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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 060 06/03/1997 1996-1998 ~ REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: June 3, 1997 Re: C-329 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 2:45 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 95, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 329, dated May 20, 1997, regazding the change of zone request by Brian McCourt at Kalaoa 4th, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-3-5:104, reports as follows: Bill No. 95 amends Section 25-8-3 (North Kona Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 1.00 acre of land from the Agricultural (A-la) to Single Family Residential (RS-15) zoned district. The subject property is located on the makai side of Mamalahoa Highway and north of Kona Palisades subdivision, Ke'oke'o and Holu Streets, where the applicant proposes to subdivide the property into two lots. Concurrently, the applicant is also requesting a State Land Use Boundary Amendment for the subject property from an Agricultural to an Urban District. The subject property, an irregulaz shaped lot, is fully developed with two existing residential dwellings under Condominium Property Regime (CPR) conditions. Therefore, no azchaeological sites would be present on the subject property. Access to the subject property is from the privately-owned Ke'oke'o Street access, having a 50- foot wide right-of--way with a 20-foot wide pavement, which connects to Ka'iminani Drive. Access is also from Holu Street which connects to Ahikawa Street within the Kona Coast View Subdivision. Ka'iminani Drive, which serves as the primary mauka-makai connector road between Hawaii Belt Road and Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, has a 60-foot wide right-of--way with 24-foot wide pavement. Soils within the subject property have been classified as "E" or Very Poor for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System and the soils within the subject property are unclassified by the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) system. Water is provided to the subject property by an existing 6-inch county waterline along Ke'oke'o Street fronting the subject property. Adjacent lands immediately to the north, east, west and southeast of the subject property are zoned A-1 a and A-Sa. Further to the east, south, and west of the subject property aze zoned PC REPORT NO. 60 1 PC-60 Page 2 June 3, 1997 RS-10. The Kona Palisades and Kona Coastview Subdivisions although situated in the State Land Use Urban District are primarily zoned A-Sa and are essentially non-conforming residential sized lots ranging between 8,000 and 20,000 squaze feet. The subject property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. There aze no significant drainage ways on the subject property. Your Committee concurs with the following reasons by the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for recommending a favorable consideration for the change of zone request: 1. The zone request conforms with the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan. 2. The proposed reclassification is consistent with General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the azea for Urban Expansion. 3. The Kona Regional Plan recommends the area for residential (four units per acre). 4. All essential services and utilities, including water, wastewater and roadways aze available to the subject property. Your Committee amended Bill No. 95 by including conditions and language used consistently in similaz zoning bills. Other amendments included: 1. Adding a new Condition E relating to any improvement district to provide for underground utilities. Because the immediate surrounding area does not presently have underground utilities, the applicant has agreed to participate in any improvement district to provide for underground utilities; 2. Deleting Condition H relating to the applicant's fair share contribution for regional impacts. It has been a standard policy for the Council to require this condition, however in this situation, the applicant is only subdividing the subject property into two lots which have two existing dwellings. There would not be any increase in the density. The Council has always required such allocations only for proposed lots which would increase the density; and 3. Adding a new Condition relating to the applicant's ownership interest for Ke'oke'o Street. PC REPORT NO. 60 r„ , a PC- 60 Page 3 June 3, 1997 Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 95, Drafr 2, and recommends that it pass first reading. CES AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted LEITHEAD-TODD X COMMITTEE~I~I PLA ING i TYLER X CHUNG X ~ REYNOLDS x B Y A LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR SANTANGELO J{ SMITH x PC REPORT NO. 60 YAGONG X ADOPTED: I " "~91 ARAKAKI E.O.M.