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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: April 4, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 691Bi11 No. 228 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 1:00 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 691 and attached Bill 228, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated February 6, 2006, regarding a change of zone request by JOHN TOTAH at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-3-26:13. Your Committee reports as follows: Bill No. 228 seeks to amend Section 25-8-2 (North and South Kona District Zone Map) Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), by changing the District Classification of approximately 21.474 acres of land from Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to Agricultural 10-acre (A-l0a). Communication No. 69] reports that the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by Chapter 4, Sec. 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter, considered the above request on January 20, 2006. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation for approval of this matter. Communication No. 691 transmits the following findings and recommendations: 1. The subject property is located on the south side of Kaloko Drive in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at approximately the 3,400-foot elevation. Surrounding lands to the west and northwest are zoned A-l0a and A-7a, in low density agricultural/residential use and surrounded by pasture and forest land. Forest lands of Makaula-Ooma abut the subdivision to the north at the 2,100 to 3,500-foot elevation and Bishop Estate lands of Kaupulehu abut the property to the north at the 3,500 5,400-fr elevations. 2. The applicant intends to subdivide the subject parcel into two lots of approximately ten acres in size to be used as residential/agricultural lots and proposes to construct a dwelling on each lot at a cost of approximately $350,000 each. 3. Proposed access to the properties is from Kaloko Drive, a 22-foot wide paved roadway with 8-foot grass shoulders within an 80-foot right-of--way. Kaloko Drive intersects with the Mamalahoa Highway approximately four miles below the subject property. 4. To address the Department of Transportation concerns regarding the numerous rezonings in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision and the cumulative impacts of these changes on the Mamalahoa Highway and Kaloko Drive intersection, the DOT has recommended the following: 1) illuminate the intersection at night; 2) channelize turning movements at the intersection; and 3) provide other safety improvements. 5. Water can be made available from a 6-inch waterline in Kaloko Drive. The Department of Water Supply considers the Kaloko Mauka Water System a separate system from other systems in Kona and consists of transmission and distribution lines, pump stations and seven PC REPORT NO. 57