2016-10-06 Hearing Transcript - Robert & Carol Oshiro REZ 16-208

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The State Land Use Boundary designation for the subject parcel and surrounding area is Urban, and the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map designation for the subject parcel is Medium Density Urban as indicated in orange. The High Density Urban is indicated in red, and that's again consistent with that Puainako Town Center area. And, in yellow, we've got a designation of Low Density Urban also in the vicinity. Here are two aerial photographs of the subject parcel. On the left, we've got the subject parcel outlined in red. You can see some of the surrounding uses again—the Puainako Town Center. Adjacent to the south is a parking lot, and then there's some residential use on the north of the parcel, and the majority of the use on the block is of the commercial nature. On the right zooming in, we've got the subject parcel again outlined in red. Kilauea Avenue running north -south through the slide. In the vicinity of the subject parcel, Kilauea is a three - lane road. We've got on the parcel four existing dwellings generally here toward Kilauea and then toward the back, a second, a third, and a fourth. The other structure here is a garage structure. The Applicant is proposing to demolish the dwelling closest to the street to accommodate a restaurant use. So, the Applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from Single Family Residential –10,000 square foot zoning to Neighborhood Commercial – 10,000 square foot for a one -acre parcel in order to accommodate a 2,280 -square foot restaurant. Here's the Applicant's site plan that was submitted with the application. Again, Kilauea Avenue running north -south. Again, just showing what we talked a little bit about before the existing dwellings here. It doesn't show the existing dwelling but shows that the existing dwelling would be removed to make way for the restaurant generally located here. Access would be off of Kilauea Avenue, and parking would be generally toward the northwest portion of the parcel. Parking would come in here—cars would come in here and then turn around and exit back out onto Kilauea. Moving forward, we have site photos of the subject parcel. Little difficult to catch the entire parcel where I was standing, so I apologize for that but we have one -two -three of the existing dwellings showing on the parcel. This is the dwelling that is going to be demolished in order to accommodate the proposed restaurant. Access again would be off of Kilauea here into the driveway, and parking would be on either side. And, here's just some views of the subject parcel. Again, Kilauea Avenue looking north. This is more toward Hilo Town with the subject parcel on the right-hand side. And, then this is Kilauea Avenue looking south. Again, here's the subject parcel on the left, and this is looking more toward Puna. The Planning Director is recommending that we forward a favorable recommendation to the County Council for Rezone 16-208. With that, I'd be happy to answer any questions that the Commission may have. 2 EXHIBIT C