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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: June 5. 2001 RE: C-229 /Bill No. 67 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 10:1 l a.m. Chair and Members t-Iawai`i County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 67, transmitted jointly with Bill No. 66 by Mayor Harry Kim per Communication No. 229, dated May 23, 2001, regarding the Change of Zone request by EHP Corporation, at Lanihau 1 North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-3: 19, reports as follows: Bill No. 67 amends Section 25-8-3 (North Kona Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 5.083 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-Sa) to a General Commercial (CG-20) zoned district. The somewhat rectangular shaped subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is located on the west side of Henry Street, across the Crossroads Shopping Center and approximately 350 feet south of the intersection of Henry and Palani Street. Mr. Darrell Liftin, Executive Vice President of EHP Corporation, authorized the filing of the subject applications. The applicant plans to convert two 2-story single-family dwellings on the site into offices. The other supportive structures on the site, such as the gazebo and greenhouse would remain to provide a residential ambiance for this office complex. The applicant is hoping to attract businesses or nonprofit groups which would be interested in operating in a residential-like environment, similar to those found along Kinoole Street and Kilauea Avenue in Hilo. Currently, the larger of the two dwellings is used as the applicant's second home. The other dwelling is used as a caretaker's residence or a guest house. The proposed offices will include conference rooms built to the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. Anew parking area with 30 stalls will be tentatively located along the project site's access driveway, with additional land area readily available for expansion. Access to the property will be provided by a 20-foot wide access road to be situated within an existing 60-foot wide easement, which intersects Henry Street at a break in the median separating the travel lanes, located to the south on an adjacent property. This break in the median will enable left turns to be made into the subject parcel, although there is currently no dedicated left turn storage lane as traftic approaches the access easement. The applicant has stated that they will provide a dedicated left-turn lane should such improvements be required by the County. The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) map currently designates the property for High Density uses. which allow commercial, multiple residential and related services. Existing lands in the vicinity of the project site and extending mauka of the Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway to the Makalapua Shopping Center area is proposed for reclassification from Urban Expansion to High Density, further solidifying this area as the high Density core for this section of North Kona. PC-25