HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 121 11/14/2000 1998-2000 REPORT OF THE
CUti1MITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE 1\b~ember 14. 2000 RE C-969 /Btll Ko 345
PLACE Counctlroom
T1~4E 10 3~ a m
Chatr and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo. Hai+at'i 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Btll No 345, transmttted~omtly with
Bill No ?44 by Mayor Stephen K Yamashtro per Commumcatton No 969, dated October 2~.
20(10. regarding the Change of Zone request by P. Ylariah Kosters, at Ouh, South Kohala,
Ha~tiai't. TMK 6-2-1 128. reports as follows
Bill No 34i amends Seaton 2~-8-7 (North and South Kohala Dtstnct Zone Map), Article 8.
C'hapter'_5 (Zoning Code) of the Hawat't County Code by changing the dts[nct classrticaUon for
appro~.tmately ~ 002 acres of land from an Agncultural (A-6a) to a RestdenUal and .Agricultural
(RA ?a) zoned dtstnct
The rectangular-shaped subject property. owned m tee by the applicant. is located m the Anekona
Estates subdtvtston on the south side of Kanehoa Dnve and along Keanutomano Stream.
approxmiately three-eighths mile from the Kawathae Road.'Anekona Street tntersecuon
The applicant is proposing to create atwo-lot subdrvtston consisting of approximately 2 ~ acres
each l he applicant intends to construct her home on one of the lots and has no immediate plans
to unprove the second lot
The General Plan LI:PAG Map destgnatt, n is Extensive Agncultural, which includes posture
and range lands The current County zoning is A-~a The pmpertv is not situated within the
Special 'Management Area
Surrounding lands are zoned -~-6a. A-la, RA-2a and are located within the State Land Use
Agncultural and Rural dtstncts The Kanehoa Subdntston. a 26-lot subdtvtswn. is located
unmedtateh to the east and zoned A-~a Kamuela Plantations. a10-lot subdrvtston, is located
further to the east and also zoned A-~a ~~atmea Landmark Estates. a 26-lot subdtvtston, is
located across the Kawathae Road further to the northeast and zoned A-3a These subdivisions
include single-fanuh residential and agncultural uses and`or vacant lands .Approximately 2~
loh wnhm the Anekona Estates and the Kanehoa Subdivisions have subdivided through
Condomtntum Property Regunes the Ooh affordable housing project is located to the west of
Anekona I-states and is ~~nhm the State Land Use Urban Dtstnct
The State Department of Agnculture~s Agncultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawat't
(AI.ISH) Map classtticatiun ts' Lnclassttied" The Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land
Classthcahon is "E° or "Ven Poor" for agncultural ptoductivrty
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The U S Soil Sun•ev classification is Puu Pa, an extremeh stony very fine sandy loam with
moderately raped permeability, medium runoff and moderate erosion hazazd. which are used for
pasture
The suhlect property ties in "Lone X, an area detemvned to be outside the 500-year flood plain
There are no known rare or endangered species of animal or plant hfe within the protect azea
i'he applicant's em ironmental report states there are no historic. cultural or archaeological sites
on the parcel
access to the subtect propem from Ka.+aiahe Road Is via .Anekona Street The subtect property
is located on Kanehoa Street. a connector road into the adtacent Kanehoa Subdivision
~b'ater to the subtect property is provided by an existing 6-inch (+aterlure that fronts the subtect
property Because the property is situated within the Cnucal Wastewater Disposal Area, the
applicant will be regwred to dispose ofthe wastewater into a septic tank system due do the lack
of ~ municipal sewer system in the area
Electrical and telephone services are or will be made available to the pttipertr
[3111 No 3-t J. Draft 2, ~+hich included language to prohibit the construction of a second (hvellmg
on the property. was circulated and approved by four Committee Committee Member
Juhc Jacobson supported the amendment because n helps to control [he growth problem, but
voted against this measure because she still sees it as a means of urban sprawl
Your Comnnttee did not entertain further discussion on this measure
Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for
recommendine a favorable consideration for the Change of Zone request
Your Conunittee on Plannme is m accord with the intent and purpose of Bill Vo 34~. Draft
and recommends rt pass first reading
Retpec[full} submitted
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