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Home My WebLink AboutREP PC 054 08/19/2003 2002-2004lzLPC~lz~r~~f ~lnl~: COMMI~h~I'I~:I~: ON PLANNING DA"LI?: August 19, '0(> ; RI?: C-3 0 8 /13 111 No. I >d PLACE: Councilroom I~IMF: 2:11 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii Count}' Council I Iilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 131 transmitted jointly w ith Bill No. 135 by Mayor I Iarr~ Kim per Communication No. 3U8, dated August I. 2003, regarding the State Land Usc Boundary amendment request by Keaau Service Station, Inc. , at 'Ola`a,. Puna, I lawai'i. "1'MK: 1-7-I :Portion of I I. reports as ti~llows: Bill No. 13a amends the State Land l ise Boundaries Map. I I-67. by changing the district classification tier approximately 2.81 d acres of land from an Agricultural to an Urban Tuned district. The in'egular shaped suhject properh. owned in Ice by the applicant. is located along the south side of State Highway 11, adjacent to the existing Keaau Service Station in 'Ola'a Homesteads Reservation Lots. hhe applicant is seeking to amend the zoning fora 2.814 acre portion of a 7.844 na'e parcel to retain and expand his towing business. 'hhe remaining five acres would be left as A-Sa. Because the applicant was utilizing a portion of the property and adjoining parcels 1br vehicular and equipment storage, he is seeking to legitimize some of the csisting uses while terminating and/or relocating other uses to a permitted zone. 'hhc applicant estimates the cost of improvements lu be approximateh~ $1511,000 to `6?00.000, and will include the new parking lot. related drainage improvements, one half of the cost of the trnflic lights. and landscaping. The area will he filled and will become level with the remaining commercial area When completed, there will he un eight to ten hx~t difference in grade hctween the areas of the reyucstcd ('V-20 and the existing A-5a zoning. The Cicneral Plan LUPA(i h1ap designation is Medium Dcnsit} t urban. ~hhc subject propert} is not within the Special Management Areu. l~hc surrounding properties are zoned A-5a and KS ?0 and are in residential and commercial uses. Properties across the highway, to the west are zoned RS-10 and RS-2U and arc in residential uses. I~hc suhject parcel lies in /one 'X", and area determined to be outside the 500-year hood plain. Discussion ensued when Committee Member .lames Arakaki questioned Sidne~~ Puke. representative for the applicant. on what was happening at the project site. Mr. Puke began by explaining that the "sliver of land that~s between the suhject property and the Volcano Road is owned by the State° "...and that's the rile of an existing service station it's called Keaau Communication 30A Bill 134 Page 2 Service Station." Mr. Alonzo has a Icase that extends through the year?02?. I Ie o~ins the property to the back, and wants to have a 2.K acre area rezoned to Village Commercial su he can legitimize the illegal storage husiness he Nas cited for b~ the Planning Department. Mr. Puke further explained that the service station will remain on and be operated on the State land. After discussions with the Smte. the DO'1 encouraged the applicant to relocate his access to the I luina RoadNolcano Highway intcrscction. so a request for an casement through the State prupert}~ has been tiled. He further explained that Harry Yada, the local Land Agent. expressed that if the Slate Department ul franspurtation is supportive of the casement. then "they cem find no reason v,hy nut to grant this eusement.'~ Committee Member .lames ;Arakaki expressed his desire for the development of the intcrscction with the traffic lights, so Mr. Puke staled that Condition E of companion Bill No. 135 could be amended to include the applicant's participation in the intersection improvements. In response to questions posed b~ Committee Member Dr. Fred Holschuh. Mr. I~ukc explained that the "sliver o1 land" used to he a portion of the former highway, so when it was realigned, that became a remnant piece. He also stated that he could not tell if the State would agree to sell the remnant piece to the applicant. t Ic further explained that if the applicant was not successful in getting the lease when his term expired. °then whoever assumes that Icase would have the same rights and entitlements that the Slate would confer." Your Chair inquired about the status of the zoning violations and learned drat the applicant is in Bond standing and is comply ing with the suggested remedies in the Violation letter. Your Committee did not entertoin further discussion on This measure. Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director iiir rcconuncnding a lacorahic consideration [br the State Land l Ise Boundary amendment request, which would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will further benefit the puhlic. Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 13-}, and recommends it pass lirsl reading. .1YI:S VUI`S .1fi IS LX IYLIR X 1RAh AhI \ ('IIUNG _ X_ I:L.ARIONOI~I X I101SCIIl'II x IACl1RtiON S-V~:ARllh X Rcvpcctfull} submitted COMMITTF,I~, ON PLANNING ~ ,Y ~~ ~. t i y y i~~y ,r . ~ V J. CU I-I~IYI.I.It. III, VICGCIfAIR I'C RI:P(~R I 'JO. j.y noc~l•n o: SEP D 4 2003