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RF,PORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br />DATE: December 2, 2003 RE: Comm. No. 415/Bill No. 184 <br />PLACF,: Councilroom <br />TIME: 2:25p.m. <br />Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo. Hawaii 96720 <br />Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 415 and Bill No. 184, <br />transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated November 6, 2003, regarding a change of zone request <br />by State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, at Waiakea, South Hilo, <br />Hawaii. TMK: 2-2-37:41 reports as follows: <br />Bill No. 184 seeks to amend Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 <br />(Zoning Code) of the Ilawai'i County Code, by chmiging the District Classification from Single <br />Family Residential (RS-10) to Industrial-Commercial Mixed (MCX-20) at Waiakea, South Hilo. <br />for 2.847-acres of land located at the southwest corner of Kanoelehua Avenue and Kekuanaoa <br />Avenue. Waiakea. South Flilo, Hawaii. <br />Communication No. 415 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the <br />I lawaii County Charter. Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3(C), voted to recommend to approve the above <br />application on October 17, 2003. Communication No. 415 also transmits the findings and <br />recommendation of the Planning Director. In synopsis, the Planning Director reports the <br />following: <br />~fhe applicant is requesting a change of zone for 2.847-acres from Single Family <br />Residential (RS-10) to Industrial-Commercial Mixed (MCX-20) District, at Waiakea, <br />South Hilo. Hawaii. The proposed objective is to provide long-term leases of the site for <br />diversiticd business and employment opportunities. Specitic uses shall be determined by <br />public auction as required by Hawaii Revised Statute 171-13. <br />2. 'The subject property has remained vacant since 1978. Over this period the applicant. <br />State of llawaii -Department of Land and Natural Resources, have received numerous <br />requests to utilize the property. <br />3. Near the subject parcel are properties currently coned lndustrial (MI. ?0) and Singlc- <br />Family Residential (RS-10). <br />4. The Director, with Specitic conditions, recommends favorable approval to the Change of <br />Zone request from Single Family Residential (RS-101 to Industrial-Commercial Mixed <br />(MCX-20) District, based on the 1iillowing findings <br />"I~he request is consistent witL the intent and purpose of the f{conomics and Land Use <br />elements of the General Plan and is in accordance with the Hawaii County Toning <br />Code, Chapter 25. <br />^ 'fhe MCX rezoning will conform to the Land Use Pattern nlhcation Guide <br />