HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 120 11/14/2000 1998-2000 REPORT OF THE
COM~]ITTEE ON PLANNING
DA fE November 14. 2000 RE C-969 Bill No 344
PLACE Councilmom
TI'v1E 10 3? a m
Chair and ~4embers
Hawai'~ County Council
Hilo. Hawai'~ 96720
tour Committee on Planning. to which was referred B~II No 344. transnutted ~omtly with
Bill ~0 34~ by Mayor Stephen K Yamashuo per Communication No 969. dated October 25.
'000. regarding the Stale Land Use Boundarv• Amendment request by P. Vlariah Kosters, at
Uuli. South Kohala. Hawaii. TMK 6-2-I 128, reports as follows
Bill No 344 amends the State Land Use Boundaries :~1ap, H-14 for the County of Hawaii by
changing the district classification for approwmately 6 002 acres of land from an Agncultural to
a Rural coned district
l he rectangular-shaped subject property. owned m tee by the applicant, is located m the Anekona
Estates Suhdivisian nn the south side of Kanehoa Dave and along Keanwomano Stream.
approximately three-eighths mile t}om the Kawaihae Road Anekona Street intersection
The General Plan LI~PAG Map designation is Extensn•e Agncuhural ~~hich includes pasture and
range lands fhe current County zoning is A-~a The property is not snuated within the Special
Management Area
Surrounding lands are zoned A-Sa. A-1 a. RA-2a and are located wrthut the State Land l ise
Agncultural and Rural districts The Kanehoa Subdivision. a 26-lot subdivision, is located
imntediateh to the east and zoned .4-~a Kamuela Plantations, a10-lot subdivision, is located
turther to the east and also zoned A-?a Waimea Landmark Estates. a 26-lot subdivismn, is
located across the Kawaihae Road turther ro the northeast and zoned A-3a These subdn•isions
include ,utgle-family ieSidenual and agricultural uses and or vacant lands Approximately 25
lots wrthut the Anekona Estates and the Kanehoa Subdivisions have subdivided through
Condominium Pmpem Regunes The Ouli affordable housing project is located to the west of
Anekona l~states and i5 within the State Lattd Use Urban District
The State Department of Agnculture~s Agncultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii
(ALISH) V1ap classrticauon is "Lhtclassified'~ The Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land
Classiticauon is "E" or' Very Poor' for agricultural produc[nit}
The l S tioil Sune~ classification is Puu Pa. an evtremeh stony Derv fine sands loam with
moderately rapid pemteabihn, medium runoff and rnodera[e erosion hazard. which are used for
pasture
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The subject propem Ites ut Zone X. an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain
Access to the subject property from Ka~ialahe Road is via Anel.ona Street The subject property
is located ati Kanehoa Street- a connector road into the adjacent Kanehoa Subdrvtston
Your Committee did not entertain am• discussion on this measure
Your Commntee concurs ~}•nh the Planning Commisston and the Planning Director for
recommendme a facorabte consderauon for the State Land Use Dlstnct boundary amendment
Yow Commntee on Planning is m accord }arth the intent and purpose of BIII i\o 3d~3, and
recommends n pass firs[ reading
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