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REPURh OF l~l lE COMMI"f"hF:F ON PLANN WG DATE: Mav 6, 2003 RF: C-21 I/13111 Nu. 9-1 PLACE: Councilroom l1MF.: 4:27 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning. to which was referred Bill No. 9d transmitted by Mayor I lorry Kim per Communication No. 21 I, dated April 7, 2003, regarding the change of ame request by Reiner & Marianna Schrepfer, at Kaipuka, South Kona. I Iawaii 7 MK: 8-I-7: 10, reports as follows: Bill No. 9d amends Section 25-8-4 (South Kona District Zone Map)_ Arlidc 8, Chapter 25 (Coning Code) of the 1{awaii Counh~ Code, by changing the district classiticatiun for approximateh 6.910 acres of land ti-om an agricultural (A-Sa) to a Family Agricultural (FA-3a1 zoned district. The ilag-shaped subject property. owned in fee by the applicants_ is located in the Kona Kali Farms Subdivision approximately 676 feet west ofMamalahoa flighway.:~ 25-tix~l wide driveway leads to the highway. A 4-bedroom single-family dwelling is located on the mauka portion of the project site. The remainder of the parcel includes 2>0 mature macadamia nut trees and about 900 coffee trees. On November 27. 1985. Final Subdivision Approval for the Kona Kali Farms Subdivision was granted. On February 1, 1996. the planning Commission approved Special Permit No. 9?d to allow the establishment of a 2-unit bed and breakfast establishment within his 4-bedroom single family dwelling. The applicant proposes to subdivide the property into two lots, each consisting of approximately 3 acres. and sell the upper portion of the property which includes the Bed and Breaklast and approximately 120 macadamia nut trees and 820 coflee trees. 'hhey will retain about 3.3 acres and plan to plant another 2,000 votive trees and some other fniit trees. The State Land Use designation is Agricultural. l~he Ll1PAG map designation is Orchards, which includes rocky agricultural lands used for macadamia nuts, papaya, citrus and other similar agricultural products. fhe Kona Regional Plan, adopted by the Planning Commission in April 1984. recommends that the project site remain in A-Sa. The property is not located within the Special Management Area.