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- _ _ REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: January 6, 1998 Re: C-616/Bill No. 176 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. 176, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 616, dated November 25, 1997, regazding the change of zone request by Scott and Susan Nakahara at Hauola, Opihilala, Hamakua, Hawaii, TMK: 4-3-3:31, reports as follows: Bill No. 176 amends Condition F (roadway improvements) of Ordinance No. 96-9, which reclassified approximately 14.913 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-40a) to an Agricultural (A-la) zoned district. The applicant originally intended to provide access to the proposed subdivided lots from Hauola Road; however, in planning Increment I, the applicants encountered design limitations which required them to provide access for all seven lots within Increment I from Pohakea Road. As a result, the subdivision plans were amended to utilize Pohakea Road to access all seven lots, and applicable resurfacing and roadway improvements will be required for Pohakea Road in conjunction with final subdivision approval of Increment I. Improvements to Hauola Road will be delayed until the development of Increment II. The subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is oblong in shape and is located immediately on the Honokaa side of Paauilo Village. The property was involved in two previous State Land Use Boundary Review actions. During the 1969 Boundary Review, the State Land Use Commission reclassified the subject property from Agricultural to Urban to allow for proposed residential development by the sugaz company. However, during the second 5-yeaz Boundazy Review in 1974, the property was reclassified back to Agricultural with the concurrence of the Planning Commission. The sugaz company at that time intended to continue sugar cane production on the property. At the same time, the sugar company requested Urban designation for about 40 acres adjacent to Paauilo School. The applicants presently reside in the single-family dwelling, constructed in 1992, which is located on the western section of the property. The remaining portion of the land is presently used for cattle grazing. Access to the subject property is from Hauola Road and Pohakea Road which aze County maintained roadways. Hauola Road has a 50-foot wide right-of--way with 18-foot wide pavement and grass shoulders. Pohakea Road also has a 50-foot wide right-of--way with 16-foot wide pavement and grass shoulders. The Department of Water Supply has stated that water is available to support a maximum of seven units.