2015-08-06 Hearing Transcript - Glory Nani Mau REZ 792

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So, this property has access from Makalika Street in this area here, as well as Awa Street in this area here. And then they also have frontage along Railroad Avenue, which also runs in a north- south direction on the east side of the property. The property is zoned Agricultural – 1 acre, which is shown in the light green, and all surrounding properties are also zoned Agricultural of various lot sizes, from Agricultural – 10 acres down to 3 acres. The General Plan designation for this area is Low Density Urban which allows single-family residential development. And the State Land Use District for the property is Agricultural which is shown in the light green. You can see that most of the surrounding properties are in the Agricultural District except for the Hilo area near the highway is shown as Urban, which is the pink, as well as a portion of Panaʽewa is also in the Urban District to the south. This is an aerial photo of the property and surrounding area. Just to orient you a little bit further, this is Makalika Street that comes off of the highway and then this, this—these buildings are part of the Nani Mau Gardens, so the subject property is actually a portion of the Nani Mau Gardens, as well as this area to the northeast. The surrounding land uses are mostly residential and agricultural. Here you have quite a few houses. There’s little residential-agricultural subdivisions in this area here, and then over in this area on the block. The Applicant is requesting an amendment to Condition B of the zoning ordinance in order to provide more time to secure final subdivision approval for a proposed 25-lot residential- agricultural subdivision. Condition B required that final subdivision be secured by May of 2013, so the Applicant is requesting an additional five years from the date of this proposed amendment. This is their preliminary subdivision plan. You can see, again, access off of Awa Street, as well as off of Makalika in this area here. There will be no direct access off of Railroad Avenue. So, you have the road coming off in this direction over to a cul-de-sac, and then the 25 lots are in this general area here. This is a view of the existing access on Awa Street. Obviously, this would be improved to a full driveway. And then, this is a view off of Makalika Street. The access is currently gated. This would also be improved to subdivision standards. And then this is a view of the property. This is Railroad Avenue looking back towards Hilo Bay, and this is the subject property where these trees are located here. So, you can see it’s mostly, contains trees and grass vegetation. The Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council for this request. And that—oh, before I conclude my presentation, we would like to 2 EXHIBIT A