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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 18, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 1045Bi11 No. 332 PLACE: Ben Franklin Building, 2"d Floor TIME: 9:30 a.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 332, reports as follows: Bill No. 332, transmitted via Communication No. 1045 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated August 24, 2006, presents a Change of Zone Request by the Association of Apartment Owners of Lanikaula Professinal Center at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-28:31. Bill No. 332 seeks to amend Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo 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 - 10,000 square feet (RS-10) to General Commercial - 20,000 square feet (CG- 20) at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, for 33,803 squaze feet of land. Communication No. 1045 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 August 4, 2006. The Planning Commission concurred with the Planning Director's reasons for recommending favorably on this application for change of zone. Communication No. 1045 transmits the following findings and recommendations: 1. The subject property is owned by Alvin t. and Colleen C. Yoshida, Michael A. and Gail E. Clarke, Charles R. Sugiyama Trust, and Douglas T. Shiro. The property is the site of the existing Lanikaula Professional Center located on the northeast corner of the Kilauea Avenue -Lanikaula Street intersection at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. 2. On May 19, 1994, Use Permit No. 124 became effective which allowed establishment of the medicaUdental facility and related uses. Applicants are now requesting a change of zone from Single Family Residential - 10,000 squaze feet (RS-10) to General Commercial - 20,000 squaze feet (CG-20) and propose no changes to the existing improvements or uses. Applicants seek additional flexibility to lease or sell their unit to professional businesses sometime in the future, and not necessarily be limited to medical or dental uses, but intend to maintain the building as a professional office center. 3. Access to the property is from Lanikaula Street, a County roadway with pavement width of approximately twenty (20) feet and fronts Kilauea Avenue which has a 60-foot right-of--way. The City of Hilo Zone Map designates a 10-foot wide road widening setback along the property at the Kilauea Avenue and Lanikaula Street frontages for future widening of both roads to an 80-foot right-of--way. PC REPORT NO. 114