HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 046 11/20/2001 2000-2002 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: November 20, 2001 RE: C-1364/Bill No. 323
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 2:03 p.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 323, transmitted by Mayor
Stephen Yamashiro per Communication No. 1364, dated October 12,1994, regarding the Change
of Zone request by Mauna I{ea holding Company, Inc., at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii,
TMK: 2-1-03:24 and portion of 23, reports as follows:
Bill No. 323 amends Section 25-114 (City of Hilo Zone Map), Article 3, Chapter 25 (Zoning
Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately
29,489 square feet of land from an Open (O) to a Resort (V-5.5) zoned district.
As noted in the Planning Committee Report No. 141 dated November 15, 1994, the applicant
was proposing to:
1. Renovate the existing Ice House Building and its facade to resemble a Japanese
tea house;
2. Construct a second story addition to the Ice House to house a restaurant with
banquet facilities and a commemorative museum; and
3. Construct athree-story addition to the north side of the existing building with
covered parking on the ground level, 5,900 square feet of commercial office space
on the second level for four (4) commercial office units and 5,900 square feet of
space on the third floor for five (50 residential apartments for use a s transient
accommodation.
In 1994, the Planning Committee "noted that a reason for the zoning was the rationale that the
plans to renovate the Ice house in a Japanese teahouse motif would blend in with the park.
Because it was not a condition in the bill, the applicant could, in the future, construct something
different". The Planning Committee (Takashi Domingo, Brian DeLima, James Arakaki,
Keola Childs, Helene Hale, Jim Rath and Kalani Schutte) then voted in favor of Bill No. 323 and
recommended that it pass first reading. (Committee Member Bob Rosehill was not present to
vote on this measure.)
On November 30, 1994, Bill No. 323 appeared on the Council agenda for its first reading. On
March 1 1, 1997, the Hawaii County Council referred Bill No. 323 to the Hawaii
Redevelopment Agency for review and consideration. After the HRA reviewed Bill No. 323,
they were supposed to resubmit it to the Planning Committee; however that was never done and
Bill No. 323 remained in the Planning Committee°s pending file.
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[n the November 2000 election, Hawaii County residents voted to dissolve the Hawaii
Redevelopment Agency. Therefore, Your Committee at today's meeting, voted unanimously to
file Bill No. 323 and all accompanying communications to comply with the Hawaii County
Code, as amended on November 7, 2001, by Bill No. 109, to delete the HRA from Chapter 2,
Article 2, Section 2-7(a)(4).
Your Committee did not entertain further discussion on this measure.
Your Committee on Planning recommends that Bill No. 323 be filed.
AYES NOES A & F, F.X
LEITHEAD=TODD X
TYLER X Respectfully submitted
ARAKAKI X COMMITTEE O PL NING
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.IACOBSON X
PISICCItlO X BY JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR
SAEARIK X PC REPORT NO. 46
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