HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 024 06/05/2001 2000-2002 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: June 5. 2001 RE: C-229/Bill No. 66
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 10:11 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 66, transmitted jointly with
Bill No. 67 by Mayor Harry Kim per Communication No. 229, dated May 23, 2001, regarding
the State Land tlse Boundary Amendment request by EI~P Corporation, at Lanihau 15', North
Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-3: l9, reports as follows:
Bill No. 66 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-7 for the County of Hawaii, by
changing the district classification for approximately 5.083 acres of land from an Agricultural to
an urban zoned district.
The 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 Street and Palani Street. Mr. Darrell Liftin, Executive Vice President of EHP
Corporation, authorized the filing of the subject applications.
The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) map currently designates the
property for High Density uses, which will allow for 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.
The Kona Regional Plan adopted by the Planning Commission in April ] 9~4, designates the
subject area for General Commercial (CG) and Single Family Residential (RS-4) uses.
The Keahole to Kailua (K to K) Development Plan, adopted in l 991, provides a development
plan consistent with the General Plan, for those lands situated between the Kona International
Airport at Keahole to Palani Road. While the project site is situated to the south of this planning
area, it did define the extension of a Mid-Level Arterial in the vicinity of the project site as well
as identified Urban Expansion uses makai of its general alignment, which includes the project
site. This Urban Expansion area encompasses lands along both sides of Henry Street, which is
now the site of the existing Crossroads Shopping Complex and other proposed commercial and
residential developments.
The project area is located outside the boundaries of the Kailua Village Special District and is not
within the Special Management Area (SMA).
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Surrounding lands include the Crossroad Shopping Complex located approximately 100 feet to
the southwest of the project site. In 1998, the County Council rezoned approximately 17 acres of
land located approximately 450 feet to the south of the project site to a General Commercial
(CG-20) zoned district to accommodate a "commercial and community development center"
(Hawaiian Development Corporation). In March 2001, the County Council rezoned
approximately 23.4 acres of land adjacent to the north of the project site to a Residential-
Commercial Mixed (RCX-2) zoned district to accommodate a proposed residential and
commercial development (Queen Liliuokalani Trust). Lands adjacent to the east of the project
site remain in an A-Sa zoned district.
Your Committee did not entertain any discussion on this measure.
Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for
recommending a favorable consideration for the State Land Use Boundary Amendment request.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 66, and
recommends it pass first reading.
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LEfI~HI?AD-~IY)DD X Respectfully submitted
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ARnKAKI X COMMITTEE O~ ANNIN
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JACOE3SON X OB JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR
PISICCHIO X PC REPORT NO. PC-24
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