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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: August 1, 2001 RE: C-253/Bill No. 72 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 2:13 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 72, transmitted jointly with Bill No. 73 by Mayor Harry Kim per Communication No. 253, dated June 6, 2001, regarding the State Land Use Boundary Amendment request by the Imamura Family, et al., at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-4-30:004, reports as follows: Bill No. 72 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-66, by changing the district classification for approximately 3.000 acres of land from an Agricultural to a Rural zoned district. The rectangular shaped subject property, owned in fee by Tsuneko Imamura, Clifford S. Imamura, Esther T. Imamura, Clarence T. Imamura and Susan F. Decleene, is located along Ainalako Road approximately 205 feet south of its intersection with Leimamo Street. In 1971, the State Land Use Commission redesignated approximately 410 acres of land in the upper Waiakea Homesteads area from Agricultural to Urban based on the rationale that the properties, contiguous to existing Urban designated areas, were small non-conforming size lots and generally planned for residential uses. The subject parcel was originally part of a larger 10-acre lot, which was subdivided in 1976. The main dwelling was constructed in 1950. In 1984, an ohana dwelling permit was secured, but voided because the home was not constructed within the required two-year timeframe. In 1987, a new ohana permit was obtained and the second dwelling was constructed in 1988. The farm dwelling agreement for this ohana dwelling was recorded with the Bureau of Conveyances on November 28, 1988. The General Plan designation is Low Density Urban, which allows for single family residential, ancillary community and public uses, and convenience-type commercial uses. The property is not situated within the Special Management Area and is located approximately five miles mauka from the shoreline. The Hilo Community Development Plan designates the parcel for A-3a zoning. Immediately north (makai) of the subject property is the Sportsman's Paradise Subdivision with 103 lots ranging in size from 12,000 to 15,000 square feet. These non-conforming lots are zoned A-1 a and were subject to a boundary amendment from Agricultural to Urban initiated by the State Land Use Commission in 1971. This Urban pocket is surrounded by State Land Use Agricultural lands. To the south are various properties ranging in size from approximately 3 to PC-29