HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 119 05/15/1998 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: May 15, 1998 Re: C-83fBi11No. 242
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 8:37 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 242, transmitted jointly with Bill
No. 241 by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 831, dated Apri124, 1998,
regazding the change of zone request by Dr. William and Patricia Bergin at Ouli, South
Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: 6-2-9:25, reports as follows:
Bill No. 242 amends Section 25-8-7 (North and South Kohala Districts Zone Map), Article 8,
Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for
approximately 5.0 acres from an Agricultural to Residential and Agricultural zoned district.
The rectangulaz shaped subject property is located in the Kanehoa Subdivision approximately
750 feet south of the entrance road from Kawaihae Road. The applicants aze proposing to create
a two lot subdivision using a 2.98 acre portion of the existing lot for their residential/agricultural
purposes, and to an additional lot of 2.02 acres for use by a family member or possibly to mazket.
The existing lot presently has two access points off of Kanehoa Street that will accommodate the
two proposed lots. One of the two proposed lots is fully improved with a vaziety of structures
that accommodate the Bergin's use of their property. The other proposed lot is vacant but graded
and fenced.
Access to the subject property is off Kanehoa Street, which has aright-of--way width of 50 feet
with a 20-foot agricultural standazd pavement. Kanehoa Subdivision has two accesses from
Kawaihae Road, one access point (Ouli Street) serves 16 lots, and the other access (Kanehoa
Street) serves the remaining 10 lots. Kanehoa Street also connects into Anekona Estates
Subdivision which has one access point (Anekona Street) from Kawaihae Road.
Surrounding lands to the Kanehoa Subdivision include the vacant State-owned lands to the south
which are zoned A-Sa; Kamuela Plantations, a 10-lot subdivision, located immediately to the east
which are zoned A-Sa; Anekona Estates Subdivision, a 36-lot subdivision, located to the west
which aze zoned A-Sa; and Waimea Landmark Estates, a 26-lot subdivision, located across the
Kawaihae Road to the north which aze zoned A-3a. These subdivisions include single-family
residential and agricultural uses and vacant lands. In October 1996, the County Council
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approved State Land Use Boundary Amendments from an Agricultural to Rural District for two
5-acre pazcels within the adjacent Kamuela Plantations Subdivision.
According to the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map, the lands are
designated for extensive agriculture use which allows pasturage and range lands. The State
Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH)
Map designates the property as "Unclassified".
Soils within the subject property are classified as "E" (Very Poor), and consist of Puu Pa, an
extremely stony very fine sandy loam. Permeability is moderately rapid, runoff is medium, and
the erosion hazazd is moderate. These soils are used for pasture.
The subject property is located within Zone X, which has been determined to be outside the
500-year flood plain.
There are no historic or azchaeological sites present on the subject pazcel. The property has been
extensively graded and used for residential purposes. There are no known or recorded rare or
endangered animal or plant life in the azea.
Water is provided by an existing 6-inch waterline that fronts the subject property and applicants
dispose of wastewater through an existing cesspool. Because the property is situated within the
Critical Wastewater Disposal Area, according to the Department of Health, the applicants will be
required to install a septic tank.
Your Committee recommended that the no-ohana condition be inserted into Draft 2, to ensure
compliance with the coral zoning condition and its relation to density.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 242, as
amended to Draft 2; and recommends it pass first reading.
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Respectfully submitted
- COMMITTEE OIY PLA G
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JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR
PC REPORT NO. 119
ADOPTED: JUN 0 1 1998