2014-11-20 Leeward Exh B (REZ 14-179)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT NOVEMBER 20, 2014 ORCHID ISLE AUTO CENTER A regularly advertised hearing on the application of (REZ 14-179) was called to order at 10:10 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Brandi Beaudet presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Brandi Beaudet, Collin Kaholo, Thomas Hickcox, Barbara Nobriga, Keith Unger and Thomas Whittemore ALSO PRESENT: Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Danny Patel (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately 20 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: ORCHID ISLE AUTO CENTER (REZ 14-179) Application for a Change of Zone from Agricultural 1-acre (A-1a) to Village Commercial-10,000 square feet (CV-10) for approximately 1.002 acre of land. The property is situated immediately adjacent to the north of the Orchid Isle Auto Center that is located at the northeastern corner of stnd Kuakini Highway and Lako Street intersection, Hōlualoa 1 and 2, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7- 6-013: 017. BEAUDET: Okay, the second application for today, applicant is Orchid Isle Auto Center, application for a change of zone from Agricultural 1-acre to Village Commercial-10,000 square feet, or CV-10, for approximately 1.002 acres of land. KAY: Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning. So we take a look at the regional location map. Here in outlined in blue is the subject parcel as located in the Kona Urban Area in Hōlualoa. We zoom in, we see the subject parcel here outlined in black; it is near the intersection of Lako Street running east-west and Kuakini Highway running north-south. The subject parcel is roughly triangular and about an acre in size. Surrounding zoning and uses are: to the east is the Kona Vista Subdivision and the zoning is Single-Family Residential-15,000 square feet; to the west is the Kilohana Kai Subdivision; and directly to the south is the Orchid Isle Auto Center and that’s zoned Village Commercial-10,000 square feet; across Lako Street, there is more Commercial, Village Commercial-10,000 square feet zoning with a gas station and another car dealership. Pardon me, above the subject parcel you’ll see the Walua Road right-of-way. That is the legal access to the subject parcel, but it is an undeveloped right-of-way. The applicant has proposed to utilize access through the parcel directly to the south, the Orchid Isle Auto parcel, to access the subject parcel. Surrounding State Land Use is generally Urban and that is in red. There is some State Land Use Agricultural designated areas to the north, and some to the further east Rural designation. The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map shows the parcel roughly within the Low Density Urban designation; however, there was a determination requested, and if you look at 1 EXHIBIT B