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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0088.065 1998-2000C BOBBY JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD Couneitmembef G NYY Of N9 .; ATE Of •Nfl� Phone: (808) 961-8261 FAX: (808) 969-3291 COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hawaii County Bialdmg 25 Aupi ni Street co J Hilo, Hawaii 96720 March 8, 1999 z TO: Councilmembers FR: Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd Planning Committee Chair RE: Bill 250 — Zoning Code For informational purposes, I am submitting a copy of Planning Committee Report No. 168, dated October 30, 1996, relating to the zoning code revisions. The report states that the "Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 250, Draft 4, and recommends that it pass first reading." Comm. No. " " 06s - 6SFile File No. N C r - /Z N (; Ref. To: P /CO N c,L, Ref. Date 3 -9 - 9 9 ^ ' REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: October 30, 1996 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 9:50 a.m. Chairman and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 C-1100.33, 1100.36 1100.48 Your Committee on Planning to which was referred Bill No. 250, Draft 2, relating to the zoning code revisions, reports as follows: Bill No. 250 amends Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code relating to revisions to the zoning code. The purpose of the amendments to the zoning code was to eliminate any duplication and conflicts with other parts of the code and with the state statutes. The Planning Commission held numerous public hearings as well as workshops on the revisions to Chapter 25. The Planning Commission concurred with the Planning Director's recommendation in submitting a favorable consideration to the zoning code amendments. Your Committee has held numerous meetings during the past six months from its March 29, 1996 transmittal to the Council. Bill No. 250, Draft 2, presented at the Planning Committee's September 17, 1996 meeting as a working draft, was used as a vehicle to discuss various concerns raised by Your Committee as well as concerns raised from public testimony at previous meetings. Some of the issues deliberated at length by Your Committee related to the approval process for all applications, bed and breakfast establishments, home occupation, parking for persons with disabilities, time sharing units, planned unit developments, the county environmental report, the creation of a new agricultural district called the Village Agricultural (AV) district and requirements for additional farm dwellings. The AV district is intended to be in areas designated within the state land use agricultural district where public services and infrastructure are appropriate to support the very low density residential needs of a rural community. The AV district would provide for a blend of small-scale agricultural operations and dwellings characterized by farm estates, small acreage farms, or subsistence lots ranging from one acre to five acres in size and subject to certain criteria. The minimum lot size in an IA and A district has been proposed to be five acres. Your Committee, supportive of the concept of the proposed AV district, deliberated on the criteria relating to required services for this small -acre agricultural district and whether the existing A -la to A -3a lots would be redesignated into the AV district subject to infrastructure improvements or become non -conforming. Public testimony suggested that the AV district be renamed to the Family Agricultural (FA) district. PC REPORT NO.: 168 0 PC -168 Page 2 October 30, 1996 Draft 2 was approved by Your Committee at its October 15, 1996 meeting with the understanding that a proposed Draft 3, which would incorporate the changes to each of the eight articles discussed, would be considered at this Special Planning Committee. Your Committee approved the proposed Draft 3 which addressed some of Your Committee's concerns expressed at previous meetings. Your Committee further amended Draft 3 of Bill No. 250 to include amendments proposed by Bill No. 235 which requires a use permit for any excavation of cinder cones having a height of fifty feet or more. Your Committee felt that because commercial excavation is already regulated, it should be clarified that these amendments should be for non-commercial excavation and standards for excavation and grading should be provided to trigger a use permit. It was also noted that fifty feet for the height of the cinder cone may not be realistic and could change upon the Council's consideration and public input. Your Committee also amended Bill No. 250, Draft 3, to include the proposed Agricultural Project District which was proposed to provide Your Committee with another option to address the concerns relating to one to five acre agricultural lots. Like the Project Districts of Division 4, the agricultural project district development intends to provide a flexible and creative planning approach for developments within the agricultural zoning district, while providing for the needed infrastructural facilities and systems to support the various types of agricultural developments. It establishes criteria and requires that the minimum land area is two acres. Your Committee felt that five acres may be more appropriate and wording relating to additional farm dwellings should be included in a subsequent draft. The sunset date of March 1997 was included in the bill for the rules to be adopted relating to farm dwellings. Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 250, Draft 4, and recommends that it pass first reading. CES Respectfully submitted COMMITTEE ON PLANNING +TAS"HI DOM GO�CHA AN PC REPORT NO. 168 ADOPTED: N94 i 3 1996 AYES NOES A&E EX DOMINGO X ARAKAKI X CHILDS X EASLEY I X SMITH X VAN DE CAR X DELIMA E.O.M ){ Respectfully submitted COMMITTEE ON PLANNING +TAS"HI DOM GO�CHA AN PC REPORT NO. 168 ADOPTED: N94 i 3 1996