded to the County Council. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony, the Planning Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this position based upon additional information presented at the public hearing. This favorable recommendation is based on the following findings: The applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from an Open (0) zoning district to an Industrial-Commercial Mixed-20,000 square feet(MCX-20) zoning district for a 26.052-acre portion of a larger 29.61-acre property. The MCX zoning district, with a minimum area required for each building site of 20,000 square feet, would allow a maximum density of 56 building sites. The applicant proposes to develop and operate the Waik6loa Village Light Industrial Center, to include a 174,664 square-foot self-storage facility, 64,944 square-feet of flexible use buildings for industrial-commercial business, on-site parking and loading spaces, an access road connecting to Waik6loa Road, drainage and flood control improvements, landscaping, an open greenway and emergency access route and an approximately 3.4-acre area reserved for future MCX uses. According to the applicant, the Waik6loa Village and surrounding area is lacking in lands zoned for light industrial uses and the proposed development is intended to reduce the need to commute to existing light industrial areas at the Kaloko Light Industrial Park and the Honok6hau Industrial Park. The applicant anticipates completing the proposed development within 3 years of the approval date of the Change of Zone, at an estimated cost of 30 million dollars. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals,policies, and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the -I-