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RF?POR~f OI' "I HI: COMM1TlliI~.ON PLANNWG UA"f E.: May 6, 2003 PLACE: Councilroom 'T'IME: 427 p.m. Chair and Members I{awaii County Council Hilo. Hawaii 96720 RI{: C-226/Bill No. 10; Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 103 h} Mayor I tarry Kim per Communication No. 226, dated April 24. 2003, regarding the change of zone request by.lames B. Dusel, at Kealakche Homestead. First Series. North Kona, I lawaii "I~MK: 7-d-3: 7, reports as follows: Bill No. 103 amends Section 25-8- ~ (North kona Zonc Map)_ Article R, Chapter 2~ (Coning Code) of the Hawaii County Code. by changing the district classification liir approximately ? 1.725 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-20a) to a Family Agricultural (FA-3al and Agricultural IA-l0a) zoned district. ~T~he rectangular-shaped subject property, owned in ice by JohnMatucha and Stel~anic Delmont. is located in Kealakehe Homesteads. approximately 700 Icet east of Mamalahoa I lighway bordering the Upper Government Road and two homestead roads, and approxinr~tclc 500 feet south of the Makua Lani Christian Science School and one mile southeast from the Mamalahoa I lighway- Palani Road junction. 'The owners of the property have authorized the applicant to submit this change of zone rcyuest; and Mr. Duscl. is a potential purchaser ofa portion of the project site. The applicant is seeking to subdivide the subject parcel imo two lots consisting of approximately 3 acres and 18.726 acres respectively. ~fhe applicant intends to purchase the three-acre parcel ui construct a home and to improve the site into a fruit orchard and coffee I~rrm. "I'hc remainder of the subject parcel will be retained by the present owners, who intend to utilize a portion of the site for cattle grazing. Although a request to construct an additional farm dwelling could have been submitted, the application Ibr subdivision enables the applicant to obtain financing on his own and provides lirture conveyance ilexibilih'. ~fhe State Land Use designation is Agricultural. The LUPAG map designation is Orchards. which include those agricultural lands though rocky in character and content support produc~icc macadamia nuts, papaya, citrus and other similar agricultural products. I~he Kona Regional Plan adopted b} the Planning Commission in April 198a recommends that the project site maintains its cun~ent Agricultural designation and its minimum 30-acre lot sizes. l~he subject parcel is not situated within the Special Management Arra. Surrounding lands between the project site and the Mamalahoa 1lighway arc zoned A-la b~ the County with lot sizes ranging ti~om a half-acre to lire acres. 'fo the norUi, south and cast of the