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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 090 06/20/2006 2004-2006 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: June 20, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 906Bi11 No. 289 PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa TIME: 10:30 a.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 906 and Bill No. 289, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated May 8, 2006, regarding a State Land Use Boundary Amendment application by Scott T. Nakahara, at Ouli, South Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: 6-2-9: l7 reports as follows: Bill No. 289 seeks to amend the State Land Use District Boundaries Map for the County of Hawaii, by changing the District Classification for approximately 5.9 acres of land from the Agricultural District to Rural District. Communication No. 906 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter, considered the above request and accompanying Bill No. 290 on Apri121, 2006. The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation on this matter. Communication No. 906 reports the Planning Director's findings and recommendations as the following: 1. The property is owned by the Scott T. Nakahara Trust and the Susan S. Nakahara Trust. The applicants are requesting a State Land Use Boundary Amendment for 5.9 acres from the Agricultural District to the Rural District. 2. The subject property is located along the south side of Kawaihae Road with access from Kanehoa Place, Kanehoa Estates Subdivision, Ouli, South Kohala, Hawaii. 3. The applicants are also requesting a concurrent Change of Zone (Bi11290) from the Agricultural 5- acre (A-Sa) to the Residential and Agricultural 2-acre (RA-2a) zoned district. 4. The applicants are requesting the State Land Use Boundary Amendment and the Change of Zone so that they may subdivide the property into two residentiaUagricultural lots. There are two existing single-family residence currently on the property, one on each of the two proposed lots. According to their change of zone application, the owners state that these two residences will be retained in their ownership if their land use requests are approved. 5. The subject property was part of the original 27-lot Kanehoa Estates Subdivision that was created in 1985. 6. The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural District to the Rural District will not be violative of Section 205-2, Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission Rules, Rule 13 of the Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedures, the Hawaii County General Plan and the Hawaii State Plan based on the following: PC REPORT N0. 90 Communication 906 Bi11289 Page 2 of 3 • According to the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules, the following three standards shall apply when determining an azea for the Rural district boundaries: 1. Areas consisting of small farms; provided that the areas need not be included in this district if their inclusion will alter the general characteristics of the areas; 2. Activities or uses as characterized by low-density residential lots of not less then one-half acre and a density of not more than one single-family dwelling, per one-half acre in areas where "city-like" concentration of people, structures, streets, and urban level of services are absent, and where small farms are intermixed with the low-density residential lots; and 3. Generally, parcels of land not more than five acres; provided it may include other parcels of land which are surrounded by, or contiguous to this district, aze not suited to low- density residential uses for small fazm or agricultural uses. • The request conforms to both the Land Use Commission Rules and the Hawaii State Plan. Land Use Commission Rules encourage compatible and low-density residential uses with a minimum lot size of one-half acre, except as provided by County ordinance pursuant to Section 46-4(c), Hawai`i Revised Statutes. • The action also compliments the Land Use and Housing elements of the General Plan by providing additional rural and residential-agricultural housing opportunities in designated areas. • The property is designated as Rural by the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan. This designation includes existing subdivisions in [he State Land Use Agricultural and Rural districts that have a significant residential component. • The Rural classification is not expected to have a significant adverse impact on agriculture activities, to traditional, customary Hawaiian rights or resources, nor is it adjacent to the shoreline. At the June 2Q, 2006 Committee on Planning meeting no public testimony was presented on this matter. Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director's favorable recommendation for approval of the State Land Use Boundary Amendment. PC REPORT NO. 90 Communication 906 Bill 289 Page 3 of 3 Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 289 and recommends it pass fast reading. and AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted, ARAKAK[ X HIGA X COMIvIITTEE ON PLANNING HOFFMANN X _ HOLSCHUH X ~ ~~+C ~ IKEDA X ISBELL X K. Angel Pilagq Cha JACOBSON X PILAGO X SA FARIK X PC REPORT NO. 90 AnoPTED: JUL~~