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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: August 5, 1997 Re: C-167/Bill No. 50
FLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 2:40 p.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 50, transmitted by Mayor Stephen
K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 167 dated February 19, 1997, regarding the change of
zone request by Geoffrey and Janet Newlon at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-3-26:4,
reports as follows:
Bill No. 50 amends Section 25-8-2 (North & South Kona District Zone Map), Article 8,
Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for
approximately 20.126 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-20a) to an Agricultural (A-Sa) zoned
district.
The subject property is located in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at the 3,200 foot elevation
along the east side of Hao Street where the applicants intend to subdivide the property into two
lots in sizes of 6 and 14 acres. The applicants aze currently building a home on a portion of the
subject property and will sell the other portion to another couple who will build a home for
themselves.
The Planning Commission submitted an unfavorable recommendation for the A-Sa change of
zone request due to the following reasons:
1. The zone request will alter existing land use conditions within the Kaloko Mauka
Subdivision which would therefore not complement the goals, policies and
standazds of the General Plan.
2. The zone request will not result in a more appropriate land use pattern that will
further the necessity, convenience and welfaze of the general public.
3. The zone request is not consistent to the goals, policies and standards of the
General Plan.
4. Also, the Commission expressed concerns to Council's Resolution No. 330-96
which established a policy that no lands above the 3,000-foot elevation within the
Kaloko Mauka Subdivision or the 2,000 foot elevation above sea level in other
districts in North and South Kona, would be reclassified to any zoned district
having a minimum lot size less than twenty acres in order to protect the watershed
and forest azeas.
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At the Planning Committee's March 6, 1997 meeting, Yow Committee referred Bill No. 50 back
to the Planning Corrnnission to consider the applicants' amended request of A-7a zoning. Bill
No. 50 is to be replaced by Bill No. 107.
For more information see PC REPORT NO. 73.
Based on the above, Your Committee on Planning recommends that Bill No. 50 be filed.
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