HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 097 07/06/2006 2004-2006 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: July 6, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 934Bi11 No. 298
PLACE: Council Chambers
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning was referred Communication No. 934 and Bill No. 298, transmitted by Mayor
Harry Kim, dated May 3Q 2006, enclosing a request by the Planning Director to repeal Change of Zone
Ordinance No. 96 152. This ordinance rezoned 14.69 acres of land from anAgricultural - 20-acre (A-20a) to
a Single Family Residential 15,000 squaze feet (RS-15) zoned district, at Papa`a-Halepuna, South Hilo,
Hawaii, TMK: 2-6-032:006 (formerly 2-6-012:portion of 4 and 2-6-013:portion of 7). Your Committee
reports as follows:
Bill No. 298 seeks to repeal Change of Zone Ordinance 96 152, effective upon adoption of the Plant-Mason
Change of Zone Ordinance, Bill No. 297. The 14.69 acres covered by Ordinance No. 96 152 was part of
three Tots created as part of the Wainaku Farms Subdivision by the previous landower, Mauna Kea
Agribusiness Company, Inc. A small portion of the 14.69 acres was recently reclassified from Single Family
Residential 15,000 square feet (RS-15) to the Residential Agricultural Five-acre (RA-Sa) district as a result
of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 06 29, effective February 24, 2006. The remainder of the RS-15 zoned
azea is contained within the Plant-Mason Change of Zone request, Bill No. 297. If the Plant-Mason Change
of Zone request is approved, the previous Ordinance No. 96 152 will no longer be applicable, since it will be
supplanted by the conditions attached to Bill No. 297.
Communication No. 934 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the Hawaii
County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3(C), considered the above request and accompanying Bill No. 298
on May 5, 2006. The Commission concurred with the Plamung Dn•ector's favorable recommendation on this
matter. Communication No. 934 transmits the Planning Departments Background Report and
Recommendation, which can be summarized as follows:
1. In 1996, the former Planning Director initiated the rezoning of 14.69 acres of land from an
Agricultural 20-acre (A-20) to aSingle-Family Residential - 15,000 square foot (RS-15) zoned
district for portions of two adjoining properties. The landowner, Mauna Kea Agribusiness
Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of C. Brewer and Company, authorized the Planning
Duector to initiate the land use change.
2. The purpose of the 1996 rezoning was to allow the creation of a 25-lot residential subdivision
for employees of C. Brewer and Company.
3. The County Council approved the change of zone request and adopted Ordinance No. 96 152
effective December 5, 1996.
4. In February 1998, C. Brewer and Company altered its plans to subdivide the rezoned azea for
single-family residential house lots. Instead, they included the rezoned area with a greater area of
200+ acres to create the 22-lot Wainaku Farms Subdivision.
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5. The rezoned area of 14.69 acres was included as part of three lots within the Wainaku Farms
Subdivision. A small portion of the rezoned azea was part of the Kulana Kea LLC rezoning
which was reclassified from RS-15 to RA-Sa, effective February 24, 2006. The remainder of the
RS-15 zoned azea is part of the Plant-Mason change of zone application.
6. Should the Plant-Mason change of zone application be approved by the County Council,
Ordinance No. 96 152 and the conditions attached to that ordinance would no longer be
applicable.
At the July 6, 2006 Committee on Planning meeting, no representative from the Planning Department was
available for comments.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 298 and recommends it pass
first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted,
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