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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: July 31, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 950/Bill No. 302 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 Bill No. 302, reports as follows: Bill No. 302, transmitted via Communication No. 950 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated June 19, 2006, presents a Change of Zone Request by Jack and Barbara Umphrey at Kawanui 1", Honalo, Hawaii, TMK: 7-9-3:61. Bill No. 302 seeks to amend Section 25-8-6 (Kailua-Honalo Urban Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), by changing the District Classification from Single Family Residential - 7,500 squaze feet (RS-7.5) to Village Commercial -7,500 squaze feet (CV-7.5) at Kawanui 1~`, North Kona, Hawaii, containing an azea of 25,580 square feet. Communication No. 950 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 March 9, 2006. The Planning Commission's three to three vote constituted "no action" due to the lack of five affirmative votes required by Hawaii County Charter, Section 13-4(I). Under Section 25-2-42(d)(3) and Planning Commission Rules 11-3(b)(2), the Commission's non-action constitutes an unfavorable recommendation. The Planning Director recommended favorably on this application for change of zone. Communication No. 950 transmits the following findings and recommendations: 1. The subject property, owned by Jack and Barbaza Umphrey is located along the east (manka) side of Mamalahoa Highway and across from Saint Paul Road, approximately 430 feet south of Teshima Restaurant, Kawanui Is`, Honalo, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-9-3:61, containing an area of 25,580 square feet. Located on the property is a 3-bedroom 2-bath dwelling built in 1997 and another dwelling built in 1940. 2. Applicants are requesting a change of zone from aSingle-Family Residential-7,500 square feet (RS-7.5) district to a Village Commercial 7,500 squaze feet (CV-7.5) district to establish office and commercial facilities. Applicants propose to convert the one of the existing dwellings into offices, demolish the older dwelling built in 1940, and construct two smaller buildings along the eastern edge of the property for mixed-use purposes. No specific use identified at this time. Applicant will install a 27-space parking lot with 2 handicap spaces. 3. Access to the property is proposed to be from Mamalahoa Highway. The Department of Public Works commented the property fronts along Mamalahoa Highway where taming activity will hold up traffic (left turning traffic southbound at PM peak hours). A condition of approval will require that zoning be concurrent with traffic improvements for the area. The Director's favorable recommendation is conditioned upon the fact that rezoning not become effective until the Mamalahoa Bypass Highway is complete and opened from Keauhou to Napoopoo, or until PC REPORT NO. 101