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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 18, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 1046Bi11 No. 333 PLACE: Ben Franklin Building, 2"" 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. 333, reports as follows: Bill No. 333, transmitted via Communication No. 1046 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated August 24, 2006, presents an Amendment of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 98-98 request by Seawind Holding, Inc. which rezoned 21,050 square feet of land at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. Bill No. 333 is an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 98-98, which reclassified lands from Single Family Residential - 10,000 squaze feet (RS-10) to Industrial Commercial Mixed - 20,000 squaze feet (MCX-20) at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, covered by Tax Map Key 2-2-037:029. Communication No. 1046 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 favorable consideration of the amendment request. Communication No. 1046 transmits the following findings and recommendations: 1. The subject property is owned by George Norio Murata and Masuko Murata, as Trustees of their respective Revocable Trusts. The applicant, Seawind Holding, Inc., is the Lessee/Tenant under an Indenture of Lease dated March 9, 1999 for a term of approximately 67 years. The property is located along the west side of Kaneolehua Avenue, approximately 190 feet from the Kanoelehua Avenue - Lanikaula Street intersection at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. 2. Effective September 25, 1998, Change of Zone Ordinance No. 98-98 changed the district classification of the properly from Single Family Residential (RS-10) to Industrial-Commercial Mixed (MCX-20) which is 21,050 squaze feet in size. Applicant originally rezoned the property to construct a 7,968-square foot building with 20 paved pazking stalls and lease the building for a convenience store, restaurant and/or retail outlets. 3. Construction of the proposed development should have been completed on or before September 25, 2003. Since the Change of Zone approval applicant had a difficult time securing a viable tenant to occupy the properly and has not met the time conditions set forth in the Ordinance. However, recently, applicant has received many offers for the development and feels with the change in economy, he would like to proceed with the development. 4. Applicant's request is to amend Condition B (water commitment payment) to reflect that payment shall be submitted to the Department of Water Supply within ninety (90) days from the effective date of this "amendment" and not the effective date of Ordinance No. 98-98. PC REPORT NO. 115