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PLANNING DEPARTMENT
25 Aupuni Street, Room 109 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720-4252
(808) 961.8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742
June 1, 1998
Mr. James R. Bell
Belt Collins Hawaii Ltd.
680 Ala Moana Blvd., First Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813-5406
Dear Mr. Bell:
Non-significant Zoning Change (NZC 98-1)
Queen Liliuokalani Trust
Tax Map Key: 7-4-08: Portion of 2
This is to acknowledge receipt of your request on behalf of Queen Liliuokalani Trust for
a determination of a non-significant zoning change in accordance with Section 25-2-45
of Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaii County Code, as amended.
Queen Liliuokalani Trust is requesting that the Planning Director make a determination of a non-
significant zoning change for the reclassification of a 0.7-acre area from an Open (O) district to a
Limited Industrial - 1 acre (M..-1a) district. The requested area situated adjacent to and along the
southeast (makai) side of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway is a part of a larger 960-acre parcel.
Initially, a 2.88-acre area, which included the area under consideration, was zoned Open in order
to provide for additional land which may be needed to accommodate any anticipated widening
of Queen Kaahumanu Highway. However, in April of 1998, the State Department of
Transportation, Highways Division, included the major portion of the 2.88-acre Open area for the
highway widening project. The wedge-shaped 0.7-acre remnant portion was not included as part
of the highway widening. Therefore, Queen Liliuokalani Trust proposes to consolidate the
0.7-acre remnant area with the abutting ML-la land.
Upon review of the request, the Planning Director has determined that it conforms with the
criteria for the granting of a non-significant zoning change. Specifically, since the 0.7-acre area
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Belt Collins Hawaii Ltd.
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June 1, 1998
constitutes only 0.07 percent of the total land area of the entire parcel (960 acres) and
0.67 percent of the current ML-la zoned portion of the property (104 acres), it meets the criteria
setforth under Section 25-2-45, Chapter 25, Hawaii County Code. This criteria states that the
Planning Director may administratively grant a non-significant zoning change if the requested land
area (0.7-acre) is less than 5 percent or one acre increase or decrease in the area of any zoning
district. The reclassification of the 0.7-acre wedge-shaped area also will not result in a net
increase in density for the ML-la district.
Based on the above, the Planning Director has determined that the request qualifies as a non-
significant zoning change, and that the 0.7-acre area is hereby administratively reclassified to a
ML-la district. Should you have any questions regarding the determination, please feel free to
contact me or Norman Hayashi at 961-8288.
Sincerely,
VIRGA~iIA STEIN
Planning Director
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