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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 040 04/01/1997 1996-1998 - REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: April 1, 1997 Re: C-218 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 2:35 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 66, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 218, dated March 13, ] 997, regarding the State Land Use Boundary Amendment by James McCully at Keaau, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: 1-6-03:5, reports as follows: Bill No. 66 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-66 for the County of Hawaii, by changing the district classification for approximately 14.234 acres of land from the Agricultural to the Urban District. The subject property is located approximately one mile east of the Keaau Town Center at the end of Milo Street in the vicinity of the Puna Sugar Company Mill site where the applicant intends to develop 14 industrial lots ranging from 20,000 square foot to one-acre sized fee simple lots. The applicant is concurrently requesting that this 14+ acre portion of the subject property that fronts the private section of Milo Street, be rezoned from A-20a to ML-20 and the remaining 17± acre portion to he rezoned from A-20a to FA-3a. The applicant intends to create approximately five 3-acre lots in the agricultural portion of the subject property. In July 1994, the State Land Use Commission approved a petition filed by the Office of State Planning for a boundary amendment from Agricultural to the [Irban District for approximately 660 acres of land owned by W.H. Shipman. The newly designated Urban lands within the subject property would accommodate W.H. Shipman's master plan for Keaau. Access to the subject property is proposed to be by the proposed Keaau By-Pass Road which would serve as the principal access via the extension of Milo Street. Legal access to the subject property is from the Old Volcano Road, a county maintained road which has a ~0-foot right-of- way with a 20-foot wide pavement. Milo Street which intersects the Old Volcano Road, has an existing 18-foot wide pavement wish 4-foot wide rolled asphaltic-concrete curb sidewalks along its southern side. Although Milo Street extend further to Che east fronting the subject property, the County owned portion of Milo Street extends approximately 1,800 feet from the Old Volcano Road to a private road lot (TMK: 1-6-2:98) owned by W.H. Shipman, Ltd. The applicant presently does not have easement rights over this roadway lot. This roadway lot identified as TMK: 1-6-2:98 will be eventually conveyed to the State as part of the Keaau bypass road project. PC REPORT NO.: 40 PC-40 Page 2 April 1, 1997 The subject property does have access rights via several private gravel roadway lots (old railroad alignment) that is accessed from the Old Volcano Road. These roadway lots are also owned by W.H. Shipman, Ltd. Soils within the subject property have been classified as "C" or Fair for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detail Land Classification System and portions within the subject property are not classified and "Prime Agricultural Lands" by the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of I-Iawaii (ALISI~ system . Water would be available upon the installation of water improvements which includes extending the existing 12-inch county water line along Milo Street approximately 500 lineal feet to the subject property. According to the Department of Health, a portion of the subject property is located within 1,000 feet of a drinking well. Therefore, no cesspool or septic system, except for air aerobic package treatment system, would be allowed to be installed within the 1,000-foot radius of the water well. Surrounding properties consist mainly of formerly cultivated sugar lands, the HELCO power plant, vacant lands, small agricultural operations and residences. To the northeast of the subject property is the existing AMFAC Tropical Products tropical fruit packing facility and papaya puree processing facility, to the east is the old Puna Sugar Mill operations site where HELCO operates a power plant, across Milo Street to the south is a proposed Greenhouse Specialists' operation and to the southeast is the existing Pacific Floral Exchange business. Adjacent and to the east of Pacific Floral Exchange is the proposed school site for Hawaii Christian Camping Association. 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 bowxdary 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 standards 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 Industrial Area. PC REPORT NO.: 40 PC- 40 Page 3 April 1, 1997 4. All essential services and utilities, including water, wastewater and roadways will be provided. Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 66 and recommends that it pass first reading. CES AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted LEi[TeEAD-Tenn x COMMITTEE O .JZANNI TYLER ' ~ / ~ REYNOLDS x B B JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR sANTANGELO sM[TH x PC REPORT NO. 40 vncoNG x ADOPTED: APR 2 3 1097 ARAKAKI E.O.M. J(