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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 19, 2004 RE: Communication 793/Bill No. 344 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 9:08 a.m. Chair and Members Hawaii Cowity Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 793 and Bill No. 344, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, dated September 29, 2004, regarding a Change of Zone request application by WKSP Limited Partnership, at Waiakea, South Hilo, TMK: 2-2-32:93 reports as follows: Bill No. 344 seeks to amend Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaii County Code by changing the District Classification from Neighborhood Commercial 10,000 square feet (CN-10) to Industrial-Commercial Mixed 20,000 square feet (MCX-20) for approximately 59,356 square feet. Communication No. 793 reports the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by the Hawaii County Charter, Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3(C), considered the above request on September 16, 2004. At this meeting, the Commission concurred with the Planning Director's favorable recommendation for your approval of this matter. Communication No. 793, in synopsis, also reports the Planning Director's findings and recommendations as the following: The applicant, WKSP Limited Partnership, is requesting a Change of Zone from Neighborhood Commercial (CN-l0) to Industrial-Commercial Mixed (MCX-20) for approximately 59,356 square feet. The applicant is the Lessee of the property. American Trading Co. Ltd., is the owner. 2. The property is located along the northwest corner of Kanoelehua Avenue and Kuawa Street and is the site of the existing Waiakea Kai Shopping Plaza. The Waiakea Kai Shopping Plaza is 59,356 square feet in size with a total of 108 parking stalls. Map F,xhibit "A" Further delineates the subject parcel. According to the applicant, the present Neighborhood Commercial zoning limits the scope of commercial uses and is a reflection of the area when residences were present. This does not exist today. The immediate vicinity of the subject parcel is dominated by businesses and operations zoned MCX and ML.. 4. The applicant is requesting a Change of Zone to MCX in order to utilize the property more intensely. The applicant cites no specific plan for use in the request. 5. Access to the site is proposed through the existing Kanoelehua and Kuawa Street intersection. Report No. 1 16