HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP LAAC 011 2023/02/21 2022-2024REPORT OF THE
LEGISLATIVE APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE
DATE: February 21, 2023
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawai i
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Comm. No. 97/Bill No. 24
Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions, to which was referred Bill No. 24, reports
as follows:
Bill No. 24, transmitted by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth, via Communication No. 97 dated January 19, 2023,
amends Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning) of the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), by changing the district classification from Agricultural
— three acres (A -3a) to Single -Family Residential — 15,000 square feet (RS -15) at Hilo, South Hilo,
Hawaii, covered by Tax Map Key: 2-4-003:035. The subject area is approximately 3.1285 acres, and
the applicants are Matthew C. Wung and Eric J. Wung.
The Windward Planning Commission forwarded its favorable recommendation for this change of zone
request, which would allow the applicant to subdivide the property into five lots ranging in size from
20,080 to 45,363 square feet. The property is located at 862 West Kawailani Street, approximately
1,000 feet west of its intersection with Komohana Street, Waidkea, South Hilo.
Thomas Yeh, Esq., representing the applicants, appeared in Hilo Chambers and gave an overview of
the project. Mr. Yeh requested a change to Condition H and added that the Department of Public
Works had no objection to this request.
Council Member Susan L. K. Lee Loy stated that she and Council Member Jenn Kagiwada share the
area that this project area sits within, and Ms. Lee Loy offered to work with the applicants to revise
this Condition.
Council Member Michelle M. Galimba stated that she agrees with the change to Condition H and
believes that it would be appropriate for the removal of time limitations for this project.
Planning Deputy Director Jeff Darrow was available via zoom and stated that he is amenable to
changing Condition H.
Council Member Kagiwada voiced concerns regarding existing sewer lines in the area of the
project and future plans for expansion, to which Committee Chair Holeka Goro Inaba then requested
that the Department of Environmental Management be available at first reading to respond to
Ms. Kagiwada's questions.
LAAC Report No. 11
LAAC-11 Page 2 February 21, 2023
Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions is in accord with the purpose and intent
of Bill No. 24, and recommends its passage on first reading.
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Respectfully _submitted,
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE
APPROVALS AND :ZITIONS
6�
HOLEKA GORO INABA, CHAIR
LAAC REPORT NO.: 11
ADOPTED: MAR 0-i-2023
AYES NOES ABS EX
EVANS
X
GALIMBA
X
INABA
X
KAGIWADA
X
KANEALI'I-KLEINFELDER
X
KIERKIEWICZ
X
KIMBALL
X
LEE LOY
X
VILLEGAS
X
Respectfully _submitted,
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE
APPROVALS AND :ZITIONS
6�
HOLEKA GORO INABA, CHAIR
LAAC REPORT NO.: 11
ADOPTED: MAR 0-i-2023