HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 020 05/17/2005 2004-2006 RF,PORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DA~II~: Mac 17, 3005 Re: Comm. No. 242Bi11 No. 93
PI.ACI~.: Council Chamhers
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Chair and Memhcrs
I lawai'i Counlc Council
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four Commiuce on Planning. to which was reherred 13111 No. 93. reports us Ibllows:
Rill No. 93. Iransmiued h~ Mawr I tarry Kim. via Conununication No. 2d2, dated npril 19.'_005, regarding a
Change of 7onc request application b~ .Icflir} I loot at Nanawale I lomesteads, Puna, I lawai'i, fMK: I-$-I I :10,
rcporh as follrn~~:
Rill No. 93 seeks to anicnd Section ~'>-R-6 (Pahoa 7onc Map), nrtide R_ Chapter 25 (Zoning Codeh I lawai'i
Counh Code. h~ changing the district classilication from Single Family Residential (RS-10) to Village
('onunerci;d ICV-Itl) lix appruximatch IO.d10 square feet of land.
Comnninication No. 3a~ reports that the I lawai'i County Planning Commission, as required by Chapter d. Section
6-a.31<~ I. I lawai'i Counh Charter, considered the above request on April I, ?005. nt this meeting. the
Conuni„ion concurred ilh the Planning Director's favorable recommendation lixyour approval of this matter.
Comnnmianion No. 3d?, in svnoptiis. also reports the Planning Director's findings and recommendations as the
I~~Ilow in~_:
I . I he applicant..leffrcc I tool, is rcyucsting a Change of Zone from the Single-Family Residential (RS-10) to
Village Commercial (CV-10) for approximately 10,410 syuarc feet of land. 1 he property is located on the
north side of Pahoa Village Road, access from the Pahoa Cash and Carry Store employees' parking lot.
the applicant is the owner of the parcel and intends to renovate mi existing dwelling into a retail store to
sell surfing. swinuning ?nd skate hoarding merchandise. No exterior structural changes arc proposed. "hhe
11ont portion of the propcrtc will he bulldo~ui tiara parking lot.
3. nccess to the proposed site is proposed Through Pahoa Village Road. a 22-foot wide pa~~ed Cnunh_
roadway within a 3U-fiiot wide right-of-wa}.
~i. nll essential ulililicti arc available to the site as part of this project. l he suhject parcel is located two lots
wc,l ol'Ihe Cuunh's Police Station. Fire and emergency services arc available in Pahoa town.
5. I he rcioning action complements die Housing and I`.conomic lilemenl goals, oltjecli~es_ and/or policies
articulated in the I lawai'i Counq~ General Plan, particularly those relating to diversification of economic
acli~itics and housing opportunitics.
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Communication ?d2
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6. l he approval of the Change of lone Request will not he violative of Chapter 205n, I lawai'i Revised
Statutes. hhe property is not situated within the Special Management urea. It is located approsimateh
seen miles away from the coastline.
7. hhc I~lood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) identities the parcel "X" outside the Sttt)-year hood plain.
K. I he DI.NR-I IPD ha, staled Ihat residential development/urbanization has altered the land; therefore. "no
historic properlie. will he ahicctal." Similarly, no gathering is taking place at the rile.
Keyuisilc of the Planning Director's favorable recommendation for the Change of Zone request arc
apprmimatele ten conditions contained in Bill No. 93 that delineate deed restrictions, improvements and
lot seihacti rcyuiremenls Ior the proposed project.
Council Member Gard Sataril. inlixmed the applicant that a group of Pahoa business owners have formed. and
has held meetings to diacuss suluti~ns for the P.PA requirement M convert the towns gang cesspook ro large
capacih septic tan6s.
lour Committee auicur~ with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director's lavorablc recommendation
for approwl of this Change of Zonc request as in would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will further
benefit the public.
lour Conunincc on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 93 and recommends it pass first
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i v sot s ~ni r,v Respectfully submitted
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