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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: February 17, 1998 Re: C-702Bi11 No. 196
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: I :46 p.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 196, transmitted by Mayor Stephen
K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 702, dated January 29, 1998, regarding the change of
zone request by W. H. Shipman, Ltd. at Keaau, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: 1-6-143:38, reports as
follows:
Bill No. 196 amends Section 25-8-25 (Keaau Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of
the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 0.72 acres of
land from a Single Family Residential to Village Commercial zoned district.
The subject property is located on Pili Mua Street, adjacent to the Keaau Police Station and Fire
Station. The fee simple property is owned by the applicant, and will be developed into asingle-
story medical office facility consisting of approximately 6,000 squaze feet with appropriate
pazking for staff and patients. The subject property is situated within the State Land Use Urban
District. The applicant's request to change the zoning classification would promote a medium
density village commercial development as well as provide for commercial developments to
maximize convenience to users, which would be compatible with the surrounding azea.
Access to the subject property from the Old Volcano Highway will be from Pili Mua Street, a
County owned and maintained roadway which has a 50-foot right-of--way and a 22-foot
pavement plus paved swales. The irregulazly shaped, grass-covered lot is flat with some trees
growing on the back slope. The land is currently vacant of an}' structures and drainageways.
Lands to the west, which are owned by W. H. Shipman, Ltd. acid leased to the County of Hawaii,
aze zoned Village Commercial (CV-10). Lands to the north aze also owned by Shipman and aze
zoned CV-10. Lands to the east are zoned Single Family Residential (RS-15). Across the
subject property on Pili Mua Street is the State Elderly Housing project which is zoned Single
Family Residential (RS-] 0).
The Land Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating is designated for urban uses. The
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designation has not been mapped in detail for this azea, but
the entire region is within Zone X, an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain.
The State Department of Agriculture Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) Map
classifies the area as existing urban development.
All utilities and services aze available to the property. Water is currently provided by a 6-inch
water line along Pili Mua Street, but in conjunction with the County's plans for an additional
elderly housing development, the County will be installing an 8-inch water line in addition to the
roadway improvements.
According to the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Ciuide (LUPAG) Map, the azea is
Medium Density Urban Development. According to the State Department of Health, the subject
parcel is located in the Critical Wastewater Disposal Area where cesspools are not allowed, so a
private system will have to be installed for the proposed use.
The soils are classified as Olaa extremely stony silty clay loam which is underlain by Aa lava,
resulting in rapid permeability and slow runoff with slight erosion.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 196, and
recommends it pass first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted
LEITHEAD-TODD x COMMITTEE~ON PI~INNING
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REYNOLDS x O BY JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR
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sM~TFi x PC REPORT NO. 96
vAGOxc x ADOPTED: Pl,',R 6 198
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