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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 18, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 1047Bi11 No. 334 PLACE: Ben Franklin Building, 2nd 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. 334, reports as follows: Bill No. 334, transmitted via Communication No. 1047 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated August 24, 2006, presents a Change of Zone Request by the James Ishii at Waiakea House Lots, ls` Series, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-35:63. Bill No. 334 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 Industrial Commercial Mixed - 20,000 square feet (MCX-20) at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, for 21,050 squaze feet of land. Communication No. 1047 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. 1047 transmits the following findings and recommendations: 1. in 1999, asingle-family dwelling located on the subject property was demolished and the site is currently vacant. The property is owned by James S. Ishii and Amy I. Esaki and is located between the Tracy Lewis Building (to the north) and the Tesoro Gas Station (to the south) on Kanoelehua Avenue, Waiakea Houselots 1~` series, at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. 2. Applicant plans to construct an approximately 7,200 square foot one-story steel-framed building to be used as office and storage space for applicant's construction business. Land uses in the immediate area consist of a mix of commercial and industrial uses. The Hilo International Airport is located east of the property and commercial and/or industrial uses neazby include warehousing, aviation-related uses and office buildings. Industrial Commercial Mixed use properties aze located on the north and south of the site. 3. Access to the project site is proposed from Kanoelehua Avenue, asix-lane State Highway with a divided median. There is a 120-foot right-of--way along this section of Kanoelehua Avenue and a sidewalk fronting the project site. 4. All essential utilities and services are available to the project. The project will connect to the County sewer system and solid waste will be handled by commercial haulers. Applicant will also prepaze a Solid Waste Management Plan should such a plan be required. PC REPORT NO. 116