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REPORT Of "I~I~I~. COMMI~I"hF.F.ON PLANNING DA'll~:: .luly 22.2003 RL': C-280/Bill No. 125 PI,ACI?: Councih'oom I~IMI~:: I:15 p.m. Chair and Mctnbcrs I Iawaii County Council Milo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning. to which was referred Bill No. 125 trunsmittcdjointly with Bill No. 134 by Mayor E tarry Kim. per Communication No. 280, dated .tune 23.2003. regarding the change of zone request by Howard Rodgers, at Ouli. South Kohala, llawai'i TMK: 6-3-1 1:13 reports as follows: Bill No. 125 amends Section 25-8-7 (North and South Kohala Districts Lone Map). Article 8. Chapter 25 (!,Doing (`ode) of the Hawaii County Code. by changing the district classification for approximately 6366 acres of land Isom an Agricultural (A-Sa) to a Residential and Agricultural (RA-2a) zoned district. l~he rectangular-shaped subject property. owned in fee by Glenn and Onthia Lindsey. is located in the Anekona Gstates Subdivision on the north side of Kanehoa Street and south side of Kawaihac Road. l~hc owners have consented to the request to subdivide the property into two lots approximately twD acres in size. The applicant intends to construct dwdlings on the prDpuscd lots. 'fhe property has been graded for use as pasture land. The State Lund Use Designation is Agricuhural and the joint bill is seeking to change the zoning to Rural. 'fhe I.l IPAG designation is t{xtensive Agricultural. Although ohana dwelliugs arc permitted in the SLU Rural designation_ the suhdivision~s restrictive covenants will prohibit ohana dwellings. the property is not situated within the Special Management Area as it lies six miles from the nearest coastline. l~he Land Study Bureau classifies the soils as "li" or "Very Poor". fhe U S Soil Survey classifies the. soils as Puu Pa extremely stony eery tine sand loam with moderateh rapid permeability. medium runoff and moderate erosion hazard, which arc used for pasture. hhe subject property is located in lone "X'~, an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. I~here arc no known or recorded rare or endangered animal or plant li~~ Dn the subject property. In an archaeological field inspection conducted by Rechtman Consulting. they stated that the parcel hud been substantially graded in the past and there should be no historic preservation concerns associated with the reclassification and subsequent de~clDpment of the parcel.