HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP LAAC 038 2023/10/17 2022-2024REPORT OF THE
LEGISLATIVE APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE
DATE: October 17, 2023
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 2:27 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Comm. No. 519/Bill No. 86
Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions, to which was referred Bill No. 86, reports
as follows:
Bill No. 86, transmitted by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth, via Communication No. 519, dated September 20,
2023, amends Section 25-8-15 (Hamakua District Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning) of the
Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended), by changing the District Classification from
Family Agricultural - 3 Acres (FA -3a) to Agricultural - 5 Acres (A -5a) at Waimea, Hamakua District,
Hawaii, covered by Tax Map Key: 4-7-007:048.
The Windward Planning Commission forwards its favorable recommendation for this change of zone
request, which would allow the applicant to subdivide the property into six lots, each approximately
five acres in size. The property is located at 47-5211 Old Mamalahoa Highway, approximately half a
mile southeast of its intersection with Mamalahoa Road.
Planning Director Zendo Kern was present. Consultant Sidney Fuke was also present together with
the applicant. Mr. Fuke gave an overview of the project.
A motion was made to amend the contents of this bill with Communication No. 519. 1, introduced by
Council Member Holeka Goro Inaba, and then withdrawn. This amendment would have added a
five-year requirement to secure final subdivision approval. Several Council Members were not in
favor of the amendment and requested clarity from Corporation Counsel regarding reasons why it
would not be appropriate by first reading. The applicant did not oppose the amendment.
Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions is in accord with the purpose and intent
of Bill No. 86, and recommends its passage on first reading.
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Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE
APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS
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HOLEKA GORO INABA, CHAIR
LAAC REPORT NO.: 38
ADOPTED: NOV 0 I ZO23
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 ACQUISITIONS
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HOLEKA GORO INABA, CHAIR
LAAC REPORT NO.: 38
ADOPTED: NOV 0 I ZO23