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REPORT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: January 28, 1997 Re: C-63
PLACE: Kona Surf Hotel, King Kamehameha Ballroom
TIME: 10:15 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 19, transmitted by Mayor Stephen
K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 63, dated December 27, 1996, regazding the change of
zone request by Peter Dungate at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-3-8:32, reports as
follows:
Bill No. 19 amends Section 25-87 (North Kona Zone Map), Article 3, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code)
of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 4.910 acres
of land from an Agricultural (A-1 a) to a Residential and Agricultural (RA-1 a) zoned district.
The subject property, situated in proximity to residential subdivisions such as Kona Palisades, is
located along the south side of Kaloko Drive, approximately 200 feet mauka of the Hawaii Belt
Road where the applicant intends to subdivide the property into four lots. The proposed
subdivision plan reflects three 1-acre lots with the balance of 1.910 acres making up remaining
lots.
Concurrently, the applicant is also requesting a State Land Use Boundary Amendment which
would change the district classification of the subject property from the Agricultwal to the Rural
district.
The applicant has stated that they will be able to do backyard floriculture or citrus products type
of agricultural activities on the one or two lots he plans to retain and the balance of the lots to be
sold at mazket price.
Access to the subject property would he via the Old Kona Belt Road which has aright-of--way of
approximately 30 feet and pavement ranging between 12-14 feet with 2-3 foot wide shoulders on
both sides of the road.
Soils within the subject property have been classified as "D" or 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 "Other Important Agricultural Lands." An archaeological study was not conducted on the
subject property.
Water is provided to the subject property by a 6-inch county water line which fronts the subject
property.
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The subject property is located in the Critical Wastewater llisposal Area where cesspools aze not
allowed because of water pollution concerns. 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 Planning Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for
recommending a favorable consideration for the change of zone request:
] . The zone request is conforms to the goals, policies and standazds of the Genera]
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. The zone request is consistent with the Kona Regional Plan and its Zone Guide
Map which suggest the area for low density residential uses.
4. All essential services and utilities, including water, wastewater and roadways will
be provided.
Your Committee amended Bill No. 19 including language used consistently in similar zoning
bills.
Your Committee discussed the applicant's fair share contribution in Condition K relating to the
traffic assessments in which the monies collected would go to the construction of intersection
improvements at Kaloko Drive and Mamalahoa Highway.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 19, Draft 2, and
recommends that it pass first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted
tEITHEAD-coon X COMMITTEE N PL NING
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RErNOLns x Y JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR
SANTANGELO
SMITH X PC REPORT NO. 20
YAGONC x ADOPTED: FEB 1 9 1997
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