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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 056 08/19/2003 2002-2004RI{POR~f OI' l1II~: COMMI~t~"11?I~.ON PLANNINU UAI1~:: August 19, 2003 RF?: ('-309/Rill No. 136 PLACE: Councilroom TIMC?: 2:11 p.m. Chair and Members I lawaii County Council Ililo.llawaii 967211 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Rill No. 136 transmitted by Mawr I tan} Kim per Communication No. 30~~. dated August 1. 2003_ regarding the change of zone request by Kapoho Properties, at 'Ola'a,. Puna. I Iawai'i, TMK: I-7-17: 3. reports as follows: Rill No. 136 amends Ordinance No. 97-65, wfiich originally amended Ordinance No. 9~-123. by changing the district classification fix approximateh 45.9 acres of land from un Agricultural (A-30a) to an Agricultural (~1-I a) roncd district. I~he somewhat rectangular shaped subject property, owned in lcc by Vcrn Yamanaka, Rill Moore and l Icrbert Ixe, is located un the west side of the Hawaii Relt Road between Huina and South Roads. 'The managing Partner fair Kapoho Properties is Vern Yamanaka. I~hc applicant is seeking to amend Conditions R. C. and D in order to oomph with the conditions of approval and to amend the highw.n access requirements to the site. I~he original ordinance, elTecticc November 20, 1992, permitted the subdivision of the property into approximately forty one-acre lots On .lanuary 5. 1995, the applicant requested a 1 q-month extension of time to Condition B to satisfy prcliminar} sales quotas for fiinancing and bonding of the project. On January 31. 1995. atwo-year administrative extension of time was granted to oomph with Condition R. On November 5, 1996. the applicant requested an additional two-year extension of lime to comply with Condition R. and the Counh Council approved it on Mac 7. 1992 On March 19, 1999, the applicant requested another extension of time to amply with Condition R, and the Planning Director granted the time extension until Mac 1-l. 2001 to oomph with (~ondition R. Due to unl<nurable economic conditions, the applicant was unahle to obtain financing for the project. In 1992 Conditions C and I) stiere amended to require access from South Roud with carious improvements to the roadwac. ~fhe Department of'I~ransportation (DOT) will begin construction of the turning lanes at the I luina Road-Hawaii Relt Road intersection in a couple of months. I~unding. howceer. does not include the installation of signal lights at the intersection. and the applicant will be responsible tilt the installation of the lights at the I luina Koad/I lawaii Rclt Koad intersection which will he used us the main access to the project site as noted in proposed Condition C Condition D proposes to allow access to the subject property from Huina Road. The applicant will be required to improve I luina Road lionting the property to county dedicable standards. None of the proposed lots shall have direct access liom 1 {ulna Road. 'I~he applicant shall dedicate a 5-toot Communication 309 Bill 136 Pagc 2 fuhire road widening strip along the I Iuina Road frontage and is required to make and necessary shoulder improvements to I Iuina Koad between its property line and the I Iuina Road -highway 1 I intersection within the County right-of-wav, if rcgnired by the Department o1~ Public Works. I~hc General Plan LUPA(i A1ap designates the area for low density urban uses. All essential utilities and services arc available to the site. According to the inlbrmation provided by the Planning Commission, the Police Department did not provide any comments. The Department ol~ Water Supply, the Department of Land and Natural Resources -Land Division and I listoric Preservation Division. the Department of I Iealth and the State Department of'fransportation did not respond. Committee Member Bob Jacobson stated that he prefers to have the roadschannelized instead of installing trattic lights because when they installed the lights by Kamehameha Schooh the situation turned out worse than they had anticipated. Committee Member James .~rakaki stated that he had spoken to Stan Tamura (DO'I~) and would rather install the tral~tic lights instead of channelizing the road. BiII Moore. part owner ofthe suhjeci property representing the mvners_ explained that it theKeaau Service Station proceeds beh>re them. Kapoho Properties ~~ill commit to paying for halfofthc U'alfic light improvements. hhc improvements to the intersection will be done belbre the subdivision is completed because he knows Keaau Service Station will move more yuickh~ than thec themselves will. I lc al,o explained that the timing of the traflic lights ~tiill br set h} the County ~fraflic Division Ibr the State Department of I~ransportation. Committee Member Bob .Iacohson Nantcd to amend the language on Pagc d to retain the word "shall" instead of amending it to "maq ". No discussion ensued on this matter at this time because the issue wus discussed when Bills 1 '+-} and 135 were considered earlier. Your C hair noted that this measure did not include the metes and bounds. Because earlier bills received from the Planning Commission included the metes and bounds in ordinances amending ordinances. and because Corporation Counsel advised that the metes and bounds should be included in these types of bf Its. Your Chair asked Deputy Planning Director Roy I~akenuxo if their Department could include the metes and bounds in future zoning requests. and Mr. ~fakemoto stated that he saN no problem with achieving consistency in the documents. In response to a question from Your (`hair, Bill Moore explained that the planting screen easement language tias taken out from Condition B because Condition D ahead} included the same language. Communication 309 Bill 136 Page 3 Your Chair asked the applicant to work together with the Planning Deparunent and Corporation Counsel to settle the concerns raised during this discussion, and to provide a proposed draft with the amendments before the lirst reading. Your Committee did not emertain further discussion on this measure. Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director Ibr recommending a favorable consideration for the change of zone request. which would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will further benetit the puhlic. Y"our Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 1 36. as amended to Bill No. 136, Draft ?. and recommends it pass tirst reading. i vi eu 1K,1R~1h1 ~_~~~ n< ~ ~_1~t~<,v~~~ ~ I IOI til'I 111 l __ iti ~'NUi.os - - S\I_ARIR A}'I'S V(1Fti - ,k --- V _~ "- - ~ - k -- .I - -. -~ - ~- -~ ~ K ~ ~`-v Respectfulh submitted COMMIT'I EL? ON PLANNING ~ ~ ,w ~_ Curtis' ~vlcr. III. 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