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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 059 06/03/1997 1996-1998 A 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. 94, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 329, dated May 20, 1997, regarding the State Land Use Boundary Amendment by Brian McCourt at Kalaoa 4th, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-3-5:104, reports as follows: Bill No. 94 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-7 for the County of Hawaii, by changing the district classification for approximately 1.00 acre of land from the Agricultural to the Urban 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 change of zone for the subject property from an A-la designation to a RS-15 designation. The subject property, an irregulaz shaped lot, is fully developed with two existing residential dwellings. Therefore, no archaeological sites would be present on the subject property. Access to the subject property is from the privately-owned Kebke'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 aze 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 aze zoned A-1 a and A-Sa. Further to the east, south, and west of the subject property aze zoned PC REPORT NO. 59 - PC-59 Page 2 June 3, 1997 RS-10. The Kona Palisades and Kona Coastview Subdivisions although situated in the State Land Use Urban District aze primazily zoned A-Sa and aze essentially non-conforming residential sized lots ranging between 8,000 and 20,000 square feet. Your Committee concurs with the following reasons by the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for recommending a favorable consideration for the boundary amendment request: 1. The boundazy amendment is consistent with the State Land Use Commission Rules, the County General Plan and the Hawaii State Plan. 2. The boundary amendment conforms with the goals, policies and standazds of the General Plan. 3. The proposed reclassification is consistent with General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the area for Urban Expansion. 4. The Kona Regional Plan recommends the area 1'or residential (four units per acre). 5. All essential services and utilities, including water, wastewater and roadways aze available to the subject property. Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 94 and recommends that it pass first reading. CES AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted LEITHEAD-TODD X COMMITTEE O~l'pLA TYLER J( ~r7 CHUNG ~ .7 _ ~t~G~G%lJ~ REYNOLDS X ~ O Y JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR SANTANGELO sMITI-I x PC REPORT NO. 59 vACONG x ADOPTED: JUN I d i997 ARAKAKI E.O.M.