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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
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DATE: May 5, 1998 Re: C-794Bi11 No. 218
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 2:05 p.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 218, transmitted by Mayor Stephen
K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 794, dated April 8, 1998, regazding the change of zone
request by Dennis K. Kauinui at Keaau, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: 1-6-141:10, reports as follows:
Bill No. 218 amends Section 25-8-22 (Puna District Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning
Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification from an Agricultural
(A-20a) to a Family Agricultural (FA-la) zoned district.
The applicant originally submitted his application in 1993 to rezone the subject property from A-
20 to A-la. An unfavorable recommendation was forwazded by the Planning Commission to the
County Council due to inadequate access. The applicant would have had to resurface and widen
the pavement of the private roadway to accommodate the proposed subdivision which was not
feasible at the time. Also, at that time, the applicant had not secured permission from adjacent
landowners to improve the road, prior to the Planning Commission's public heazing. This
application was recently returned to the Planning Commission from the County Council for
updated information and comments from appropriate agencies. Since the original submittal, a
new Zoning Code has been adopted and there is no longer an A-la designation. The applicant
has revised his request to Family Agricultural (FA-la) and would still like to subdivide the
subject property into four pazcels. Letters to landowners in the azea indicated that a majority of
landowners in the area had no objections to improving the roadway.
Although the original background report stated that LUPAG Map designated the area as
Orchazds, a further assessment has determined the azea to be within the Low Density Urban
designation. As such, the requested zone change conforms to the LUPAG Map, and if approved,
would provide opportunities for limited-scale agricultural activities associated with residential
activities which would be compatible with the existing setting of the azea. In addition, the
smaller minimum one acre lot sizes will provide additional opportunities for family members to
own a portion of the pazcel.
Soils within the subject property have been classified as "E" (Very Poor) for agricultural
productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System. These soils have
been classified as Other Important Agricultural Lands by the ALISH system. Scattered single
family residences are located in the azea along with agricultural and industrial uses. The subject
property has two residences.
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All essential utilities and services are or will be made available to the project site. The property
is located off Volcano Highway across the Shipman Industrial. Park. Access to the property is
from V olcano Highway via Kipimana Road, which is a 60-foot wide private roadway lot having
a 12-foot wide gravel surface. The applicant would be required to improve the 60-foot wide
roadway with a minimum 20-foot wide pavement, up to the northern most driveway of the
proposed subdivided lots from Volcano Highway. Neighboring lot owners have expressed no
objections to improving the private roadway .
Water can be made available from a 16-inch waterline along the Volcano Highway. Wastewater
will be disposed of utilizing an individual wastewater disposal system which meets the approval
of the State Department of Health.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 218, and
recommends it pass first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted
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AnAr.,vaE.o.ws. x ADOPTED: JUN U 1 1998