Downtown Hilo Redevelopment Plan_Feb 1985

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a. Land Use Map Figure 2 shows the land use plan for the redevelopment area. The plan is aimed at developing downtown Hilo as a commercial and multi -- family residential area under a new "CDH" zoning district, Kukuau as a commercial link with Kaiko'o, and Puueo as a residential support community to downtown Hilo. Figure 3 shows the special design areas which include the Kalakaua Park Heritage Area, and the Keawe Street Pedestrian Shopping Area. g, Figure 4 shows the existing or planned public uses, institutional uses, and other special purpose uses. The public uses include existing State and County facilities and parks. The institutional uses include the existing churches within the redevelopment area. 9 b. Land Use Provisions and Building Requirements. The land use plan, Figure 2, indicates the zoning categories for the proposed uses. These districts include Multi - family (RM -1), Resort -Hotel (VH -.75), General Commercial (CG), Neighbor- hood Commercial (CN), Open District (0), and a new zoning district called Downtown Hilo Commercial (CDH). The require- ments of the existing zoning districts remain unchanged. A draft ordinance for the new Downtown Hilo Commercial zoning district that would need to be enacted by the Planning Commission and Council is included as Appendix B. This proposed district is aimed at simplifying the different zoning districts throughout the downtown area into a single district that allows a range of uses from retail and office to multi- family residential. This would expand development opportuni- ties throughout the downtown area and encourage the develop- ment of downtown as a mixed use area. c. The new CDH district would also (1) reinstate the developer's responsibility to provide parking so that the provision of more parking is not entirely a public subsidy; (2) implement a covered walkway system to provide rain protection to downtown pedes- trian users, i.e. shoppers, employees, and residents; and (3) indicate to the developer via design guidelines what HRA's aspirations are for the physical character of downtown Hilo. C. Conformance with the County General Plan . This Redevelopment PIan conforms with the County of Hawaii € General Plan. However, clarification of the following may be desirable as part of the General Plan revision now in progress: r (1) Make all flood hazard and tsunami inundation lines consis- tent with the Federal Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and the County's new flood hazard ordinance. -8-