HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 065 02/05/2008 2006-2008 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: February 5, 2008 Re: Comm. No. 948/Resolution No. 502-OS
PLACE: Councilroom
Ben Franklin Building
333 Kilauea Avenue, 2"d Floor
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Resolution No. 502-08, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 502-08, transmitted via Communication No. 948 from Council Chair Pete
Hoffmann, dated January 18, 2008, transmitting a resolution amending Resolution No. 44-07,
Draft 2, to extend the temporary delay in rezoning for the District of North Kohala.
Resolution No. 502-08 states that Resolution No. 44-07, Draft 2, duly adopted by the County
Council on February 22, 2007, temporarily delayed Council action on rezoning applications that
would permit transient lodging accommodations or re-designate agricultural land into zoning
districts with a minimum land area less than twenty (20) acres in size in the District of North
Kohala to allow for the North Kohala Community Development Plan process to be completed.
Resolution No. 44-07, Draft 2 provided that the temporary delay would expire upon adoption of
the North Kohala Community Development Plan by ordinance or, February 22, 2008, whichever
would first occur.
Resolution No. 502-08 notes that the North Kohala Community Development Plan process is
still ongoing and that an extension oftime is necessary to allow for completion ofthis important
community-based process. Although Resolution No. 44-07, Draft 2 included a provision for
extensions oftime of not more than six (6) months each, the development of Community
Development Plans have shown to necessitate a longer period oftime. Therefore, Resolution
No. 502-08 extends the temporary delay of Council action on rezoning applications that would
permit transient lodging accommodations and re-designate agricultural land into zoning districts
with a minimum land area less than twenty (20) acres in size in the District of North Kohala until
the North Kohala Community Development Plan is adopted by ordinance, or December 1, 2008,
whichever occurs first.
At the February 5, 2008 Planning Committee meeting, Council Chair Pete Hoffmann stated that
good progress is also being made with the North Kohala Community Development Plan and he
believed a proposed ordinance could be ready by summer.
PC Report No. 65
Communication 948
Resolution 502-08
Page 2 of 2
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 502-08
and recommends its adoption.
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Hues reoES a&E sx Respectfully submitted,
FORD X
HIGA X COIVIIvIITTEE ON PLANNING
HOFFMAIVN X
IKEDA X
JACOBSON X ~
NAEOLE X K. ANGEL PILA ,CHAIR
PII.AGO X
YAGONG X PC REPORT NQ~65
YOSHIMOTO X ADOPTED: FAD L I LUUH
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