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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 066 07/01/1997 1996-1998 ~ REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: July 1, 1997 Re: C-355 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 9:15 a. m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 101, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro via Communication No. 355, dated June 5, 1997, regarding the change of zone request by K. Taniguchi Ltd. at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-2-40:7, reports as follows: Bill No. 101 amends Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 2.00 acres of land from Single Family Residential-10,000 square feet (RS-10) to Neighborhood Commercial-10,000 square feet (CN-10) zoned district. The subject property is located along the east side of Kilauea .Avenue adjacent to the existing KTA and Puainako Shopping Centers which the applicant intends to construct an additiona1211 parking stalls to accommodate employee and customer pazking for the existing KTA Shopping Center. The proposed parking is being provided due to the elimination of a number of stalls resulting from the planned ingress/egress on Kanoelehua Avenue and to accommodate the increased demand for customer pazking created by retailers who generate high turnover traffic within the shopping complex. The subject property consists of two separate legal parcels, each containing 1.00 acre in size and identified as TMK: 2-2-40:7 and 8. According to the Real Property Tax Division, in 1968, the area of Parcel 8 was dropped into Pazce17, resulting into a 2.00 acre pazcel. The Planning Department has no record of the consolidation of Parcels 7 and 8. The subject property is primarily vacant but a small portion is utilized for temporary unimproved pazking area for the employees of the KTA Shopping Center. An existing 50-foot wide vehiculaz access with a 28-foot wide pavement, traverses within the subject property's northern boundary and has been utilized by the general public for ingress/egress purposes for both the KTA Shopping Center and the Puainako Shopping Center. Access to the subject property will be via the existing 50-foot wide private vehiculaz access roadway which runs perpendicular to Kilauea Avenue, which has a 36-foot wide pavement within a 60-foot wide right-of--way. According to the City of Hilo Zone Map and the General Plan Facilities Map, Kilauea Avenue is reflected to be widened to an 80-foot wide right-of--way. PC REPORT NO. 66 J PC- 66 Page 2 July 1, 1997 Surrounding lands and uses include single family residences on lands zoned RS-10, the existing KTA Shopping Center and the Puainako Shopping Center zoned CN-10, and the Maebo Noodle Factory and Kai Store on lands zoned CN-10 since 1967. Water is available to the suhject property from an existing 10-inch waterline along Kilauea Avenue. Due to the previous residential use of the subject property and commercial development of the surrounding azea, it is not anticipated that endangered or threatened candidate species of flora or fauna are located within the subject property, nor has any significant botanical or biological habitat been identified. It is also not anticipated that the proposed development will have any adverse impact on cultural or historical resources. The subject property has no severe topographic or geologic problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable for the proposed use. The Planning Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for recommending a favorable consideration of the change of zone: 1. The change of zone request conforms to the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan. 2. The zone request conforms to the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map of the General Plan which designates the subject property for Medium Density Urban Development. 3. The Hilo Community Development Plan (CDP) adopted by resolution in 1975, designated the azea for residential use, but also recognized the need for future commercial development to reinforce existing commercial azeas. 4. All essential utilities and services are or will be available to the subject property. Your Committee amended Condition I of Bill No. 101 by clarifying language relating to the requirements of infrastructure improvements. PC REPORT NO. 66 • PC-6b Page 3 July 1, 1997 Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 101, Draft 2, and recommends that it pass first reading. CES Respectfully submitted AYES NOES A&E EX LEITHEAD-TODD X COMMITTEE ON PI"~A/I~' KING TYLER X i~7 / CHUNG X - f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~1J4~~ REYNOLDS X BY JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR SANTANGELO X sM1TH X PC REPORT NO. 66 YAGONG X ADOPTI.D: JUL ~ J 1987 ARAKAKI E.O.M.