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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 033 06/06/1997 1996-1998 1~ REPORT OF THF, COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: March 6, 1997 Re: C-160 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:35 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 46, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 16Q dated February 1:~ 1997, regarding the change of zone request by Exchange Properties Corporation at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-3-24:12, reports as follows: Bill No. 46 amends Section 25-8-2 (North & South Kona District Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 22.15 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-20a) to a Family Agricultural (FA-3a) zoned district. The subject property is located in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision at the 2,200 foot elevation along the south side of Kaloko Drive where the applicants intends to subdivide the property into seven lots of 3 or more acres each to build a residence on one and offer six to purchasers. Access to the subject property is Kaloko Drive which is the subdivision's primary roadway with an 80-foot right-of--way with 22-foot wide pavement and 8-foot grass shoulders. Soils within the subject property have been classified as "E" or Very Poor for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detail Land Classification System and the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) system classifies the soils within the subject property as "Unique Agricultural Lands." The subject property was cleared and planted to pasture grass approximately twenty years ago. It was never grazed and is presently covered with ohia, silver oak, Christmas berry, guava, and a variety of grasses and weeds. Wildlife seen within the subject property consists of turkeys, hawks (I'o), Chinese pheasant and other forest birds. An archaeological investigation of the Ktdoko ahupua'a was conducted by Huehue Ranch who developed Kaloko Mauka Subdivision. According to the application, archaeological sites may be located within the subject property. Fifty percent of the area of each parcel will be retained in forest and upland wildlife habitat and the balance will be used for a residence and a variety of agricultural activities including orchard, ornamental flowers, a vegetable gvden and other compatible uses. PC REPORT NO. 33 PC- 3 3 Page 2 March 6, 1997 Water is provided Co the subject property by a 4-inch county water line which fronts the subject property. The subject property is located in the Critical Wastewater Disposal Area where any development on these lots would require all wastewater to be disposed into a septic tank system. The subject property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The subject property, which is vacant. is surrounded by A-3a and 20 acre zoned lands. However, an increasing number of parcels are being affected with condominium property regimes. Your Canmittee concurs with the following reasons by the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for recommending a favorable consideration for the change of zone request: I. The zone request is conforms to the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan. 2. The zone request conforms to the General Plan's Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map which designates the area as Orchards. 3. All essential services and utilities, including water, wastewater and roadways will be provided. Your Committee amended Bill No. 46 by including language used consistently in similar zoning bills within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision. Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 46, Draft 2, and recommends that it pass first reading. CES AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted LenttEAO-T000 X COMMITT N P NING TYLER CHUNG - (Q~ _ REYNOE~s X BY JEAN LF.ITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR SANTANGELO X sMITU x PC REPORT NO. 3 3 YAGONC x ADOI''fED: MAR 19 1997 ARAKAKI L'.O. M.