HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 154 10/20/1998 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: October 20, 1998 Re: C-1014/Bill No. 312
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 3:15 p.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 312, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K.
Yamashiro per Communication No. 1014, dated September 29, 1998, regazding the State Land Use
District Boundary Amendment request by Sadamu Tsubota, at Keonepoko, Puna, Hawaii,
TMK: ]-5-7:portion of 21, reports as follows:
Bill No. 312 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-71 for the County of Hawaii, by changing
the district classification for approximately 1.500 acres of land from an Agricultural to an Urban district.
The fairly level subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is located within the Keonepoko Iki
homestead at the intersection of Kahakai Boulevard and the old Keaau-Pahoa Road approximately 600
feet west of the Pahoa Bypass Road. Currently, the non-maintained guava orchard site also has a single
family dwelling on it.
Soils on the site are identified as lava flows, Pahoehoe, which is a miscellaneous land type with a glassy
surface that is relatively smooth. In some areas the surface is rough and broken, and there are hummocks
and pressure domes. "The Land Study Bureau classifies the soil as "E" or Very Poor. The property is
"Unclassified" on the State Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of
Hawaii (ALISH) Map.
Surrounding lands are zoned A- I a and vacant or in residential uses. Directly across Kahakai Boulevard
to the north is TMK: 1-5-7:20, a vacant parcel zoned CN-20 which was proposed to be the site of a new
Food Fair Supermarket. Effective December 2, 1991, the County Council adopted Ordinance No. 91 1 16
which changed the district classification from A-la to CN-20 for Pacific Hawaiian, Ltd., dba Food Fair
Super Market and reclassified approximately 4.901 acres from the State Land Use Agricultural District
to the Urban District. To the east, west and south are single family dwellings and anthurium farms.
The subject property is located within Zone "X", which is outside the 500-year flood plain.
All essential utilities and services are available to the subject property. Water is provided by an existing
12-inch waterline, along Keaau-Pahoa Road and Kahakai Boulevard that fronts the subject property, with
a connection size subject to re. iew and approval during the construction design phase of the proposed
development. The applicant intends to install a drainage system that meets with the approval of the
Department of Public Works. According to the applicant, the property is currently serviced by a
cesspool system, but if a different system is required, the applicant intends to comply with the respective
State or County agency.
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Your Committee recommended that all references to Kahakai Road be changed to Kahakai Boulevard,
since Kahakai Road does not exist, and that this change be incorporated into Bill No. 312, Draft 2, and be
submitted to the Council for its first reading.
Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director that the
reclassification of this 1.500 acre parcel from an Agricultural to an Urban District will not be detrimental
to the reduction of this area from the agricultural land inventory in the County of Hawaii. The Urban
classification would complement the existing and future land use patterns of the surrounding properties.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 312, as discussed, and
recommends it pass first reading.
Respectfiilly submitted
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