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REPORT OF THIS
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: April 1, 1997 Re: C-217
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. 65, transmitted by Mayor Stephen
K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 217, dated March 13, 1997, regarding the request to
amend Ordinance No. 92-123 by Kapoho Properties at Olaa, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: 1-7-17:3,
reports as follows:
Bill No. 65 amends Ordinance No. 92-123 which changed the district classification for
approximately 45.945 acres of land from an Agricultural-20 acres (A-20a) to an Agricultural-one
acre (A-1 a) zoned district.
The subject property is located at the northwestern corner of the Hawaii Belt Road-Huina Road
intersection where the applicant proposes the subdivision of the subject property into 401ots
having a minimum lot size of one acre.
The applicant stated that the present economic conditions have affected the demand, value and
the ability to finance the required improvements. Lenders require that financing and bonding of
the project occur upon the satisfaction of preliminary sales quotas. At the time of the initial
zone change, lending institutions had required twenty perspective buyers but because the value of
real estate has dropped considerably, the lenders now require thirty perspective buyers.
The applicant has submitted subdivision plans to the Planning Department and has shown an
effort to complete the development by securing Tentative Subdivision Approval.
Your Committee concurs with the following reasons by the Planning Commission and the
Planning Director for recommending a favorable consideration for the amendment to Ordinance
No. 92-123:
l . Non-performance by the applicant is the result of several conditions that were
beyond the control of the applicant and has not been the result of fault or
negligence.
2. The granting of the time extension for two years to secure Final Subdivision
approval would not be contrary to the General Plan, Zoning Code or the original
reasons for granting this change of zone.
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Your Committee supported the proposed development and felt that one acre lots will still be in
demand when the economy turns for the better because many families are still looking for parcels
of this size.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 65 and
recommends that it pass first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted
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