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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 089 07/02/2002 2000-2002 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: July 2, 2002 RE: C-673 /Bill No. 229 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 11:10 a.m. Chair and Members . Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 229, transmitted jointly with Bill No. 230 by Mayor Harry Kim, per Communication No. 673, dated June 6, 2002, regarding the State Land Use Boundary Amendment request by Bart T. Cahoon Trust, at Kalaoa 4th, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-3-5:97. reports as follows: Bill No. 229 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-7 for the County of Hawaii, by changing the district classification for approximately 6.904 acres of land from an Agricultural to an Urban zoned district. The irregular shaped lot, owned in fee by the Bart T. Cahoon Trust, lies north of Kona Palisades Subdivision, and is bordered by Mamalahoa on the east, and `Ili`Ili Street to the west. Currently vacant, the land was previously used as pasture, and the applicant has now planted eucalyptus, ironwood and Mexican cypress trees along the northern and eastern boundaries of the subject property. The General Plan LUPAG map designation is Urban Expansion, which allows a mix of high density, medium density, low density, industrial andlor open designations in areas where new settlements may be desirable, but where the specific settlement pattern and mix of uses have not yet been determined. The Keahole to Kailua Development Plan, adopted on April 3, 1991 by the County Council, designates the subject parcel for residential expansion. The Kona Regional Plan, adopted by the Planning Commission in 1984, recommends the project area for residential uses at a density of four units per acre. The subject parcel is not part of the Special Management Area, as it is located over three miles from the nearest coastline. The subject parcel is located between Kona Coastview Subdivision to the north and Kona Palisades Subdivision to the south. These subdivisions, essentially non-conforming residential sized lots between 8,000 to 20,000 square feet, lie within the State Land Use Urban District and County zoned Agricultural-Sa district. The property is located within Zone X, an area outside the 500-year flood plain. Your Committee did not entertain further discussion on this measure. PC-89 PC-89 - 2 - July 2, 2002 Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for recommending a favorable consideration for the State Land Use Boundaries Map Amendment request. Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of dill No. 229, and recommends it pass first reading. AYF,S NOES A & E EX LEITHEAD-;ODD X Respectfully submitted, TYLER X ARAKAKI X COMMITTEE~3hi PLAN~G E A IONOFF X JACOBSON X O JEAN L ITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR PISICCHIO X X PC REPORT NO. 89 SAFARIK X X YAGONG X ADOPTED: ~UL ~ ~ ?r1~2