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Home My WebLink AboutREP PC 019 01/22/2003 2002-2004iu~:POirr off ~rHE. COMMI"I~~fEh, ON PLANNING DATE: January 22, 200 ~ RE,: C-98/Bill No. 42 PLACE: Councilroom fIME: 2:18 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. ~12, transmitted jointly with Bill No. 4l by Mayor Harry Kim per Communication No. 98, dated December 31.2002, regarding the change of zone request by Dennis Young, at Kalaoa 4`~'. North Kona_ Hawaii TMK: 7-3-10: 29, reports as follows: Bill No. 42 amends Section 25-8-3(North Kona Zone Map). Article 8, Chapter 25 (7,oning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 8.256 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-5a) to a Single Family Residential (RS-15) zoned district. The irregular-shaped subject property, owned in fee by the applicant and Della deRochemont. is located west of Mamalahoa Highway at the north end ofAhiahi Street. and bordered by Kona Coastview Subdivision to the north and Kona Palisades Subdivision to the south. hhe applicant is seeking to subdivide the property into six lots ranging in size li-om 15.000 square tee to approximately 1.5 acres. All six lots will have access through an extension of Ahiahi Street to the adjoining Kona Palisades Subdivision located to the south. The extension of Ahiahi Street will be privately maintained with 16 feet of pavement and 2 foot wide shoulders within a 50 foot wide right-oi~-way. I f required to be dedicated by the County, the cost of these roadways shall be credited to the applicanCs fair share assessment. When the lots arc sold. the deed covenants will include language prohibiting the construction of ohana dwellings. hhe current State Land Use designation is Agricultural. and the applicant is seeking to change it to Urban. 'The I.UPAG Map designation is Urban lxpansion, which allows a mix of high density, medium density. low density, industrial and/or open designations in areas where new settlements may be desirable, but where the specific settlement pattern and mix of uses have not vet been determined. Under the Keahole to Kailua Development Plan. the project site and its surrounding area arc identitied as an existing residential area which is included in the Residential Expansion area. the Kona Regional Plan recommends the project area ibr residential uses at a density of tinir units per acre. 'this recommended land use is consistent with a cw'rcnt RS-10 zoning designation, a higher density than what is being requested. hhe property is not situated within the Special Management Area. It is located approximately three miles from the nearest coastline. Communication 98 Bill 42 Page 2 Soils within the project site are not classified on the ALISH map. The Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification system designates the land as "E" or "Very Poor". The USDA classifies the soils as Kaimu and Punaluu. The Kaimu is extremely stony peat with rapid permeability, slow runoff. and slight erosion hazard. 'I~he Punaluu is extremely rocky peat underlain by pahoehoe with very slow permeability, slow runoff and slight erosion hazard. 'T'he subject property is located in 'Lone "X'~, an area determined to be outside the 500-~ car flood plain. Because the subject site was bulldozed previously and improved with two single family dwellings and agricultural buildings. there are no known native fauna or Mora or archaeological. cultural or historic sites on the subject property. An archaeological inventory survey was conducted by Haun and Associates and all of the noted sites are tentatively assessed as important solely for their information content and no further archaeological work or preservation is recommended. A condition will be included to require notification of the Department of Land and Natural Resources -Historic Preservation Division, should any archaeological sites be encountered during the course of development. Access to the subject property will be from Ahiahi Street. The applicant's original intentions were to build this extension to private roadway standards, but the Planning Director recommended that it be built to County~ledicable standards and dedicated to the County prior to the issuance of Final Subdivision Approval. Water can be made available from an existing 6-inch waterline along Ahiahi Street. Since there is no municipal sewer system in the area. the applicant proposes to dispose ofsewage via wastewater treatment systems approved by the State Department of Health. NI other utilities and services are or will be available to the subject propert}. Bill No. 42, Draft 2, which includes the fair share contributions, was circulated and approved by Your Committee. Your Committee did not entertain any discussion on this measure. Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for recommending a favorable consideration for the change of zone request. which would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will further benefit the public. Communication 98 Bill 42 Page 3 Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 42. Draft 2. and recommends it pass tirst reading. nns vora ~ ~ r. r:x LI:ITHI>A D=TODD X TYLL~:R X ARAIiAKI X CIIUNG X I;LARIONUFf X HOLtiCIII'11 X JACORSON X RIPYNOLOS X SAPARIK X Respectfully submitted COMMIT"I'LE Ot)LPLANNING _~ ~ - it ~ _ v .,L.~.LsC _ ~-rf-~,~' /~~ ~' };OBi3Y .IF.AN LF.II'HGAD=TODD, CHAIR PC RI?PORTNO. 19 ADOr'~i r~:o: FEB 0 > -003