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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 091 01/06/1998 1996-1998 /4 • ~ REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: January 6, 1998 Re: C-646Bi11 No. 184 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 2:41 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 184, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 646, dated December 16, 1997, regazding the change of zone request by Marion Bush at Kealakehe, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-4-4:16, reports as follows: Bill No. 184 amends Section 25-8-3 (North Kona Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) by changing the district classification for approximately 1.662 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-la) to a Single Family Residential (RS-10) zoned district. The subject property is located within Kealakehe Homesteads on the south side of Palani Road approximately 1 mile makai of its junction with Mamalahoa Highway across the Kona Hazbor View Subdivision. The subject property will be developed into a five lot subdivision with minimum lot sizes of 10,000 squaze feet which would be compatible with the chazacter of lands surrounding the property. The applicant will provide three lots for sale, develop one lot for her residence and retain the last lot. The subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is an irregular shaped lot. The parcel was recently grubbed in 1995 and is currently overgrown with secondary weedy trees, herbs and vines. The primary access to the subject property is from Palani Road. The applicant proposes to limit the access points from the five lots to Palani Road by two driveway accesses. The concern of the Department of Public Works to address the improvements to the pazcel's frontage along Palani Road have been included as a condition to ensure adequate and safe traffic conditions in this area. All essential services and facilities are available to the subject property. Wastewater generated by the proposed development will be disposed of in compliance with the Department of Health. Adjacent properties to the subject property consist of Single Family Residential (RS-7.5), Single Family Residential (RS-10) and Agricultural (A-la). To the north of the pazcel is the Creative Day Preschool. Soils within the subject property have been classified as "E" (Very Poor} for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land ClassiFcation System, and "unclassified" by the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) system. Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for recommending a favorable consideration for the change of zone request with the following reasons: 1. The zone request conforms with the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan. 2. The zone request is consistent with General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the azea for Low Density Urban Development. 3. All essential services and utilities will be provided. Your Committee amended Bill No. 184, via C-646.01, with minor grammatical amendments and standard language used in similar zonings. Condition G added the Housing Element of the General Plan, Condition H added the standazd fair share contribution with allocations, and Condition I added the standard catch-all condition. Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 184, Draft 2, and recommends it pass first reading. bh AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted LEITHEAD-TODD x COMMITTEE~,N P N G TYLER J{ ~,y-~ ' ~ / CHUNG J{ ~ / - ~ L~l~~(f RErnoLDS x OBBY JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR SANTANGELO sM~TH x PC REPORT NO. 91 vACOxc x ADOPTED: FHB 1' { 1y98 ARAKAKI E.O.M.